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Ahead of DeepSeek’s R2 release, Alibaba announced its new Qwen3 AI model. The Chinese giant wants to improve its artificial intelligence capabilities and efficiency compared to the DeepSeek model.According to Nikkei Asia, the e-commerce company reduced computing power while still being able to train 36 trillion tokens, double the amount used for its previous Qwen2.5…

Microsoft is preparing to increase its European datacentre capacity by 40% over the next two years and will appoint a board of directors to oversee its continental server farm operations. The plans are part of a five-point set of “digital commitments” from Microsoft, designed to “uphold Europe’s digital resilience” and protect the privacy of data…

As the company boosts its investment in infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI), Meta’s latest earnings call has painted a bleak picture for software developers.  The social media giant posted first-quarter 2025 revenue of $42.3bn, a 16% increase from the same quarter in 2024. Cost of revenue increased 14%, driven primarily by higher infrastructure costs and…

It seems like an eon ago, but it has only been a few weeks since top US defence officials used the Signal messaging platform to communicate about an upcoming US military operation and mistakenly added a journalist to the group chat. And news subsequently came to light that the US secretary of defence may have…

Following a report that “at least” three iPhone 17 models will feature 12GB of RAM, Weibo leaker Digital Chat Station now says all new models will get this memory increase. According to the leaker, Apple will equip the upcoming iPhone devices with 12GB of RAM to improve Apple Intelligence features.At first, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believed…

DuckDuckGO is one of the best browsers for people who want to take advantage of AI while still maintaining their privacy. Last year, the company introduced an AI chat feature that made ChatGPT queries private. Then, in March, the browser expanded the AI capabilities of its software to bring users the ability to get AI-assisted…

Although the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) backlash may have been mounting in recent years, particularly in the US, it has reached a peak since President Donald Trump took power earlier this year. Within the first few days of assuming office, the president signed a raft of Executive Orders eradicating DEI, equal opportunity and affirmative…

Following the previous update that improved support for Apple Intelligence features on Windows virtual machines and added enhanced Writing Tools capabilities for Windows apps, Parallels Desktop version 20.3 has been released with a few new upgrades.This update offers further enhancements to x86_64 virtual machines on Apple Silicon Macs, including full compatibility with the latest M4…

Landmark London department store Harrods has become the latest UK retailer to fall victim to a cyber attack in the past 10 days, joining a list that already includes Marks and Spencer and Co-op. The still in-progress incident was initially reported by Sky News and has supposedly left customers unable to pay for their purchases.…

Sergey Nivens – stock.adobe.com By Mikey Hoare, crisis expert, Kekst CNC Published: 01 May 2025 The cyber attacks on M&S the Co-op and Harrods are a prominent example of a cyber incident causing real-world disruption across the UK. But it’s also an opportunity to learn from the challenges all organisations face when trying to explain…