Articles by Ellen Jennings-Trace, Staff Writer

Ellen has been writing for almost four years, with a focus on post-COVID policy whilst studying at the University of Cardiff. During her time at university, Ellen studied BA Politics and International Relations, for which she achieved second-class honours (upper division). Ellen then went on to study an MA in Political Communication, receiving a Merit. Before joining TechRadar Pro as a Junior Writer, she worked for Future Publishing’s MVC content team, working with merchants and retailers to upload content. When she’s not working, Ellen is a keen badminton player, Formula 1 fan, and gym enthusiast.

Articles by: Ellen Jennings-Trace

HubSpot Inbound 2025 - all the news and announcements as it happens

By Ellen Jennings-Trace last updated 5 September 25

We're live in San Francisco for HubSpot Inbound 2025 day three!

‘We did not chase clicks, we build trust’ - How Hubspot wants to help write the AI marketing playbook

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 4 September 25

Hubspot’s new framework for AI powered marketing.

‘They're small fractions of a second, but they make the difference’ - How Mercedes-AMG F1 team and SAP are going for gains on and off the Formula 1 track

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 3 September 25

We hear how SAP is supporting Mercedes F1 in its ambitions to get back to the front of the Formula 1 grid.

Mountain View, CA, USA - May 1, 2022: Google sign is seen at Googleplex, the corporate headquarters complex of Google and its parent company, Alphabet, Inc., in Mountain View, California.

Hackers are also going back to school - major campaign hijacks Google Classroom to hit targets

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 1 September 25

Google Classroom users are being targeted in social engineering attacks, experts warn.

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Reports claim billions of Gmail accounts could be vulnerable after data breach - but Google says that's not true

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 29 August 25

Threat group ‘ShinyHunters’ has targeted more than previously thought.

Anthropic warns that its Claude AI is being 'weaponized' by hackers to write malicious code

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 29 August 25

Chatbots are being used to write code for cyberattacks.

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US warns Chinese tech firms may have ties to notorious cyber espionage group which hit hundreds of firms

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 28 August 25

Transport, telecoms, military, and government agencies have been targeted by the Salt Typhoon group, and things might only get worse.

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Chinese nationals will no longer be allowed to manage Pentagon cloud services

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 28 August 25

The US Defense department will now review who is managing its cloud services.

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The first AI-powered ransomware has been spotted - and here's why we should all be worried

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 27 August 25

‘PromptLock’ may not be fully functional, but it could still cause problems.

AI really is cutting out entry-level jobs for human workers, study claims

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 26 August 25

The job market continues to deteriorate for young people as AI takes over more roles.

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Google reveals just how much energy each Gemini query uses - but is it being entirely truthful?

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 25 August 25

Google’s estimates on energy usage might be a lowball, experts say.

Now that's an embarassing U-turn - bank forced to rehire human workers after their AI replacement fails to perform

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 22 August 25

Automating mundane tasks is harder than it looks, CommBank admits.

Microsoft restricts access to its cyber early warning systems for some Chinese firms

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 21 August 25

Microsoft's cybersecurity vulnerability warning system won’t be fully available for Chinese firms anymore, it confirms.

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he signs an executive order to create a US sovereign wealth fund, in the Oval Office of the White House on February 3, 2025, in Washington, DC.

White House confirms plans to take a stake in Intel - and it might be eyeing up other chipmakers too

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 20 August 25

Intel may be about to hand over 10% of the company to the US Government.

Almost all GenAI pilots companies deploy are failing - so are they really worth the hype?

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 20 August 25

AI guzzles water and energy, but so far, it’s not really backed up by results.

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Allianz Life breach now thought to have affected 1.1 million customers - here's how to stay safe

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 19 August 25

Majority of Allianz Life customers are thought to be affected by recent data breach.

Millions of dollars in cryptocurrency has been confiscated as the DoJ cracks down on an infamous ransomware operator

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 18 August 25

More than $2.8 million was seized from suspected ransomware leader Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko.

Hackers breach HR firm Workday - is it the latest Salesforce CRM attack victim?

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 18 August 25

Workday plays down effects of attack, but data was taken.

Data center expansions could bring destruction to the British countryside - and consumers might foot the bill

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 16 August 25

Sustainability and utility costs are concerns as new data centers pop up.

Anthropic takes the fight to ChatGPT - offers Claude AI tools to US government for just $1

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 13 August 25

All branches of the US government have been offered a cut-price Claude AI deal.

Are you better at coding than an AI? Developers don’t think so - and that could be a big problem

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 12 August 25

Just over half of developers think AI beats humans at coding - is this the beginning of the end?

Trump U-turns on Intel CEO once again following White House visit - what next for Lip-Bu Tan?

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 12 August 25

President Trump is now praising Intel CEO Lip Bu-Tan, despite previous calls for his resignation.

“Speed is everything” - how Arm and Aston Martin’s new wind tunnel venture looks to bring in a new era of success

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 9 August 25

Aston Martin has big plans for success in Formula 1 - and Arm wants to help.

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan hits back after Trump demands "highly conflicted" leader resign

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 8 August 25

Trump calls for Intel CEO to resign ‘immediately’ following initial reports.

OpenAI just gave ChatGPT for enterprise to all US federal workers for basically nothing

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 7 August 25

A new partnership will see participating US federal agencies given ChatGPT for ‘essentially nothing’.

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