Despite publicly belittling software patents and lobbying for patent reform that would make it difficult for companies to use such patents in patent-based lawsuits, Google is building an impressive arsenal of patents of its own at a much faster rate than in previous years. While the move may be perceived as an attempt to defend its…
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Zoom has thrown down the gauntlet in the enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) race, with the announcement that AI Companion 3.0 will be available at no additional cost to all paid users. The strategy involves agentic AI capabilities designed to transform workplace collaboration – yet fundamental questions remain about whether Zoom is betting on the right…
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In this podcast, we talk to Rainer Kaese, senior manager for business development in storage products at Toshiba Electronics Europe, about how temperature affects hard disk drives (HDDs). Kaese says the thing to keep an eye on is airflow, and that hard disk drive failure rates tend to multiply significantly if they run above their…
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The UK government is supporting the launch of its second artificial intelligence (AI) growth zone in North East England by creating a task force that will work to ensure the proposed benefits of the endeavour are realised. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) said the task force will comprise a coalition of tech…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure provider Nscale has secured $1.1bn in series B funding, a week after it was announced the firm would be working with the UK government to deploy the UK’s largest graphics processing unit (GPU) cluster. The company claims it is the largest Series B funding round ever secured in the UK and…
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When is a deal not a deal? Simple answer – when it’s a “memorandum of understanding” (MOU). Before digging deeper into the recent US-UK Technology Prosperity “deal”, let’s talk about MOUs and how they are used in government. Politicians love MOUs because they are the perfect vehicle for being able to make hugely important-sounding announcements…
The UK government has set itself an ambitious target of becoming an artificial intelligence (AI) superpower, and this is a position it is seeking to secure by championing the developers of homegrown AI tools and technologies. As the government pithily stated in its January 2025 AI opportunities action plan document: “We must be an AI maker, not…
Microsoft plans to invest $30bn between now and 2028 in building out its artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and operations in the UK. The software giant has described the move as the largest financial commitment it has ever made in the UK, with around half of its proposed investment set to finance the continued expansion of…
Heightened risk related to data sovereignty is universally acknowledged. Most IT decision makers see that risk increasing as a result of geopolitical instability, and that inadequate preparation could result in costly reputational damage and a loss of customer trust. Those are the key findings of a Pure Storage-sponsored survey in which the University of Technology…
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I’m at the 10th annual Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii (special thanks to Qualcomm for flying me halfway around the world to be here), and it’s that time of year again: new laptop chips have officially arrived.With the first generation of Snapdragon X Elite and Plus chips already in the hands of consumers following a…
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