SSD and HDD prices are going up again, due to increased AI demand for NAND productsWestern Digital has already implemented a price surge on HDDs, effective immediatelyOther manufacturers are expected to follow suitFor both gamers and creative professionals, storage space and transfer speeds are crucial to achieving the best experiences with the best SSDs. Their…
Law enforcement experts and policymakers are due to meet on 12 September to decide on proposals to require technology companies, such as Signal and WhatsApp, to scan all encrypted messages and communications before they are transmitted. The Danish presidency of the EU Council is pushing for a vote on the proposals, dubbed “Chat Control” –…
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José Adorno/BGR The Apple Watch has been around for a decade now. Over the years, Apple has made its wearable less reliant on the iPhone by adding cellular connectivity, longer battery life, and several other improvements that gave users the ability to leave their phone at home… at least for a few hours. One of…
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There are plenty of opportunities to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to boost business productivity. But in regulated sectors like financial services, the output from the AI needs to be explainable and error-free. Lloyds Banking Group has been working with Aveni, to help it develop FinLLM, an AI language model specifically tuned for financial services.…
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José Adorno/BGR IFA 2025 officially kicks off this Friday, but the action has already started. Ahead of the big trade show, BGR attended ShowStoppers, where 70 companies showcased the latest in consumer tech and smart home innovation. While many of these brands will also appear on the IFA show floor, this press-only event gave the…
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The world’s largest technology companies find themselves at a crossroads. The development of artificial intelligence (AI) has become an engine of growth, but it is also driving greenhouse gas emissions sharply upwards. At the same time, the return of a US administration hostile to climate policy has reduced political pressure to act. The result is…
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Cloud block storage allows organisations to run applications that depend on high throughput and low latency in the cloud. The latest block storage offerings make use of the cloud’s advantages, without sacrificing performance. Such offerings allow customers to run applications in the cloud and use block storage there, such as proof-of-concept projects before they’re rolled…
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected Google Cloud to provide it with sovereign cloud capabilities in a deal worth £400m. The agreement will see Google Cloud tasked with providing the MoD with a secure cloud platform that will allow the ministry to take advantage of the flexibility afforded to it by using the search…
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Debojyoti ‘Debo’ Dutta admits that his deep domain experience means he is just “a little biased” when it comes to talking about the overwhelming theme of the day: the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in the enterprise. However, his understandable boosterism is balanced by a commitment to PPT – not PowerPoint, but the eternal triangle…
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A TechUK report that claimed datacentres in England use less water than previously thought has been accused of containing “methodological flaws” designed to appease tech lobbying in the UK.Foxglove, a non-profit organisation that campaigns for fairness in technology and the protection of local communities, described the study as “dodgy and misleading”, arguing that its conclusions…
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