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UK hands Indian IT suppliers competitive boost in trade deal

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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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Secure Future Initiative reveals Microsoft staff focus

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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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Cyber ‘agony aunts’ launch guidebook for women in security

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Two of the UK’s leading female cyber practitioners – Secureworks threat intelligence knowledge manager Rebecca Taylor and CybAid founder and Hewitt Partnerships managing director Amelia Hewitt – are to launch a book for women starting and navigating careers in the cyber security sector. The duo describe their co-authored book, Securely Yours, as a practical, agony…

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Apple now allows external purchases in the US App Store

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Following the court ruling over Apple’s App Store, the company has updated its App Store policy and App Review Guidelines (via MacRumors) to reflect the immediate changes required in the United States. For the first time ever, apps will be allowed to support external purchases rather than being required to use Apple’s in-app payment system.In…

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As I predicted, Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti 8GB will incur a ‘motherboard tax’ – it suffers a significant performance loss using PCIe 4.0

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Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GPU suffers up to 10% performance loss using PCIe 4.0This comes after speculation that its PCIe 5.0 x8 specification and 8GB VRAM capacity would be a downsideIt means gamers will have to buy a PCIe 5.0 motherboard for better performance using the GPUNvidia’s RTX 5000 series launch isn’t complete yet,…

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Google’s obsession-worthy AI podcasting app is going mobile

3 minutes of reading / AI, ChatGPT, Google, iPad, iPhone, Tech / By

I’m a longtime ChatGPT Plus user who has experimented with every AI upgrade and tool OpenAI has launched in recent years. Chatting with AI has become part of my daily routine, with ChatGPT assisting in both work and personal activities. I’ve recently grown to appreciate the depth and detail in ChatGPT Deep Research reports, which…

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Cyber attack downs systems at Marks & Spencer

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Veteran UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has apologised to customers after a cyber incident of a currently undisclosed nature forced multiple public-facing services offline, with shoppers predictably taking to social media in their droves to lament the outages. In a note published on the afternoon of 22 April, the company revealed it had been…

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RTX 5080 Super 24GB and 5070 Super 18GB rumored once again – and they could be keenly priced because AMD’s RDNA 4 GPUs have ‘spooked’ Nvidia

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Nvidia’s again rumored to have RTX 5080 and 5070 Super variants inbound with 24GB and 18GB of VRAMThey might also be highly overclocked and could boost performance by as much as 15% versus their vanilla versionsPricing will be crucial, and Nvidia may be so worried about AMD’s RX 9000 family that it might stick with…

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The tech investment gap: bridging the divide for underrepresented entrepreneurs

5 minutes of reading / AI, automation, fintech, machine learning, Tech, Technology / By

Despite the UK’s position as one of the world’s most dynamic technology hubs, the industry still faces a persistent and well-documented challenge – equitable access to investment. Underrepresented entrepreneurs – particularly women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ founders, and individuals from non-traditional backgrounds – remain significantly disadvantaged when it comes to securing the capital needed to start…

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