Formed in 1975, Microsoft is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary, having powered the personal computing revolution first with MS-DOS, and then with Windows. In the 1980s, it demonstrated – thanks to the IBM Project Chess, one of the first personal computers – that business computing could be accessed by anyone and wasn’t simply a task…
Banks and tech firms are coming together in an initiative to share information on fraud to give them visibility of the attacks targeted at customers. The collaboration is part of Stop Scams UK’s intelligence-sharing pilots, which have brought together banks such as HSBC, NatWest and Santander with tech firms Amazon, Google and Meta. Mobile telecommunications…
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Fintech trade body calls on the government to establish a national centre to help businesses across different sectors fight fraud through data sharing. Innovate Finance said that current data sharing initiatives designed to fight fraud operate in silos, which means the country lacks the “critical mass” or “scale” needed to stop fraudsters. The call for…
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With hours to go until the law banning TikTok in the US would have taken effect and no deal to sell the platform in sight, President Trump signed a new executive order to keep the app up and running. As a result of Trump’s latest action, TikTok parent company ByteDance has another 75 days to…
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The government is turning its attention to ensuring its commitment to positioning the UK as an artificial intelligence (AI) superpower does not come at the expense of the environment or the nation’s energy security. It is a balancing act the UK’s newly formed AI Energy Council will be tasked with managing, while also exploring ways…
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I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of the ChatGPT images that have taken over the web for the better part of a week. OpenAI revealed that 130 million ChatGPT users created around 700 million AI images with its new tool.I get it. The service is cool, and the technology is amazing. I used…
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Amazon is making some models of Nvidia or AMD GPUs exclusive to Prime membersA handful of RTX 5000 and RX 9070 models fall into this categoryThe idea is to stop scalpers, or at least throw another hurdle in their wayAmazon appears to have made some changes that mean those who are Prime members stand a…
Cloud computing’s rise is a success story under scrutiny. It has been nothing short of transformative, enabling businesses to scale operations, innovate rapidly, and optimise costs. It has become an essential pillar of modern enterprise IT, supporting mission-critical workloads across industries. From finance and healthcare to artificial intelligence (AI) and retail, the cloud is now…
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It’s pretty crazy that, after all this time, most smart home solutions are still clunky and overcomplicated. I test smart technology for a living and even I haven’t managed to put together the perfect smart home setup. The new Matter standard might help… someday… but for now, there are still so many interoperability issues that…
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AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D is back in stock after a woeful launch window The processor sells for $479 / £449 and offers leading gaming performance It outclasses many pricier processors in gaming performance for the moneyDespite releasing back in November 2024, AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been difficult to track down in the US and…
