The last time we talked about Microsoft’s Project Silica was about four years ago when Microsoft was showing off a proof of concept. The company managed to write Warner Bros’ Superman movie on a tiny piece of durable quartz glass that measured only 75 by 75 by 2 mm. That data is safer than copying…
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UK Apple Store workers organising for better working conditions have said the company is actively trying to prevent staff from exercising their right to join a union. In February 2023, Apple’s Glasgow store became the first of its 40 UK-based locations to unionise, after workers gained formal union recognition from the company, while staff at…
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Seagate announced that it’s releasing brand new SSD for the mobile device market, specifically for gaming handhelds and Surface devices.According to the manufacturer, the SSD is called FireCuda 520N NVMe and it features a 2230-S2 M.2 form factor. It’s made for high-performance portable devices like the Steam Deck, Microsoft Surface devices, the ASUS ROG Ally,…
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provided some further details on the initial scope of its anti-trust investigation into the UK cloud services market, in the wake of Ofcom’s concerns about the stronghold Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft have on the sector. The CMA has confirmed that its investigation will initially focus on…
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Google Cloud is stepping up its efforts to court public sector IT buyers with the launch of a dedicated business division geared towards helping government departments and agencies use its tools to provide better-quality public services to UK citizens. The public cloud giant announced the division’s launch on the first day of its Google Cloud…
The Scottish biometrics commissioner has written to Police Scotland outlining his ongoing concerns over the cloud-based digital evidence sharing system used by the force, which uses hyperscale public cloud infrastructure to store and process sensitive biometric data despite major data protection concerns. At the start of April 2023, Computer Weekly revealed the Scottish government’s Digital Evidence Sharing Capability (DESC)…
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Ofcom’s work uncovered three types of prevailing anti-competitive behaviour and practices within the UK public cloud market, which is what prompted it to refer the sector over to the CMA for a more thorough probe.This behaviour included the charging of egress fees when customers attempt to extricate their data from a public cloud provider’s servers,…
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Almost two years ago, Microsoft announced it was acquiring Activision Blizzard for a colossal $69 billion. Reports say the acquisition deal is expected to close this week and Xbox players are anticipating the addition of Activision Blizzard games to the Game Pass lineup. However, a new tweet by Activision Blizzard makes it sound like the…
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He risked his neck. When Edward Snowden chose to expose the US National Security Agency (NSA)’s mass surveillance, Leviathan, and that of its British counterpart, GCHQ, 10 years ago, he put his life on the line. And he has always declared he has never regretted it. But years after his act of extraordinary courage, the…
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Home secretary Suella Braverman is stepping up pressure on Meta over its plans to roll out end-to-end encrypted message services on Facebook and Instagram. The government claims that plans by the social media company to introduce encrypted messaging services will have a “catastrophic impact” on the ability of police to detect and prosecute child sexual…
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