December 2025

SAP selects Tata Consultancy Services to transform its IT operations

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SAP has signed a five-year outsourcing agreement with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to support it in its strategy to transform its internal IT through enterprise-wide cloud and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). The German business software giant has worked with TCS for 20 years, which has included a project to transform SAP’s business model from licence-maintenance-based…

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Buy a new PC now, or wait until 2027 – those are your options as component pricing woes intensify

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Micron has pulled the plug on its Crucial consumer RAMIt’s focusing on making RAM modules for data centers insteadThere are further tales of trouble in the memory world besides this, and also rumors of AMD Ryzen CPU price hikesPredictions for the pricing of PC components are becoming bleaker by the day, and now there’s a…

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UK government commits to Loan Charge settlement reforms in wake of independent review into policy

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The UK government has committed to wiping thousands of pounds off the outstanding settlements of everyone who remains in scope of the Loan Charge, in response to the latest independent review into the controversial disguised remuneration policy. The retroactive tax policy has left thousands of IT contractors living under the shadow of life-changing tax bills…

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CCRC refers case based on third faulty Post Office system

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The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has referred a conviction based on a third Post Office IT system to the Court of Appeal. The appeal by former subpostmaster Gareth Snow, who ran a branch in Denbighshire, potentially widens the Post Office scandal even further. Snow used the Post Office’s Automatic Payment Service (APS) and Automatic Payment Terminal (APT) when…

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Can business software empower rather than control workers?

8 minutes of reading / AI, automation, Computer, Dropbox, Google, Microsoft, project management, Salesforce, Tech / By

Acclaim Autism exists to help children with autism spectrum disorder, but before doing so, the Philadelphia-based company has to get approval from US health insurers. Founder and president Jamie Turner says this typically took six months, with 80% of applications initially rejected. Insurer processes vary widely: public bodies are generally easier to work with, but…

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What Happens If You Plug A USB 2.0 Cable Into A USB 3.1 Port?

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Dmytro Skrypnykov/Getty Images The universal serial bus (USB) was introduced in 1996 and has undergone several upgrades. USB4, the current version, saw a leap in speeds and capabilities much like the versions that came before, including USB 2.0 and USB 3.1. As the term “universal” implies, USB ports are generally compatible with all USB Type-A cables…

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Cameras Can Technically See Into The Past – Here’s How

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Has someone invented a time machine? Maybe. But not “Back to the Future” style like you may be thinking. Brian Haidet, with a Ph.D. in Materials Science, created a specialized camera that captures video faster than light. It’s fast enough to watch light move, but also “fast enough to see the past.” Haidet demos the…

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A framework for software development self-service

7 minutes of reading / AI, API, automation, chatbot, Cloud, DevOps, digital transformation, IT strategy, open source, SAP, Snap, Tech / By

Software development is associated with the idea of not reinventing the wheel, which means developers often select components or software libraries with pre-built functionality, rather than write code to achieve the same result. There are many benefits of this approach. For example, a software component that is widely deployed is likely to have undergone extensive…

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Interview: Mariano Albera, CTO Checkout.com

6 minutes of reading / AI, AWS, Azure, Computer, e-commerce, Expedia, fintech, machine learning, Microsoft, multicloud, Pinterest, Tech / By

Mariano Albera describes himself as “a software engineer who was demoted to chief technology officer” (CTO). Now at global payments processing company Checkout.com, Albera heads up the operational and customer-facing IT team, made up of around 600 IT professionals. This is a significant portion of the fintech’s total workforce of 2,000, which – if you…

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Google Cloud withdraws complaint with European Commission over Microsoft’s cloud licensing tactics

3 minutes of reading / Amazon, AWS, Azure, Cloud, cloud computing, Computer, Google, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Tech / By

Google Cloud has confirmed the withdrawal of a complaint it filed with the European Commission (EC) in September 2024, relating to Microsoft’s controversial cloud licensing strategy, whereby it charges customers higher fees for wanting to run its software in competing cloud environments. The issue has seen Microsoft repeatedly come in for criticism and scrutiny from…

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