The market demand for small form-factor (SFF) PCs was kickstarted by the Intel NUC in the early 2010s. Since then, many vendors have come out with their own take on the Intel NUC using both Intel and AMD processors. In recent years, we have also seen various Asian companies such as Beelink, Chuwi, GEEKOM, GMKtec,…
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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has hit back at claims it is wasting taxpayers’ money by not hiring contractors on an outside IR35 basis, after its annual accounts suggested the majority of the temporary workers it used last year were engaged via umbrella companies. According to the government tax collection agency’s 2022-2023 Annual Report and…
Businesses across the UK continue to suffer from a basic cyber security skills gap, with supposed security leaders at approximately 50% of organisations saying they lacked the confidence to carry out the most basic tasks as outlined in the NCSC’s Cyber Essentials programme, or lacking appropriate support from third parties. This is according to the…
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The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and Science and Technology Facilities Council’s RAL Space have joined forces to create a facility for calibrating small satellites. Funded through the UK government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s (DSIT) £200m Earth Observation Investment Package that was launched last year, the facility is being designed, manufactured and tested at…
The way we pay has changed over the centuries, from shells, to coins, to banknotes, to cheques, to cards, to smartwatches and much in between. Technology has played a major role in this transformation and the pace of change has never been faster. It is important that the core payment systems – often thought of…
The proliferation of network-connected products and a competitive industry has flooded the market with unsecure smart devices. Not only does this put the owners at risk, but it also enables the creation of botnets that can be used for malicious activities. There have been numerous examples of the damage that unsecure smart devices can do.…
The UK’s government’s “deregulatory” data reform proposals will undermine the safe development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) by making “an already-poor landscape of redress and accountability” even worse, the Ada Lovelace Institute has said. Published on 29 March, the government’s AI whitepaper outlined its “adaptable” approach to regulating AI, which it claimed will drive responsible innovation…
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Privacy campaigners are urging Parliament to address a clause in the government’s upcoming Online Safety Bill that would force tech companies to screen people’s communications for illegal content, after legal opinion from Matrix Chambers identifies “real and significant issues” around its lawfulness. The opinion – which was delivered to Open Rights Group (ORG) by Dan…
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Advancements in flash technology have come as a boon to data centers. Increasing layer counts coupled with better vendor confidence in triple-level (TLC) and quad-level cells (QLC) have contributed to top-line SSD capacities essentially doubling every few years. Data centers looking to optimize storage capacity on a per-rack basis are finding these top-tier SSDs to…
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