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UK banks must be more like Big Tech to catch the US on AI, which comes with a high price

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UK banks must act like big tech companies and less like startups if they want to emulate the success US banks have had with artificial intelligence (AI). According to research from Evident, which tracks financial services AI adoption, US banks lead the way. In its latest banking AI adoption index, six of the top 10…

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Questions over size of government’s legacy IT estate pose AI adoption issues

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Whitehall’s ability to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) technology risks being hamstrung by the government’s reliance on an unknown amount of legacy IT, according to the output of two separate House of Commons committees this week.The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, which exists to examine the output and policies of the Department for Science, Innovation and…

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Team Group’s tiny SSD is the world’s first portable drive to support location tracking, so you won’t panic if you lose it

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Team Group has launched its T-Create Expert P34F portable SSDIt features location tracking via Apple’s Find My app, and an alarmThe P34F should go on sale very soonIf you’ve ever lost an external SSD or USB stick – maybe containing vital, or even sensitive, data – you’ll know it can be a traumatic experience, and…

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Why we should all be worried about the AI bubble

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It’s becoming clearer that we are in a perilous financial situation globally. Fears over an “AI bubble” are being cited by the Bank of England, the International Monetary Fund and the boss of JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon. If you want a sense of how insane the narrative is around AI investments, consider this: Thinking Machines…

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AI talent war sees UBS recruit leadership from JPMorgan

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UBS has recruited artificial intelligence (AI) leadership from US banking giant JPMorgan, as the war on AI talent heats up in the finance sector. The Swiss bank has named Daniele Magazzeni as its chief AI officer as the technology becomes a “top priority” for the organisation. Magazzeni joined from JPMorgan, where he has spent almost…

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The Netherlands faces €12bn R&D investment gap as productivity stagnates

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The Netherlands must produce 10 new tech market leaders over the next decade, according to Vincent Karremans, the country’s caretaker minister of economic affairs, as it faces a €12bn annual investment gap in research and development (R&D).  Speaking on national radio, he warned that without decisive action, “there will be no strong Netherlands”.  The ambitious target…

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Nscale founding director exits AI infrastructure provider in wake of $1.1bn investment round

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One of the founding directors of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure provider Nscale has exited the company, in the wake of it securing $1.1bn in Series B funding, Computer Weekly has learned.   According to a Companies House filing dated 8 October 2025, Nathan Townsend has stepped down as a director of Nscale, which he co-founded…

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Death of Intel’s Arc GPUs may not happen as the doomsayers predict

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Intel has posted a new job advert on LinkedInIt’s for an engineer to work on high-end discrete graphics cardsSome have worried that the deal Intel struck with Nvidia casts serious doubt on Arc discrete, but this ad hints that a powerful new GPU is on the waySince the announcement of the major Intel and Nvidia…

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“Making a great chip means nothing if we can’t do it the next year”

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I’m at the 10th annual Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii (special thanks to Qualcomm for flying me halfway around the world to be here), and it’s that time of year again: new laptop chips have officially arrived.With the first generation of Snapdragon X Elite and Plus chips already in the hands of consumers following a…

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Will AI wipe out entry-level jobs?

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has become the latest to add his voice to a cacophony of warnings that artificial intelligence (AI) is eliminating entry-level jobs. A recent report by job search engine Adzuna indicated that vacancies for graduate jobs, apprenticeships, internships and junior jobs with no degree requirement had dropped 32% since the launch of…

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