The government is ploughing millions of pounds into five new quantum hubs in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Oxford and London to bring together researchers and businesses. Areas of focus for the hubs include quantum sensing, networking and positioning. The hubs will be delivered by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council…
UK government invests £106m in five quantum tech hubs Read More »
The Labour Party’s election manifesto includes a pledge to remove the planning barriers that have halted datacentre developments and, in turn, stunted the UK’s economic growth. According to a report by The Telegraph in the days leading up to the publication of the full manifesto on 13 June, the Labour Party wants to reclassify datacentres…
Digging into the Labour Party’s election manifesto datacentre planning reform pledge Read More »
An independent study commissioned through the National Quantum Strategy by the Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has called for a coordinated effort to support emerging tech. The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Quantum infrastructure review recommends that the UK government upgrade and improve access for industry to existing open access infrastructure. It added that…
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Many experts believe that once quantum computers are big enough and reliable enough to solve useful problems, the most common deployment architecture will be to have them serve as accelerators for supercomputers. Several algorithms have already been developed to run on this architecture, including the most famous one – Shors algorithm, which will one day crack…
Finland develops quantum algorithms for the future Read More »
As businesses continue to grow online and rely further on digital capabilities, designing your organisation to be ‘secure by default’ is becoming more important than ever. Almost every credible source will tell you that the volume of cyber attacks is up this year. But this is not a new headline, and as technology and information…
What we learned in cyber in 2023, and what to look out for Read More »
In my last column, I explored some of the great steps that the UK technology sector has taken towards sustainability over the past 12 months. This included progress in the realm of quantum computing, achieving symbiosis with datacentres, and recognising an increase in businesses reducing and recycling their e-waste. At Digital Catapult, we continue to…
IT Sustainability Think Tank: How enterprises can push sustainable innovation in 2024 Read More »
The secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, Michelle Donelan, has signed a deal with the Republic of Korea to expand collaboration on science and technology including artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. Among the focus areas will be what the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) describes as “a new dialogue on…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) and a UK-based quantum computer by 2035 to help drive innovation featured among the announcements made by the chancellor of the exchequer in his Autumn Statement today. Along with setting out economic priorities and the headline tax cuts announced, the government is also exploring the use of AI and other cutting-edge technologies,…
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Private sector IT buyers will see a long-term boost to their budgets after the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, announced that a policy allowing the cost of IT equipment to be written off against tax will be made permanent. The so-called “full expensing” policy was first announced as a short-term incentive in the Budget…
Chancellor offers spending boost for IT buyers alongside AI and quantum investments Read More »
With faster and higher capacity HBM3E memory set to come online early in 2024, NVIDIA has been preparing its current-generation server GPU products to use the new memory. Back in August we saw NVIDIA’s plans to release an HBM3E-equipped version of the Grace Hopper GH200 superchip, and now for the SC23 tradeshow, NVIDIA is announcing…
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