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After decades of research and experimentation, quantum is shifting from discovery to deployment, and the coming year will be critical for stepping up delivery on a world‑class quantum network by 2035, according to a research note by BT. Furthermore, said Gabriela Styf Sjoman, the firm’s managing director of research and network strategy, the UK’s next…

DenPhotos/Shutterstock Having the opportunity to upgrade a device is pretty exciting — especially when you’re cracking the cellophane on a new Apple product. Getting ahold of something like the Apple Watch Series 11 can be a fun experience, but then the challenge of finding a use for your old device arises. You can properly recycle…

Erstudiostok/Getty Images We use so many tech devices day to day — from smartphones to computers, earbuds to smartwatches — that recharging our devices has become routine. You may have a rat’s nest of cables on your desk to recharge everything you need to get through the day. Logically, that makes wireless charging as an…

Westminster City Council has said that “potentially sensitive and personal” data was stolen by hackers during the cyber attack that hit three neighbouring London authorities last month. Westminster is part of a shared IT services operation with the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), with all…

The European Commission has renewed its data adequacy agreement with the UK, guaranteeing free flow of data with the European Union (EU) for a further six years. The agreement assures that the UK’s data protection framework is considered to have equivalent safeguards to the EU, based on two European regulations – the General Data Protection…

Giuliano Benzin/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Buying a cheap smart TV can definitely be a frugal financial move. Otherwise, if you want the best of the best, you should be willing to splurge north of $2,000 for a high-end model from top brands like Samsung, Sony, and LG.…

For years, the conversation around quantum computing and cryptocurrency has been dominated by a single, breathless question: Will a quantum breakthrough kill Bitcoin?  The fear is simple enough. Bitcoin relies on cryptographic assumptions that could, one day, be broken by a sufficiently powerful quantum computer. If that happens, the thinking goes, the entire system collapses.…

Nwz/Shutterstock Windows gets a lot of flak from users for having more bloat than macOS or Linux, and rightfully so. The term “bloatware” is synonymous with a fresh Windows install, to the point that there are custom user-created PowerShell scripts, such as Win11Debloat, for removing pre-installed apps. For people setting up a new PC, whether…

Kenstocker/Getty Images A new piece of Android malware is making the rounds and it has some pretty dire implications for smartphone owners. This is by no means the first scary malware release Android users have seen, though it is certainly up there. The malware threat is called Albiriox, and when installed on a smartphone, it…