The government has put out a call to hire 25 scientists and technologists with expertise in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors and quantum computing to advise on policy and build technology that supports public services. The programme is based on secondment to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). The goal is…
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I am a marathon runner, and I routinely mention this not (just) to prove that those memes about runners always talking about running are absolutely correct: We do.I do it because I’ve gotten there by using technology. ChatGPT training helped me comfortably run half-marathons, while the Apple Watch and iPhone helped me track all my training runs…
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In another move beyond the bounds of strictly hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), Nutanix has launched Cloud Native AOS. In other words, this is the operating system (OS) that underlies all its HCI products but available for deployment separately and without the need for a hypervisor. In this way, Nutanix hopes to enable its customers to extend…
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With the iPhone 16 now available, rumors focus on the upcoming iPhone 17. This model is expected to be released in the second half of 2025. One of the highlights of this generation could be the iPhone Air, as it seems Apple will no longer bet on a Plus model. Apple executives are calling the upcoming new models…
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Power supply problems remain the most common cause of “impactful” datacentre downtime incidents, but ransomware attacks are the leading cause of major public outages, research from Uptime Institute Intelligence reveals. The datacentre market watcher’s Annual outage analysis report 2025 tracks the frequency and severity of datacentre outages suffered by respondents to its surveys. Uptime Intelligence…
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Cisco has unveiled its plans to prepare networking for the era of quantum computing. As it officially opened its Quantum Labs in Santa Monica, the company announced that it has developed a prototype quantum network entanglement chip, in collaboration with the University of California (UC), Santa Barbara. According to Cisco, the chip generates pairs of…
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An early product listing suggests the Nvidia RTX 5060 GPU could arrive soonMeanwhile, AI has been firing flak at any modern GPU with 8GB of video RAM (which the RTX 5060 has)The suggestion is that 8GB of VRAM is like “bringing a butter knife to a gunfight”, and that reflects a broader sentiment onlineA fresh…
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India’s IT services companies are set to get even more competitive as the UK’s trade deal with the country exempts Indian professionals from paying National Insurance. With IT services companies such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys and Wipro already well embedded, smaller Indian players are also growing their UK operations. Following a deal, described…
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Thousands of students will receive exam results digitally this summer, as part of a government plan that could cut bureaucracy in education and save £30m a year. The pilot is part of a wider government plan for the public sector to save £45bn in productivity each year through the use of digital technology. The modernised…
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Every Microsoft employee now has a metric dubbed Security Core Priority tied directly to their performance review. This is among the changes the software giant has put in place to enforce security internally. In a blog post outlining the steps the company has taken to harden internal security, Charles Bell, executive vice-president of Microsoft Security,…
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