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Xbox Controllers Get New Functionality In Latest Windows 11 Preview Build

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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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Quantum startups fear EU too slow to lead

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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…

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Are Your Google Gemini Chats Disappearing? Here’s What You Can Do

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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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How AI and the Trump administration are fuelling ‘quiet quitting’ on IT sustainability

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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: Key benefits and use cases

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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…

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GDS publishes guidance on AI coding assistants

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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…

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Will AI wipe out entry-level jobs?

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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…

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How To Get Faster Internet Speeds On Windows 11

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Microstockhub/Getty Images If you are working from home, you want the best internet performance possible from your PC. Perhaps your internet is being uncharacteristically slow and you don’t know why. Or perhaps you have important deadlines to meet, and you need your computer to keep up with your fast work pace. In either case, an…

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IT departments face huge Windows 10 support bill

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Windows 10 is reaching end-of-life next month, which means Microsoft will no longer issue patches and no longer provide functional enhancements for free. Those organisations that have yet to migrate PCs off Windows 10 face a hefty bill if they want to continue to receive Windows 10 patches. But this is not something that can…

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Microsoft shows potential of analogue optical computing in AI

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Microsoft has teamed up with Barclays on a novel approach to tackling artificial intelligence (AI) and optimisation problems based on a scalable analogue optical computer (AOC) architecture, designed to use consumer-grade technology. The approach, described in a paper published in Nature, overcomes the Von Neumann bottleneck that occurs in classical computing architecture, where performance is…

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