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…
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 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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As organisations increasingly rely on cloud services to drive innovation and operational efficiency, chief information security officers (CISOs) face a persistent challenge: what happens when a cloud provider’s service level agreement (SLA) doesn’t align with your enterprise’s security and availability requirements? This scenario is more common than many leaders realise. Whether it’s a cutting-edge AI…
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Virojt Changyencham/Shutterstock I don’t know about you, but I’m always looking for ways to remove as many wires from my PC setup as possible. That often means going wireless, and while some systems rely on their own dongles to power their wireless connections, others use the tried-and-true technology of Bluetooth. However, on Windows 11, there’s…
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The number of UK banks reporting productivity gains from artificial intelligence (AI) has doubled as projects move from pilots to production. According to Lloyds Banking Group’s latest Financial institutions sentiment survey, 59% of surveyed firms reported AI-driven productivity gains in the past 12 months, compared with 32% in the 2024 survey. Banks also reported rising…
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Since its public debut in 2022, ChatGPT has swiftly reshaped the technological landscape and global economy. As the first widely accessible artificial intelligence (AI) tool to deliver near-human cognitive performance (from holding conversations and drafting emails to coding and conducting complex research), it has captured the attention of the general public and the business world.…
Warlock, the emergent cyber crime gang that claims it is holding UK network and telecoms services provider Colt’s data to ransom, appears to have hit multiple other victims in the past few weeks, it has emerged. This is according to data supplied through the open source RansomLook.io information service, which is currently tracking 475 ransomware…
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Two years after the debut of its Quantum Safe Programme (QSP), Microsoft is moving steadily through the process of incorporating post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms into some of the foundational components underpinning the security of its product suite. The computing giant said that to maintain the resilience of its systems and servers when future quantum computers…
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In mid-June 2025, Microsoft made an announcement about a suite of “Sovereign Cloud solutions” designed to ensure that data belonging to European customers remains stored and processed entirely within Europe. Judson Althoff, executive vice-president and chief commercial officer at Microsoft, said this “evolution and expansion” will be offered across all existing European datacentre regions, for…
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