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UK government under fire over public sector guidance on using overseas clouds

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The government stands accused of sending mixed messages about its commitment to positioning the UK as a technology superpower, after publishing guidance that will pave the way for more public sector bodies to host their workloads and applications in overseas cloud environments. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s (DSIT’s) overseas data guidance dropped on…

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The story behind Alps, Europe’s second largest computer

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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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ChatGPT Operator is brilliant, but it’s not worth $200/month

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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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Unionised drivers to stage ride-hailing app strike

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Thousands of unionised drivers working for ride-hailing apps are striking to demand better pay and workplace safety protections, in line with court decisions that have said drivers should start being paid as soon as they log in. First announced by Addison Lee drivers who staged a similar strike action in September 2024, drivers with Uber…

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Google drops pledge not to develop AI weapons

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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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Apple: British techies to advise on “devastating” UK global crypto power grab

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An obscure British government committee is to be asked this month to advise Home Secretary Yvette Cooper whether to go ahead with government demands that Apple provide British agents with a secret backdoor to break into the companies iCloud Advanced Data Protection system, enabling British spies to secretly copy and read users’ private data.   …

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Top 10 women in tech and diversity in tech stories of 2024

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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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New Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 rumor suggests they could end up being great budget buys

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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…

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CCS cloud hosting deal with AWS under scrutiny as contract value soars by 89% after 15 months

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The Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) decision to increase its cloud hosting spend with Amazon Web Services (AWS) mid-contract by 89% is under scrutiny from procurement professionals. The government’s procurement arm is overseeing the migration of workloads from the Government Digital Service’s now defunct Gov.uk platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering to the AWS cloud. This piece of work…

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AWS offers Hackney Council ‘minimum 22%’ discount on cloud services through OGVA 2.0

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Hackney Council has committed to growing its annual usage of Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) cloud platform by 8% a year over the next three years to secure a “minimum 22%” discount on the public cloud giant’s services, Computer Weekly understands. The local authority’s latest cloud hosting deal with AWS went live on 1 November 2024,…

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