April 2026

Companies House restarts online services following cyber breach

Companies House, the UK’s business registrar, has successfully rebooted its online WebFiling service after it emerged that a previously unknown cyber security issue exposed various data on companies and people associated with them to other logged-in users. The flaw – which appears to have arisen during a WebFiling update last year – was never accessible…

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Dell and Lenovo laptops with Nvidia CPUs could be here in a few months — but I wouldn’t bank on it

New rumor suggests laptops with Nvidia’s new CPUs could arrive in the first half of 2026These are the long-rumored N1 and N1X processors, which are Arm-basedThere’ll be notebooks from Dell and Lenovo, plus other vendors, tooIf you’re wondering when laptops will start shipping with Nvidia’s new Arm CPU inside, the latest rumor suggests the initial…

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Everpure’s Evergreen One for AI brings Exa flash and GPU-based service-level agreements

Everpure has announced Evergreen One for AI, a performance-backed consumption model for artificial intelligence (AI) that extends to use of its FlashBlade//Exa high-performance storage. Meanwhile, the company – known as Pure Storage until recently – has announced the beta release of its Datastream automated AI pipeline appliance.  Evergreen One for AI differs from existing flexible…

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‘Linux is going to prime time for PCs. This is just a clue’: Nvidia looks set to make its GPU drivers better in Linux

A couple of new job adverts from Nvidia have been spotted They are for software engineers to work on Nvidia GPU drivers in LinuxIt’s a hint that Nvidia is getting more serious about making Linux a better alternative for PC gamers — though there’s speculation it could be about something else, tooThere are some exciting…

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Faster video RAM we might see in Nvidia RTX 6000 GPUs – or even RTX 5000 Super refreshes – just turned up

Micron has unveiled faster new GDDR7 video memoryIt runs at 36Gbps compared to 32Gbps for the initial incarnation of GDDR7This memory also comes in 3GB modules rather than 2GB, which is an important step forward for graphics card VRAM capacityMicron has released a new type of GDDR7 memory for graphics cards, which is the firm’s…

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How conflict is reshaping technology strategy in the Middle East

Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 17 March 2026 How conflict is reshaping technology strategy in the Middle East Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to IT leaders in the Middle East about their challenges in keeping digital infrastructure running in a time of regional…

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‘So it happened to me’: Redditor buys 32GB DDR5 RAM kit, receives 10 of them — paying $300 for 320GB of memory

A Redditor bought a 32GB Corsair RAM kit for $300They ended up being sent 10 of those kitsThat’s a total of 320GB of RAM, or $3,000 worth of memory (actually more going by current pricing)We’re seeing a distinct increase in scams around RAM sales of late — now that DDR5 is so expensive, it’s inevitable…

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Funding and procurement to target UK quantum innovation

The UK government has committed to investing £1bn over the next four years to enable the country to win the race to deliver quantum computing at scale. The funding is made up of over £500m dedicated to helping quantum computing companies scale and develop uses for the technology in areas such as pharmaceuticals, financial services and energy. Over £400m of…

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AMD’s new Ryzen AI 400 desktop CPUs are going in the wrong direction — who wants a disappointing GPU, but Copilot+ support?

AMD reveals its Ryzen AI 400 series at MWC 2026 as the successor to the Ryzen 8000G rangeThese chips have been refocused on AI, with an NPU that hits 50 TOPSIt means a desktop PC will qualify for Windows 11’s Copilot+ featuresOver at MWC 2026 AMD has revealed new Ryzen AI processors designed to bring…

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Nuclear Fusion HPC: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is installing a new supercomputer named Sunrise, which is specifically designed to support nuclear fusion research. Based on AMD Epyc and Instinct-powered Dell hardware, Sunrise achieves approximately 6 exaflops at at 8-bit precision. That means it is capable of running six quintillion floating point operations per second. While it is…

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