The Swiss National Supercomputing Center, also known as CSCS, built and deployed a new supercomputer in collaboration with Nvidia and HPE. The machine, called Alps, came on line at the end of 2024, and is already listed as the world’s seventh most powerful supercomputer – and Europe’s second most powerful. Computer Weekly sat down with…
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Rumor has it there’ll be a press event for AMD RX 9070 GPUs at the end of FebruaryThis should be a big reveal, hopefully complete with pricing detailsIt makes sense that it’d come just ahead of a confirmed on-sale date of March for the RX 9070 and its XT siblingAMD’s RX 9070 models might be…
OpenAI surprised the world on Thursday when it announced Operator AI agents for ChatGPT. Given the latest leaks, I knew the Operator launch was imminent, but I thought OpenAI would want to make a bigger deal about releasing its first AI agent that can do things for the user.It turns out Operator doesn’t need much…
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Google parent company Alphabet has dropped its pledge to not use artificial intelligence (AI) in weapons systems or surveillance tools, citing a need to support the national security of “democracies”. Google CEO Sundar Pichai, in a blogpost published Jun 2018, previously outlined how the company would “not pursue” AI applications that “cause or are likely…
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Living England is among the latest batch of artificial intelligence (AI) projects listed as part of the government’s drive to showcase the uses of AI and open data in the public sector. Run by Natural England, the project uses satellite imagery, field data records and other geospatial data to create a national habitat map of…
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This year signalled a worrying time for diversity, equity and inclusion in the technology sector as many firms began rolling back their initiatives and efforts. This lack of commitment led many notable diversity organisations to dial back their own efforts, not wanting to contribute to allowing firms to pretend to be making a difference rather…
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The rise of generative AI (GenAI) is reshaping industries, but it’s also creating an unprecedented demand for energy. Datacentres supporting AI workloads are expanding at a breakneck pace to meet the needs of increasingly complex large language models (LLMs). However, this growth comes at a cost: by 2027, 40% of AI datacentres will face operational…
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AMD looks set to hit back against Nvidia amid speculation of a March launch for the RTX 5060 Ti and 5060The new Radeon RX 9000 series will launch in early MarchA press conference for the new GPU lineup is rumored to happen at the end of FebruaryCES 2025 showcased what to expect regarding this generation’s…
With the iOS 18.3 release just around the corner, it won’t take long before we get the long-awaited Siri overhaul expected with iOS 18.4. However, with Apple Intelligence not being as useful as users might wish for and Siri still being Siri, Apple is in a bad place with its AI efforts.This is why the…
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New rumor suggests Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 won’t need a 12VHPWR power connectorShould make upgrading a lot easierIf you have a 650W PSU or higher, you should also be fineIt looks like the upcoming Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 graphics cards could prove to be even better value…
