The government has fleshed out details of how it plans to spend £55bn on research and development (R&D) out of the £86bn committed as part of the 2025 Spending Review. The funding, spread over the next five years, is a key pillar in Labour’s industrial strategy to grow the economy and improve people’s lives. Earlier…
Ericsson and the Saudi Railway Company (SAR) have signed a memorandum of understanding to deploy 5G-enabled technologies across the national rail network. The partnership is a strategic alignment with Saudi Vision 2030, the country’s sweeping blueprint for economic diversification and infrastructure modernisation. The initiative will see Ericsson bring its global expertise in advanced mobile communications…
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On the day CEO Satya Nadella discussed Microsoft’s “planet-scale cloud and AI factory,” Azure cloud – the IT infrastructure underpinning this – was offline for more than eight hours. According to the company’s latest quarterly results, Microsoft cloud revenue surpassed $49bn, an increase of 26% compared to the same quarter last year. Overall, Microsoft posted revenue…
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DC01UK has confirmed that colocation giant Equinix has acquired the 85-acre plot of green belt land in Hertfordshire it secured planning permission for transforming into a hyperscale datacentre campus back in January 2025. The acquisition, according to DC01UK, represents one of the largest infrastructure and real estate transactions in the world, with Equinix confirming it…
Legislation introduced in the US Congress could require artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot operators to put in place age verification processes and stop under 18s from using their services, following a string of teen suicides. The bipartisan Guidelines for User Age-verification and Responsible Dialogue (Guard) Act, introduced by Republican senator Josh Hawley and Democrat senator Richard…
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US president Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act could see Meta, one of the world’s most valuable companies, have an effective tax rate of 14%, compared with its reported effective tax rate of 87%. It will mean its reported net income of $2.7bn would effectively be $19bn. The company, which posted third-quarter revenue of…
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Siemens and Capgemini have announced they are teaming up to develop technologies for product engineering, manufacturing and operations that are artificial intelligence (AI)-based from the get-go. The goal of the products, said to be AI-infused from inception, is to connect industrial machines with digital technology, for what they jointly call “intelligent manufacturing”. The two firms,…
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I don’t imagine there are many CISOs who use Bruce Lee as a point of reference for enhancing cyber security strategies? However, the philosophy of his hybrid martial art – Jeet Kune Do – is based on many principles relevant for staying ahead of ransomware hackers. The UK’s National Crime Agency recently highlighted how the ransomware…
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DenPhotos/Shutterstock For those with an iPhone, you’re likely familiar with the Apple App Store and its vast library of apps that can expand the capabilities of your device. It’s where you will find productivity apps you never knew you needed, and all of the most essential apps for your iPhone. However, wading through the store to…
European governments are increasingly turning towards open standards alternatives to end-to-end encrypted messaging and collaboration services dominated by WhatsApp and Microsoft Teams. An open network messaging architecture, known as Matrix, is attracting interest from European governments that are seeking “sovereign” alternatives to encrypted collaboration and messaging tools supplied by US Big Tech companies. Matrix aims…
