July 2026

Scottish minister clarifies police facial-recognition approach

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Scotland will ensure that any police use of facial recognition technology is “lawful, effective, proportionate and grounded in respect for human rights,” according to the Scottish justice secretary.  Writing to Scottish biometrics commissioner Brian Plastow – who urged the Scottish government in late May 2026 to introduce primary legislation for the police use of live…

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Digital ID must not deepen exclusion

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By 2029, the default method to proving your identity for everything from work to childcare could be a digital ID stored on your smartphone, if UK government proposals go through. While the promise is efficiency through means such as quicker checks, reduced fraud and simpler access to essential services, it also risks creating systems that…

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NPL to run world’s first quantum standards network

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The UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is to establish a National Quantum Standards Network (QSN) to set up a standards framework for quantum computing technologies and help establish the future rules of the road. Backed by £10m of funding from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), the UK government claims the QSN will…

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Google Cloud Summit: UK to deploy AI-powered planning system

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The UK’s Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has worked with Google Cloud, Google DeepMind and Faculty – a company recently acquired by Accenture – to improve the planning system. The collaboration on the Augmented Planning Decisions (APD) tool, which uses Google Cloud, is being developed and alpha-tested with local planning authorities in the…

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Cabinet Office states Capita set to miss Civil Service Pension Scheme deadline

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Capita is expected to miss the June 30 deadline to have the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) administration running as it should, according to trade union. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said it was told by the Cabinet Office that it expected Capita to miss the deadline set by Cabinet Office minister Nick…

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Retail market for SSDs has ‘almost disappeared’ according to exec in supply chain, as hard drives get pricier — so a Prime Day deal on storage could be a smart bet

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Nelson Duann, an exec in the SSD supply chain, has said: “The retail SSD market has almost disappeared”DDR5 RAM prices refuse to drop, although older memory modules are easing in price, but only very slightlySystem memory remains massively overpriced, and the same is true with many SSDs – and even hard drives are becoming more…

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‘I look forward to the comedy that this feature will produce’: Nvidia’s ACE tech is powering new AI teammates in PUBG Ally — and players are highly skeptical already

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PUBG’s Ally Duo mode is now in testing on SteamNvidia’s ACE tech is powering the AI teammates in this modeYou can play with an AI teammate against other human + AI duos until the end of JunePUBG Battlegrounds now offers the option to play with an AI teammate — powered by Nvidia — in a…

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‘We should start to see 96 gigabit HDMI 2.2 products next year’: Next-gen HDMI is set to arrive in 2027, says its licensing president — here’s what it means for PC gaming, TVs and home theater

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The first HDMI 2.2 products are likely to arrive in 2027Massively increased bitrates with 4K 480Hz support, or 10K resolutionGreat for PC gaming, but won’t make much difference to TV viewersHDMI 2.2 is coming, and it could be a very big deal for gamers. That’s because it delivers double the bandwidth of HDMI 2.1: up…

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UK companies can seize £50bn prize by industrialising AI, claims Celonis

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Process mining and intelligence software supplier Celonis has called on FTSE 100 companies to seize an opportunity to save a collective £4.4bn in economic value over three years by closing what it terms “execution gaps” in enterprise workflows. The supplier is making the claim today at its UK event, Process Intelligence Day: London. Basing its…

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Minimalist Phones Are Back In Style – Here’s Why

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fizkes/Shutterstock Gen Z and Millennials can still remember a world before smartphones, and many of them (along with their older siblings, parents, and grandparents) yearn for the peace and quiet associated with a “dumber” world. For some people, complete abstinence is an ideal answer. For others, there’s a happy medium — reducing distraction without removing…

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