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Technology accelerating crime, boosts case for national police service, says NCA chief

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Technology is accelerating crime, and making it more global and more harmful, the head of the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said today. Graeme Biggar, the NCA’s director general, said criminals are now able to operate in loose networks and buy in to crime and money laundering services. “Technology has given scale and reach to…

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The brutal truth of the RAM crisis — an Amazon ‘flash deal’ for DDR5 RAM costs 2.5x what it did a few months ago

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Amazon has a deal on a 32GB DDR5 RAM kitIt’s $55 off (with a 14% discount)However, that reduced price is actually 2.5x more expensive than this RAM was only four months ago, making it clear how bad things have becomeIf you wanted an at-a-glance look at just how bad the RAM pricing crisis has got,…

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Digital IDs edge closer to practical reality for UK businesses

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Work to translate the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology’s (CFIT’s) Digital Company ID blueprint into practical, real-world deployments of reusable digital identities for UK businesses is bearing fruit as the project reaches its latest milestone. The CFIT this week unveiled the outcomes of its Digital Company ID Coalition at a showcase event at which…

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AI tools offer ‘near-real-time’ analysis of data from seized mobile phones and computers

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Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools developed by Israeli digital intelligence company Cellebrite will give police investigators the capability to interrogate call records, text messages, images and videos stored on mobile phones and other electronic devices at ultra-high speed. The company has developed AI tools that allow police investigators to interrogate data retrieved from multiple electronic devices,…

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UK MoD awards more than two dozen contracts for AI targeting systems

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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded contracts to more than two dozen companies to develop autonomous targeting systems for the UK’s armed forces, but critics warn that speeding up targeting decisions with artificial intelligence (AI) will inevitably lead to greater civilian casualties. In mid-January 2026, the MoD named a group of 26 companies that…

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4 Cool New Audio Gadgets With Nostalgic Design

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Faraonss/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. They say that everything is cyclical. What was once new becomes old, and what was once old becomes new again, as can be seen with the popularity of new retro gadgets. Nostalgia is a powerful emotion that oftentimes drives design. Those same people…

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7 Weird Tech Fads That Completely Vanished

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Aiolhoz/Shutterstock In over two decades of technology journalism, I can tell you I’ve seen some truly weird tech fads come and go — from weird web crazes that every venture capitalist and tech blog swears will change everything to pointless hardware that somehow captured the zeitgeist and opened our wallets. I might even be guilty of…

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5 Settings Apple Recommends Changing On Your Wi-Fi Router

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Proxima Studio/Shutterstock As high-speed internet connectivity has become an essential commodity, Wi-Fi routers have become an integral part of our lives. They sit quietly in one corner (or multiple) of our homes, silently beaming internet to our devices. However, this importance also means we need to be mindful of our Wi-Fi routers and not leave…

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US lawmakers quiz Meta over ‘dangerous’ facial-recognition plans for smart glasses

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US lawmakers have written to the social media company Meta demanding answers over proposals to introduce facial-recognition technology to its smart glasses, which the lawmakers say puts the privacy and civil liberties of citizens at risk. Democratic senators have written to Meta’s chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, warning that the “uniquely dangerous” plans could accelerate…

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Ryzen CPU plus RAM bundle spotted — and I’m hoping this is a hint AMD has a new strategy to tackle memory price hikes

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AMD Ryzen 9850X3D bundles have been spotted in ChinaThey bundle the new CPU with 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a coolerThis could be a way to give PC builders a break on the price of memory, and might be a plan AMD brings to other regions with any luckAMD could have a plan to tackle…

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