But Google and Microsoft – whose investments of tens of billions of dollars building AI computing infrastructure in the region dwarfs what the Nordic countries have pledged for theirs – are the first and only tech firms to donate funding to New Nordics AI (NNAI), a centre launched in October to engineer the region’s joint…
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A court in Belgium has adjourned a high-profile criminal case after defence lawyers raised questions about the integrity of intercept data obtained by police in a hacking operation against the Sky ECC encrypted phone network.The Antwerp Regional Court adjourned the hearing into multiple defendants accused of drug trafficking offences last week, after defence lawyers found…
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Testing Catalog notes that Nano Banana 2 model “exhibits a new multi-step generation workflow: it spends considerable time planning the output, then generates an image, reviews it via built-in image analysis, identifies and corrects any errors, and iterates as needed before delivering the final result to the user.” This hasn’t been seen before, and can…
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AMD and Nvidia budget GPUs could be in dangerThis is due to the increase in the cost of video RAMMore affordable graphics cards with a disproportionate loadout of VRAM may get the axe, as they’ll be badly affected by said price increasesAMD and Nvidia are both rumored to be mulling the possibility of shutting down…
PDSA, the vet charity for pets in need, has estimated that there are 11.1 million dogs in the UK and 10.5 million cats. More than half (51%) of the 5,387 pet owners surveyed for the PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW) report say they are worried about being able to afford the cost of veterinary care for…
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AMD has revealed that FSR Redstone will debut on December 10This is a suite of AI-powered tech to speed up frame rates and bolster visual qualityIt’s for RX 9000 GPUs only, and owners of RX 7000 (or earlier Radeon models) aren’t happy with that – although the situation could changeAMD has revealed that it will…
YouTube channel HTX Studio conducted a massive smartphone battery charging experiment that involved buying 40 phones and spending two years conducting battery charging experiments using fast and slow chargers to answer a hotly debated question: Does fast-charging hurt the health of your iPhone or Android phone? The 8-minute clip below also answers additional questions you…
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As a play on the word “genesis”, the company’s brand evokes beginnings and new life, but for chief sustainability officer (CSO) Bridgette McAdoo, arriving at Genesys was founded in a series of roles and achievements, delivering broad and deep knowledge and experience. McAdoo started as an engineer at Nasa before moving into sustainability via pivotal…
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Bangla press/Shutterstock Skype was a revolutionary video-conferencing platform that paved the way for apps like Zoom, Google Meet, and WhatsApp. For those unaware or who don’t recall, Microsoft purchased Skype back in 2011 to the tune of $8.5 billion — the company’s largest acquisition at the time. But in May 2025, Microsoft pulled the plug on…
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The finance sector has been dealt another reminder that security postures are only as strong as the weakest link, as a tech supplier hack leaves US banks exposed. This week, SitusAMC, which provides loans and mortgage services to US banks, admitted that “certain information” from its systems had been compromised in a cyber attack. SitusAMC…
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