The first thing worth knowing about the first ever ransomware locker is that its use was apparently motivated by revenge rather than outright criminality. The second thing worth knowing is that there was not a Russian speaker in sight. In fact, its author, Joseph Popp, grew up in Ohio and was educated at Harvard University.…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has hit the headlines and the datacentres, but with it comes a range of performance and operating considerations that impact storage as much as any other IT discipline. In this review, we look at the key demands of AI processing on data storage, the type of storage AI requires, and the suitability…
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iOS 18.2 has been available for a few weeks now. However, some iPhone users — myself included — noticed a bug that has prevented the camera from working since they updated to this new version. A Reddit thread was posted two weeks ago, and users are still complaining about the issue with no fix in sight.The…
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The upcoming iPhone 17 Air looks more like a real product after every leak. This time, South Korea’s Sisa Journal (via MacRumors) reveals the iPhone 17 Air’s price and its exact thickness.According to the publication, Apple aims for this device to be 6.25mm thick, which would make this device the thinnest iPhone ever. Comparatively, MacRumors…
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This year signalled a worrying time for diversity, equity and inclusion in the technology sector as many firms began rolling back their initiatives and efforts. This lack of commitment led many notable diversity organisations to dial back their own efforts, not wanting to contribute to allowing firms to pretend to be making a difference rather…
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The rise of generative AI (GenAI) is reshaping industries, but it’s also creating an unprecedented demand for energy. Datacentres supporting AI workloads are expanding at a breakneck pace to meet the needs of increasingly complex large language models (LLMs). However, this growth comes at a cost: by 2027, 40% of AI datacentres will face operational…
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Nvidia RTX 5090 and 5080 are rumored to have increased power usageRTX 5090 may demand 575W, slightly less than some previous rumorsRTX 5080 could hit 360W, which unfortunately is slightly up from past speculationNvidia’s RTX 5090 and 5080 are expected to be revealed at CES 2025 – likely alongside RTX 5070 models, too – and…
Nvidia’s RTX 5000 laptop GPUs have been sighted in the PCI ID repository, hinting they’re imminentRTX 5050 to 5090 Max-Q models are listed, but there’s some confusion relating to the chips usedAD108M is present in the graphics cards lower than the RTX 5080, which surely must be a mistakeNvidia’s next-gen laptop GPUs have been spotted…
The iPhone 16 has terrific battery life, which I can attest to as a former iPhone 16 Plus owner. Battery life was the least of my worries, and I miss only having to charge the iPhone every other day. It’s not just the Plus and Pro Max that have better battery life, but all iPhone…
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Five judges will hear a case against 30 people accused of being involved in the distribution of encrypted mobile phones used by organised criminal groups at a special criminal court expected to take place in spring 2026 in Paris. French appeal court judges last week rejected a petition by Thomas Herdman, 64, a Canadian businessman…
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