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Autumn Budget 2024: Chancellor emphasises importance of tech for UK growth

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Amid an Autumn Budget that raised taxes by £40bn while increasing capital investment by £100bn over five years, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has largely continued existing policies that support the tech sector, while reiterating the importance of digital transformation in improving public sector efficiency. She also offered what will hopefully be a boost…

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Data classification: What, why and who provides it

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When it comes to managing data, we need to know where it is – but we also need to know what it is. With the rise in regulatory controls, enterprises now pay more attention to data sovereignty, especially when it comes to data in the cloud, but to know exactly what information they hold is…

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There’s never been a better time to buy AMD’s flagship graphics card – as prices plummet ahead of inevitable Nvidia RTX 5000 reveal

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XFX’s Speedster MERC 310 model of the AMD RX 7900 XTX GPU is falling in price across multiple retailer sites in the UK and US, amidst rumors of Nvidia’s imminent RTX 5000 series reveal.It’s available for $879.99 (was $929.99) on Newegg in the US and £789.99 (was £899.99) on eBuyer in the UK – as…

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AMD’s next-gen gaming chip keeps getting better, and it hasn’t even launched yet

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AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor could be set to dominate its predecessor (the fantastic Ryzen 7 7800X3D), with a new benchmark test revealing a potential major performance boost over the highly acclaimed current king of gaming CPUs.The benchmark test stems from a post from ‘9550pro’ on X, which revealed a Blender performance score of…

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ChatGPT app for Windows is now available, with a few big caveats

2 minutes of reading / AI, Apple, chatbot, ChatGPT, iPhone, Microsoft, Tech / By

OpenAI unveiled the first ChatGPT desktop app back in May when it unveiled GPT-4o and Advanced Voice Mode. However, the app was limited to Macs with M-series chips. Windows users were left behind in this initial desktop push, and that should be no surprise. OpenAI has always focused on Apple’s platforms with its ChatGPT app.…

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Interview: Niall Robinson, head of product innovation, Met Office

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Niall Robinson, head of product innovation at the Met Office, is an experienced executive who turns novel ideas at the UK’s national weather and climate service into valuable outputs. He’s been with the organisation for 12 years and still finds places to drive change. “One of the cool things about the Met Office is the…

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Samsung’s 128 TB-Class BM1743 Enterprise SSD Displayed at FMS 2024

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Samsung had quietly launched its BM1743 enterprise QLC SSD last month with a hefty 61.44 TB SKU. At FMS 2024, the company had the even larger 122.88 TB version of that SSD on display, alongside a few recorded benchmarking sessions. Compared to the previous generation, the BM1743 comes with a 4.1x improvement in I/O performance,…

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Gigabyte leaks AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPU (again) and explains ‘X3D turbo mode’ for its AM5 motherboards – but don’t get your hopes up too much

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AMD’s Ryzen 9800X3D is close at hand now, and Gigabyte has given us a look at a new feature for its latest motherboards that boosts the performance of 3D V-Cache chips (and other Ryzen CPUs besides).VideoCardz points out the revelations that come from a video (and presentation slides therein) uploaded to YouTube by Gigabyte, which…

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AI becomes Microsoft’s fastest-growing business

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Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) business is set to hit an annual run rate for subscription renewals of $10bn. For the quarter that ended September 30, the company reported revenue of $65.6bn, up 16%. The Microsoft Cloud business posted revenue of $38.9bn, an increase of 22%, while its productivity and business processes business reported a 12%…

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