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IDCA datacentres report: Global concentration and the Goldilocks zone

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Datacentre capacity has reached 67.7GW globally, with five countries accounting for 69% of that total, and the US alone accounting for 43%, according to the International Datacentre Authority’s (IDCA) Datacentre report 2026. The study based its research on data from organisations such as the International Energy Agency, World Bank, United Nations and International Telecommunications Union,…

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AMD’s CFO expects ‘gaming revenue to decline by more than 20%’ in second half of 2026, so brace yourself for Radeon GPU price hikes — and maybe costlier consoles too

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AMD has announced its Q1 results, with booming revenue driven by AIThere’s bad news for the gaming division, though, due to ‘higher memory and component costs, ‘ AMD’s CEO Lisa Su observedAMD’s CFO has forecast ‘gaming revenue to decline by more than 20%’ in the second half of 2026 compared to the first half of…

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Sapphire 2026: SAP heralds dawn of ‘autonomous enterprise’

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Christian Klein, SAP’s chief executive officer, led with a picture of a three-eared unicorn during the opening keynote at SAP’s global Sapphire event in Orlando. In the main press statement for the event, he added some context: “For the mission-critical processes of our customers, ‘almost right’ just isn’t good enough. “By uniting SAP Business AI Platform…

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Sovereign AI fund supports Hassabis startup, Isomorphic

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Isomorphic Labs, a company founded by Demis Hassabis, which uses frontier artificial intelligence (AI) for drug design and development, has received investment from the UK government’s Sovereign AI fund. Isomorphic’s work builds on the breakthrough success of DeepMind’s AlphaFold, the AI model co-created by Hassabis that demonstrated in 2016 how AI could beat the Go…

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It’s not just the RAM crisis PC users have to worry about — a new report suggests there’s a new motherboard crisis on the cards

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The RAM crisis has reportedly resulted in a motherboard manufacturer crisis, according to DigitimesDigitimes’ report suggests motherboard shipments have plummeted for four major Taiwanese manufacturersConsumers no longer have the incentive to buy motherboards for new PC builds due to unaffordable RAM kitsThe AI boom and ongoing economic struggles continue to leave the PC hardware market…

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Interview: There is no such thing as an IT project, only business projects, says CIO Paul Coby

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Paul Coby has worked as chief information officer (CIO) for some of the UK’s most prominent companies over the past 25 years. He has led major projects at British Airways, John Lewis, chemicals and metals group Johnson Matthey, and, in his current role as group CIO, Persimmon Homes, one of the UK’s largest house builders.…

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Nintendo announces price hike for Switch 2 handheld, and I don’t think anyone should be surprised

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Nintendo announced the Switch 2’s price will increase in the US, Canada, Europe, and JapanIt will now cost $499.99, effective from September 1, 2026All Switch hardware prices will increase in Japan, including Nintendo Switch Online subscriptionsNintendo has held strong amid the memory crisis, successfully avoiding price hikes for its Switch 2 hardware — but all…

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Anthropic’s Mythos AI System Might Actually Create More Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

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gguy/Shutterstock Anthropic, the company behind the popular AI assistant Claude, is now testing an unreleased version of its frontier AI model: Claude Mythos Preview. It’s currently only available to select tech firms, but findings have shown that it has the potential to create numerous cybersecurity vulnerabilities when it is released to the world. According to Anthropic,…

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Change These 4 Settings To Instantly Upgrade Your Home Theater Audio

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Viktorus/Shutterstock It’s easy to get scooped up in the excitement and chaos that is buying a new TV. There’s a lot to think about, and maybe it’s been a minute since you last added a big-ticket consumer tech purchase to your home. Our best advice: Don’t skimp out on audio. The best modern smart TVs…

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The RAMpocalypse has made most mainstream memory kits super-expensive — but Chinese RAM can be an exception

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Chinese RAM is available on AliExpress and other third-party sellers at slightly cheaper pricesNot all options are cheaper than mainstream RAM kits in the west, thoughThis is not a solution to the RAM crisis, but it’s an alternative some people may want to exploreThe RAM crisis feels relentless for consumers looking to buy PC memory,…

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