IBM Research has published a paper discussing a breakthrough in the use of analogue computing for artificial intelligence (AI) calculations. When building AI systems, the data model needs to be trained. This is where weightings are given to different subsets of the training data, such as image data that depicts distinct features of a cat,…
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The 12th Computer Weekly list of the Most Influential Women in UK Tech is now open for voting, giving readers and opportunity to express who they feel should be given the top spot. Each year, the list of 50 women acts to make role models in the technology sector more visible and accessible in the…
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Computer Weekly’s list of the Most Influential Women in UK Technology has been running since 2012 to make female role models in the UK’s technology sector more visible and accessible.In 2015, the Hall of Fame was introduced alongside the top 50 to recognise women who have made a lifetime contribution to the technology sector, as…
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Huawei is known for its networking and telecoms business, with products that range from handsets to routers to 5G network infrastructure. But the firm is also known for the embargoes, bans and sanctions by Western states that seek to rein in Chinese influence. In data storage, Huawei offers cost savings over competitors. Analysts suggest Huawei…
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Each year when Computer Weekly asks for nominations for its list of the most influential women in UK tech, the number of women considered grows. This year, more than 650 women were put forward for the top 50, Rising Stars and Hall of Fame, showing yet more growth from previous years – in 2017 when…
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The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) stands accused of “paying lip service” to smaller suppliers after embarking on a revamp of the “underused” Cloud Compute Framework to make it more accessible to SMEs. The government’s procurement arm is inviting submissions from prospective suppliers for the £1.35bn Cloud Compute 2 framework until 21 August 2023, but Computer…
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Earlier in July, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced the availability of Llama 2, which will be made available in the Microsoft Azure AI model catalogue, as well as AWS. Meta describes Llama 2 as “the next generation” of its open source large language model. But while it is free for research and commercial…
IBM is using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help enterprises monitor and manage the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated by their use of the tech giant’s various cloud-based products and services. The IBM Cloud Carbon Calculator is generally available now and consists of an AI-based dashboard that will enable enterprise IT leaders to spot patterns…
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It has been a couple of decades since a Japanese fab has offered a leading-edge chip manufacturing process. Even to this day, none of the Japanese chipmakers have made it as far as adopting FinFETs, something that U.S. and Taiwanese companies adopted in early-to-mid-2010s. But Rapidus, a semiconductor consortium backed by the Japanese government and…
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The average cost of a data breach to a UK organisation now stands at £3.4m, but this figure drops by approximately £1.6m at organisations that have “extensively” deployed artificial intelligence (AI) and automation as part of their cyber security stack. This is one of the key findings in the 18th edition of IBM’s annual Cost…
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