The United Nations’ (UN) latest take on technology is that the distinctive feature of artificial intelligence (AI) is its ability to amplify human intelligence. Intelligent machines allow for more effective human and robot collaboration that may spark a fifth industrial revolution. However, there is a risk this could lead to job losses. The UN’s Technology…
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The United States’ national metrology institute, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is to cease providing updates to tens of thousands of older common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) held within its National Vulnerability Database (NVD). In an announcement posted last week, the standards body said that every CVE with a published date prior…
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The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee has questioned tech experts on the government’s plans for the digital centre of government – or the new Government Digital Service (GDS). The committee examined the role of the new centre and whether the government’s digitisation of public services will be successful. Earlier this month, prime minister Keir Starmer…
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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has urged the government to fix legacy IT issues if it wants to succeed with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered public sector initiatives. The PAC’s Use of AI in government report noted that AI relies on high-quality data to learn. However, the committee was told by the Department for Science, Innovation and…
In her Spring Statement, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said government departments will reduce their administrative budgets by 15% by the end of the decade, adding that the savings on back-office functions will total at least £2.2bn per year by 2030. Artificial intelligence (AI) has a strong presence in the Chancellor’s statement, with the government confirming the…
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Human rights group Liberty has said the UK government’s proposed Crime and Policing Bill will transform the country’s driving licence database into a de-facto facial recognition database, enabling police to access the biometric information of millions of people who have never committed a crime. Introduced to Parliament on 25 February 2025, the Home Office-sponsored bill…
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There is an ever-shifting demand for datacentre capacity, which requires stakeholders to consider everything from power supply and cooling, through government policy and planning, to processing needs, connectivity, labour availability and location. “There’s more change and uncertainty in how the market is going to develop right now than there’s ever been,” says Andrew Jay, head…
France is proposing a law to require encrypted messaging applications, including Signal and WhatsApp, and encrypted email services such as Proton Mail to provide law enforcement with decrypted data on request. An amendment to France’s proposed “Narcotraffic” bill, which is passing through the National Assembly in the French Parliament, will require tech companies to hand…
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The European fintech and banking industry must not follow Trump’s US in cancelling workforce equality programmes and must instead continue to enforce diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), according to Wincie Wong, co-founder of Tech She Can. During a session on women in fintech at Finovate Europe last week, Wang reflected on the direction of travel…
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Nvidia’s 32-bit PhysX support isn’t present on RTX 5000 series GPUsThis will effect a number of older titles that utilize the physics API for enhanced visuals and particle effectsIt adds to the multitude of issues the RTX 5000 series GPU users are currently facingThe RTX 5000 series launch has come with an abundance of issues…
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