The so-called Superset tech stack, on which carmaker Volvo is building its software-defined cars, is behind the company’s next launch. The ES90 electric vehicle, which is being unveiled on 5 March, will be the first Volvo car equipped with dual Nvidia Drive AGX Orin hardware, which the company said will raise the bar on safety…
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A plan to build a £3.75bn hyperscale datacentre on a plot of green belt land neighbouring the South Mimms Service Station in Hertfordshire has secured local authority approval, despite more than 900 objections to the build being filed. The project is being overseen by a development company known as DC01UK, which applied to Hertsmere Borough…
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A disgruntled insider appears to have been behind a security incident at the British Museum, which forced the 270-year-old institution to partially close its doors over the weekend of 25 and 26 January following disruption to core IT systems. The incident shuttered two of the museum’s ongoing special exhibitions, one on the history of the…
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Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 28 January 2025 Turbulent times ahead for tech Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, the World Economic Forum in Davos highlighted growing risks to digital supply chains – we examine the turbulence ahead. Data sovereignty is becoming a growing issue as…
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New rumor suggests Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 won’t need a 12VHPWR power connectorShould make upgrading a lot easierIf you have a 650W PSU or higher, you should also be fineIt looks like the upcoming Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 graphics cards could prove to be even better value…
Fujitsu has been forced to escalate problems with a key IT system used by Airtricity in the Republic of Ireland (RoI) to avoid potentially impacting the energy company’s customers, Computer Weekly has learned. Fears over the billing application developed for SSE Airtricity RoI by Fujitsu have raised alarms in Fujitsu’s leadership. According to a source,…
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In October 2024, the European Commission (EC) published its Digital fairness fitness check report as part of a continued effort to evaluate the effectiveness of European Union (EU) legislation with consumer protection laws. Specifically, it evaluated the efficacy of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, the Consumer Rights Directive, and the Unfair Contract Terms Directive. The…
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Nvidia has provided some new benchmarks for RTX 5000 graphics cardsTwo of them don’t involve DLSS 4 and Multi Frame GenerationHowever, the gen-on-gen uplifts shown here are modest – but we still shouldn’t get carried awayNvidia has released some more game benchmarks for its next-gen Blackwell GPUs, and we’ve caught a couple of results that…
The competition watchdog has published the provisioning findings from its long-running investigation into the inner workings of the UK cloud infrastructure services market, which shows that competition in the sector is not working as well as it could be. For this reason, Kip Meek, chair of the CMA’s independent inquiry group, said it is advising…
Over 40 journalists and lawyers have submitted evidence to an independent review into allegations that the Police Service of Northern Ireland unlawfully spied on journalists and members of the legal profession. The review, commissioned by the Chief Constable of Northern Ireland Jon Boutcher, is inquiring into allegations that the PSNI collected the phone data of…
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