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IT Sustainability Think Tank: Sustainable innovation at the level of the datacentre

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Datacentre industry stakeholders and regulators are expected to expand their energy efficient datacentre criteria to include assessments of IT equipment utilisation and work delivered per unit of energy consumed. While the industry has traditionally used Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) as the proxy metric for datacentre efficiency and sustainability, it does not address the efficiency of…

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Intel admits damage to unstable 14th-gen and 13th-gen CPUs is permanent – incoming patch is a preventative, not a cure

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Intel provided a statement earlier this week on the instability problems with 14th-gen and 13th-gen CPUs, but some further details have come to light since then – including a clarification that any damage done to high-end CPUs is permanent.In case you missed it, Intel’s previous announcement pinned down ‘elevated operating voltage’ as a key cause…

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Mastering data privacy in the age of AI

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the way organisations operate, using vast amounts of personal data to make smart, informed decisions. However, this incredible potential comes with concerns about data privacy. To truly benefit from AI, organisations must navigate the fine line between leveraging its power and protecting sensitive information, all while staying compliant with stringent…

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How to fix the iOS 18 auto-brightness bug that’s driving iPhone users insane

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With every major iOS beta version, there are obviously going to be bugs. After all, Apple is reshaping the foundation of its operating systems to bring new features. However, iOS 18 beta testers have found an issue that has been driving many users crazy: Auto-brightness simply doesn’t work, and the screen gets stuck at the…

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How to stop X/Twitter from using your data to train Grok

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While you weren’t paying attention, X (formerly Twitter) quietly began feeding all of your posts, replies, and more to Grok, its generative AI chatbot. The new setting appears to be enabled by default on everyone’s account, so even if you never actively chose to let Grok vacuum up your data, it’s doing so without your…

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ChatGPT privacy features in Apple Intelligence may change how I use AI

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Apple has already released the fourth iOS 18 beta, but there’s no trace of Apple Intelligence in it. However, it looks like Apple’s AI features will soon be available to test. Apple is ramping up its Apple Intelligence marketing efforts. The company has scheduled a developer event for August 14th in Cupertino where it’ll recap…

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NCA seizes thousands of social media accounts used by people smugglers

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The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), working with social media platforms Meta, TikTok, X and YouTube, has removed almost 12,000 posts, pages and accounts that were used to advertise the services of people smugglers. The takedowns form part of a coordinated social media action plan, first set up in December 2021, targeting the services of criminals…

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ASRock Launches Passively Cooled Radeon RX 7900 XTX & XT Cards for Servers

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As sales of GPU-based AI accelerators remain as strong as ever, the immense demand for these cards has led to some server builders going off the beaten path in order to get the hardware they want at a lower price. While both NVIDIA and AMD offer official card configurations for servers, the correspondingly high price…

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Google gives Gemini faster, higher-quality responses with 1.5 Flash

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Following the arrival of OpenAI’s GPT-4o mini model and Meta’s Llama 3.1 models, Google has debuted its own AI update. On Thursday, Google made the Gemini 1.5 Flash model available to free users. The updated model is a fairly comprehensive upgrade over version 1.0, with faster, smarter responses and the ability to hold longer conversations.According…

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WhatsApp and Signal messages at risk of surveillance following EncroChat ruling, court hears

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Police could lawfully use bulk surveillance techniques to access messages from encrypted communications platforms such as WhatsApp and Signal following a ruling by the UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), a court has heard. Lawyers claimed that a decision by the IPT following an international police operation to harvest bulk encrypted messages from the EncroChat phone…

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