April 2024

Construction of $106B SK hynix Mega Fab Site Moving Along, But At Slower Pace

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When a major industry slowdown occurs, big companies tend to slowdown their mid-term and long-term capacity related investments. This is exactly what happened to SK hynix’s Yongin Semiconductor Cluster, a major project announced in April 2021 and valued at $106 billion. While development of the site has been largely completed, only 35% of the initial…

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Lords split over UK government approach to autonomous weapons

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Lords are split in their opinions of the UK government’s approach to autonomous weapons, with some arguing for a much greater degree of caution and others calling for less restraint to get ahead of adversaries. At the start of December 2023, a Lords committee urged the UK government to “proceed with caution” when deploying autonomous…

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Expert investigating Capture system refuses to meet ‘untrustworthy’ Post Office

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A former long-serving Post Office executive, who is campaigning for users of a second controversial Post Office IT system, has turned down his former employer’s offer to meet to discuss the controversial Capture system. The Post Office is currently investigating claims that, like the Horizon system, Capture led to the prosecution and unfair dismissal of…

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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus may be the laptop chip of Intel and Apple’s nightmares

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Qualcomm isn’t wasting any time filling out its ultra-portable PC chip roster, adding a new Snapdragon X Plus range to slide in behind its still-fresh and high-end Snapdragon X Elite.If this mobile PC SoC approach sounds similar, that’s because Qualcomm is taking almost the same approach as Apple with its ARM-based silicon, but in reverse.…

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This insane home security camera blasts intruders with paintballs

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If you’re tired of your home security cameras not providing quite enough protection, then a Slovenian startup could soon offer something a bit more violent. The new security camera is called PaintCam, and it’s essentially an AI-powered security camera that doubles as a paintball gun to help scare off would-be intruders – or just people…

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IT Sustainability Think Tank: Sustainable innovation key to carbon emissions transparency

4 minutes of reading / Accenture, AI, data analytics, internet of things, Tech / By

Demonstrating a commitment to sustainability is fast becoming a prerequisite for successful business partnerships, but many firms struggle to demonstrate their sustainability success to partners, customers and stakeholders. This is where sustainable innovation will play a key role in helping CIOs and IT leaders to not only cut their carbon emissions, but demonstrate their own…

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The DeepCool PX850G 850W PSU Review: Less Than Quiet, More Than Capable

5 minutes of reading / AI, compliance, HP, Tech / By

DeepCool is one of the few veterans in the PC power & cooling components field still active today. The Chinese company was first founded in 1996 and initially produced only coolers and cooling accessories, but quickly diversified into the PC Case and power supply unit (PSU) markets. To this day, DeepCool stays almost entirely focused…

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The best SSD in the world? Phony Samsung drive has jaw-dropping specs at a bargain price, and yes – it’s a fake

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A fake piece of tech has popped up showing that it pays to be very careful about product names – and also that if an SSD looks very much too good to be true, it almost certainly is.This is the case of a product on AliExpress called a ‘1080 Pro SSD’ which you might, at…

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Hard drives could be about to get more expensive – and we have AI to blame

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Here’s some bad news for those looking at buying a new hard drive – prices are about to rise, by the looks of things.And that holds true even for consumer hard drives, even though this news – which comes via a report from analyst firm TrendForce – relates to large capacity hard drives in the…

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Five reasons why – and when – cloud storage is the answer

5 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, Azure, Cloud, containers, disaster recovery, Google, HP, machine learning, Microsoft, risk management, Tech / By

When it comes to data storage, public cloud is now firmly mainstream. According to a recent survey, close to a third of organisations plan to deploy cloud storage. CIOs and IT directors listed cloud as their highest investment priority after cyber security and risk management. Cloud storage has long been an attractive option for organisations…

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