The government wants the UK to lead the way in artificial intelligence (AI) capacity in Europe, and research from Barclays Corporate Banking shows that business leaders recognise the need to invest in AI and emerging technology. This week, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle and OpenAI announced they are building out significant datacentre capacity in the UK.…
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File servers are at the core of almost all IT infrastructures. File sharing is essential to collaboration and is a vital component of growing volumes of unstructured information. File storage is a key part of general document storage, and access to the information therein is vital for analytics, including artificial intelligence (AI). File systems also…
UK banks are still using software code that was written in the 1960s and 1970s, with only a handful of employees who understand them. According to a survey of 200 UK banks, 16% rely on software from the 1960s and almost 40% maintain 1970s code. The survey, from management consultancy Baringa, questioned senior managers who…
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Joshua Seiler/Shutterstock Windows 11 Insiders are getting a fresh look at new functionality in the latest Dev Channel build. This particular version — build 26220.6682 — started rolling out on September 12. One of the big new changes introduced is an improvement to how Xbox game controllers interact with Windows 11. As Microsoft prepares for…
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Europe’s quantum startups fear a bureaucratic European Union (EU) administration will take too long to implement its strategy to become a global leader in the emerging technology, while inhibitive native investors threaten to starve them out of business for want of capital.With the second administration of European Commission (EC) chief Ursula von der Leyen concerned with US…
Nwz/Shutterstock If you’re an avid user of Google’s Gemini Live feature or AI chatbot, you may have noticed something annoying: Now and then, without much rhyme or reason, Google automatically deletes your Gemini chat history. For those who only use the service occasionally, there’s not as much content left to lose. We’ve heard reports of Gemini nixing…
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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 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…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has become the latest to add his voice to a cacophony of warnings that artificial intelligence (AI) is eliminating entry-level jobs. A recent report by job search engine Adzuna indicated that vacancies for graduate jobs, apprenticeships, internships and junior jobs with no degree requirement had dropped 32% since the launch of…
