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Jan 23 2025

It sure looks like Apple is getting ready to release a HomePod with a display

2 minutes of reading / Amazon, Apple, Apple TV, HomePod, Intel, iPad, Tech / By Comkex

Another rumor suggests Apple’s long-rumored HomePod with a display is launching in 2025. This time, a paywalled report by DigiTimes (via MacRumors) says Tianma Microelectronics will supply the gadget’s 7-inch LCD panel. Taiwan’s Radiant will reportedly handle backlight module production, and BYD will assemble the device.Rumors about this HomePod with a screen have been floating…

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Jan 6 2025

LG’s new OLED TVs just debuted at CES 2025, but get the LG B4 OLED TV instead

3 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, Tech / By Comkex

Everyone knows that LG OLED TVs are some of the most beloved televisions in the world. They offer stunningly vivid colors and the deepest blacks you can imagine. The only problem is that they’re often much more expensive than comparable smart TVs. That’s especially true when it comes to LG’s brand-new 2025 OLED TV lineup…

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Dec 29 2024

This Vizio TV soundbar is so cheap right now, it seems like a mistake

3 minutes of reading / Amazon, Tech / By Comkex

We recently published our Sonos Arc Ultra review, and we were absolutely blown away by how impressive Sonos’s new high-end soundbar is. It’s easily the best Dolby Atmos soundbar on the planet right now, but it’s also super expensive at a whopping $999.If you want a solid TV soundbar with Dolby Atmos that doesn’t cost…

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Dec 27 2024

Navigating the practicalities of AI regulation and legislation

12 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, Azure, chatbot, compliance, Computer, data privacy, GDPR, Google, machine learning, Meta, Microsoft, risk management, Salesforce, social media, Tech / By Comkex

Misusing artificial intelligence (AI) can have some very clear and expensive consequences. Movie studio Lionsgate recently joined a long list of organisations discovering that quotations and citations from generative AI (GenAI) systems need to be verified like any other source; Microsoft is being sued by a German journalist after Bing Copilot suggested he had committed crimes…

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Dec 24 2024

CCS cloud hosting deal with AWS under scrutiny as contract value soars by 89% after 15 months

4 minutes of reading / Amazon, AWS, Cloud, Computer, Tech / By Comkex

The Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) decision to increase its cloud hosting spend with Amazon Web Services (AWS) mid-contract by 89% is under scrutiny from procurement professionals. The government’s procurement arm is overseeing the migration of workloads from the Government Digital Service’s now defunct Gov.uk platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering to the AWS cloud. This piece of work…

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Dec 24 2024

AWS offers Hackney Council ‘minimum 22%’ discount on cloud services through OGVA 2.0

4 minutes of reading / Amazon, AWS, Cloud, Computer, Tech / By Comkex

Hackney Council has committed to growing its annual usage of Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) cloud platform by 8% a year over the next three years to secure a “minimum 22%” discount on the public cloud giant’s services, Computer Weekly understands. The local authority’s latest cloud hosting deal with AWS went live on 1 November 2024,…

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Dec 22 2024

Google Cloud Platform: Key storage options in the Google Cloud

4 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Google, Google Cloud, HP, Kubernetes, Microsoft, SAP, Tech / By Comkex

Google’s first step into the cloud was App Engine, launched in 2008. Google Cloud Storage followed later in 2010. Since then, the company has steadily expanded to what is now known as the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and consolidated its position as one of the three, global “hyperscale” cloud storage providers. Google Cloud is seen…

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Dec 15 2024

Tech workers say diversity and inclusion efforts are working

3 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, Azure, Microsoft, Salesforce, Tech / By Comkex

Tech workers claim that where organisations are working to improve diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) those efforts are making a difference, according to a survey. As part of its Careers and Hiring Guide 23/24, tech talent firm Tenth Revolution Group gathered data from global employees at Amazon Web Services, Microsoft 365, Azure and Business Applications,…

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Dec 14 2024

AWS on using GenAI to speed up legacy VMware and Microsoft datacentre migrations

8 minutes of reading / Adobe, AI, Amazon, AWS, chatbot, cloud-native, Computer, software engineering, Tech / By Comkex

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has set out how its investments in artificial intelligence (AI) chips and software are saving customers money and helping them migrate their legacy Windows and VMware workloads off-premise much quicker. AWS CEO Matt Garman used the opening keynote at the public cloud giant’s Re:Invent customer and partner conference in Las Vegas,…

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