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 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…
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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Mamun_Sheikh/Shutterstock It is incredible how many myths surround the Android smartphone ecosystem today. Some of these misconceptions were born of early comparisons to Apple when these Android devices were making their mark in the late 2000s. In 2008, the HTC Dream was the first direct competitor to Apple. When that phone came out, the design…
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Kar-tr/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When the wanderlust bug bites, there’s no stopping people from booking tickets to exotic, unexplored locations and getting lost in the culture and history. Most people won’t bat an eye before taking their phone to these locations, capturing the sights and navigating the…
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Intel revealed new Arrow Lake Refresh processorsThey are the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K PlusBoth offer core count increases compared to their Arrow Lake predecessors — and a sizeable boost in gaming performance to the tune of 15%Intel has released a pair of new desktop processors, which are refreshed…
DDR5 RAM prices have reached new highs in the USEven the cheapest 32GB kits can’t be had for less than $360That’s 20% more than two months ago, as system RAM keeps getting more expensive despite previous signs that the crisis was abatingRAM pricing continues to prove seriously painful with DDR5 modules, and the situation at…
Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There used to be a time when your home and personal gadgets needed to be charged or powered with different cables. Your phone had micro-USB, your laptop used a barrel plug, and your portable speaker required a mini-USB. These days, though, the USB-C port…
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Health workers are urging NHS decision-makers not to sign contracts with controversial US data analytics firm Palantir, citing ethical concerns around human rights and data privacy. In 2023, Palantir won a seven-year, £330m NHS England contract to deliver the Federated Data Platform (FDP), a nationwide system intended to connect disparate healthcare data from across the…
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Nvidia has announced DLSS 5 at GTC 2026This is a “real-time neural rendering model” (AI) to revamp lighting and improve graphics in PC gamesThe reaction has been broadly negative across social media, with plenty of concerns about the direction Nvidia is now heading inNvidia has revealed DLSS 5 at GTC 2026, and is calling the…
