The flow and ebb of international supply chains is far from new, with the grand medieval churches of the Cotswolds partly paid for by wool exports to continental Europe, centuries before the area became famous for hosting US vice-presidents. Levels of imports and exports rose worldwide during the 19th century and into the 20th during…
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Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts, Wickes chief David Wood, and Fortnum & Mason boss Tom Athron were among the executives to sign an open letter in August calling on the government to legislate to better protect service workers. Headline signatory Jo Causon, CEO of the Institute of Customer Service (ICS), and her co-signatories from retail, hospitality…
The government has published guidance for software engineers working in government departments on how they should use artificial intelligence (AI)-based coding assistants. The Government Digital Service (GDS) AI coding assistants for developers in HMG document warns that if a production service is developed, maintained and deployed from a single environment, using AI coding assistants may…
aileenchik/Shutterstock It’s been relatively quiet on the AI front after OpenAI released its new open-source ChatGPT models and the highly anticipated GPT-5 upgrade, but the company has stayed busy. First, OpenAI made one of the best paid ChatGPT features available for free earlier this week: Everyone now has access to ChatGPT projects to organize their…
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The European Union (EU) Data Act comes into force today (12 September 2025), giving, says the European Commission, citizens control over data generated by their connected devices, such as smartwatches and cars. It is also said to open up opportunities for small businesses to use this data to develop “innovative after-sale services”. Business and consumer…
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Proxima Studio/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We’ve come a long way from when the TV was just for watching cable. Today’s smart televisions are equipped with a wealth of features, many of which you’re probably not using. One such oft-overlooked feature is the USB port that’s a staple on…
Google giving Circle to Search an upgrade by adding a new feature that lets you translate text on websites as you scroll. The company claims that translation is one of the most-used features in Circle to Search, and because of that, it has updated the way that translation works to make it more seamless than…
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The MSI Afterburner tool is getting a feature to overclock RTX 5000 GPUs in new waysIt’ll allow for memory voltage and auxiliary voltage to be pushed up, which isn’t currently possibleWhile it’s only for MSI GPUs to begin with, other card makers will hopefully follow suitThe developer of a popular utility for overclocking graphics cards…
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Solid-state drive (SSD) prices per gigabyte (GB) have headed sharply upwards over the past two quarters. Meanwhile, on the spinning disk front, SAS hard disk drive (HDD) prices increased in price and SATA stayed stable, to leave an increased gap between the two. SSD prices had been predicted to increase as manufacturers slowed production in…
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miss.cabul/Shutterstock New reports suggest that OpenAI may launch its first ever AI chip as soon as next year. Financial Times attributes these reports to comments made by the chief executive of Broadcom — a company OpenAI has reportedly partnered with to design its AI chip. The claims note that Broadcom recently referred to a “mystery” customer…
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