The average cost of a data breach in the UK has soared to £3.58m from March 2023 to February 2024, up 5% compared with the previous 12-month period and reversing a declining trend, with financial services organisations seeing the costliest incidents, followed by professional services and technology, all averaging £5.4m and over. This data, contained…
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AMD’s pricing for its next-gen Ryzen 9000 processors appears to have been aired early by some major US retailers, and it looks like good news for those hoping to buy a Zen 5 CPU without paying over the odds.Indeed, the prices that VideoCardz spotted, from Best Buy and Newegg, are cheaper than the launch price…
Microsoft has reported revenue of $64.7bn for the quarter which ended June 30, driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and the company’s platform strategy. Revenue for the full year was $241.bn, which is an increase of 16% compared to 2023. In his prepared remarks, CEO Satya Nadella said: “As a platform company, we are focused on…
Microsoft set to spend more than $13bn on AI and cloud datacentres Read More »
The ending of tax breaks and elevated energy efficiency fears are driving change in the operating landscape for Norway’s datacentre industry. More companies are shifting development strategies and investments to focus on more energy-efficient facilities amid concerns that parliamentary elections in 2025 could deliver a government open to taxing those energy-intensive industries. Polling shows a…
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There are two groups of people when it comes to mobile software updates: Those who care about the latest mobile operating system release and those who don’t. I’ve always been in the former category, curious and excited to use the latest OS version available for my device.It’s one reason I’ve used an iPhone for so…
iPhone AI just made me understand what some Android users must feel like Read More »
Winning the AI race isn’t just about getting artificial intelligence features right. It’s also about winning the hearts and minds of people who will use these products. Google just gave us a good example of how not to win any hearts or minds. As impressive as Gemini AI innovations might be, Google’s “pizza glue” Search…
Google’s AI Olympics ad is so bad, Gemini must have created it Read More »
Continuing our ongoing look at the latest-generation ATX 3.1 power supplies, today we are examining Cooler Master’s V Platinum 1600 V2, a recent addition to the company’s expansive PSU lineup. The V Platinum 1600 V2 is designed to cater to top-end gaming and workstation PCs while offering maximum compatibility with modern ATX directives. And while it…
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Your Instagram app is about to get another healthy (or unhealthy, depending on how you look at it) dose of generative AI. Meta wants to let anyone create AI avatars that have the ability to chat with users. If the concept sounds familiar, it’s because we’re looking at Meta’s version of OpenAI’s custom GPTs. Also,…
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Nvidia’s current-gen graphics cards could soon be in relatively short supply from the mid-range and up, as rumors are now buzzing on the grapevine around potential changes for RTX 4000 GPUs ahead of the launch of next-gen Blackwell – and one possible alteration in particular for the RTX 4070.We should underline that all of this…
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is looking into whether Alphabet’s partnership with Anthropic is anti-competitive. There appears to be an arms race going on in the tech sector for artificial intelligence (AI) talent and capabilities, which is leading the UK regulator to consider whether partnerships between major tech firms and AI startups are healthy…
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