In an unexpected announcement during their quarterly earnings call this week, Western Digital revealed that it has begun sampling an upcoming 32TB hard drive. The nearline HDD is aimed at hyperscalers, and relies on a combination of Westen Digital’s EAMR technology, as well as shingled magnetic recording (SMR) technology to hit their highest capacity figures…
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It’s been too long since Apple updated the iPhone selfie camera with a 12MP sensor. Since then, the company’s only improvements were software-related, with Photonic Engine and updates to Smart HDR.While the iPhone 16 will be the first to bring an Apple Intelligence approach, only the iPhone 17 models will add the selfie camera upgrades…
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The CyberUp Campaign, a group calling for urgent reform to the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) 1990, has launched a fresh consultation inviting security professionals and researchers to take part in a wide-ranging survey seeking views on the 34-year-old law’s impact on their work. CyberUp argues that the CMA is risibly out of date – it…
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When alerts and headlines blare the warnings of a critical vulnerability in widely used software, the response within the cyber security community must be decisive and clear-cut. This was precisely this scenario that unfolded earlier this year on 19 February, when ConnectWise issued a security advisory for all versions below 23.9.8 of their on-prem ScreenConnect…
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It quickly became clear the problem was not an issue with Microsoft’s Azure service, as it first appeared, but an issue with a single software provider – named CrowdStrike – who released a faulty update to their software, which was then distributed rapidly around the world via the Azure global networks.As reported by Computer Weekly,…
When I first heard that Apple Intelligence won’t be available in Europe at the same time as the US, I realized that it might impact my iPhone 16 upgrade decision. My iPhone 14 Pro will be two years old by the time the 2024 iPhone series launches, but I could see myself using it for…
8 reasons I’ll buy the iPhone 16 even if Apple Intelligence gets a huge delay Read More »
A coalition of financial services institutions and communications service providers, convened by consumer advocacy organisation Which?, have called on the new Labour government to make combating digital fraud a national priority as it launches a “landmark” commitment to data sharing that it believes will go some way to help. Barclays, BT, Mobile UK, Nationwide, NatWest,…
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Intel has made a further move in damage control over the issues with 13th-gen and 14th-gen processors suffering from instability and crashing, announcing that the warranties of CPUs from these generations have been extended by two years.As per a statement from Intel’s Communications Manager, Thomas Hannaford, all Raptor Lake and Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs now…
Now, the museum is turning its attention to the future, unveiling its new gardens in July as a centre piece of the Urban Nature Project. The project is the NHM’s response to a growing need to monitor and record changes to UK urban nature and support its recovery in the face of challenges such as…
Natural History Museum partners with AWS to restore and protect urban nature Read More »
Businesses have grappled with skills shortages since the removal of free movement at the start of 2021 and the IT sector was no exception. Having initially been able to sponsor workers through a relatively generous employer sponsorship system introduced post-Brexit – albeit one of the world’s most expensive – rule changes in early 2024 saw…
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