Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is popping up everywhere in the workplace, but companies do not have the policies or training in place to make sure deployments do not go awry. Staff at nearly three-quarters of European organisations already use AI at work, but only 17% have a formal, comprehensive policy governing the use of such…
Generative AI is everywhere – but policy is still missing Read More »
Coming out of the dark times that preceded the launch of AMD’s Zen CPU architecture in 2017, to say that AMD has turned things around on the back of Zen would be an understatement. Ever since AMD launched its first Zen-based Ryzen and EPYC processors for client and server computers, it has been consistently gaining…
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For numerous generations of their desktop processor releases, Intel has made available a selection of high-performance special edition “KS” CPUs that add a little extra compared to their flagship chip. With a lot of interest, primarily from the enthusiasts looking for the fastest processors, Intel’s latest Core i9-14900KS represents a super-fast addition to its 14th Generation Core lineup with…
We no longer have to speculate: the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement is coming by April 2025. Nintendo confirmed as much a few days ago during its earnings call. I speculated at the time that an announcement might drop this fall and that the Nintendo Switch successor might hit stores by next March. This would all…
Nintendo Switch 2 specs and lots of other details may have leaked Read More »
A serious breach of customer information – including names, postal addresses, hardware, order information and servicing history – is developing at Dell, after a database containing 49 million records was offered for sale on the dark web’s Breach Forums site by a user going by the handle, “menelik”. The first indications of a data breach…
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The latest rumors surrounding the iPhone 16 Pro reveal that Apple might be planning the brightest display to date on any iPhone. Weibo leaker Instant Digital (via MacRumors) says Cupertino wants to add a 20% brighter display to its upcoming 2024 iPhone models.With that, the SDR brightness would be 1,200 nits compared to the 1,000…
iPhone 16 Pro rumored to have the brightest display on any iPhone ever Read More »
Small and mid-sized businesses can now apply for up to £10,000 to cover training costs as part of the government’s £6.4m upskill fund. The UK Government’s Flexible AI Upskilling Fund supports SMEs in the professional and business services (PBS) sector. SMEs have until 31 May for grant funding to deliver training before March 2025. The…
DSIT launches SME training fund Read More »
In this podcast, we look at the roadmap for spinning disk HDD capacity with Rainer W Kaese, senior manager in business development for storage products at Toshiba Electronics Europe. We talk about the likely disk drive capacities we can see in the next four or five year as we head into the 30TB and 40TB…
Podcast: 32TB HDDs by 2029, but how much bigger can they get? Read More »
One of the iPad Pro’s big upgrades is the ultra-thin Tandem OLED screen that we knew Apple was working on. The screen has two OLED layers, hence the “tandem” name, and they let Apple significantly increase the screen’s brightness. You also get a better contrast ratio, deeper blacks, and better efficiency from the Tandem OLED…
This is the dumbest M4 iPad Pro complaint I’ve seen Read More »
Micron has started shipping a brand new type of upgradeable laptop RAM that is available to buy individually and in the latest Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7. The new type of RAM module integrates LPDDR5X memory with speeds up to 7,500 MT/s. That’s really impressive, given the size and the fact that it’s even easier…
This is the biggest change in RAM technology we’ve seen in years Read More »
