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SAP’s sales tactic of circumventing IT and enterprise resource planning (ERP) teams to go directly to business heads when selling its Rise cloud ERP product is putting pressure on IT leaders, analyst Gartner has warned. Among the key challenges is SAP’s ambition to reduce customisation of the core ERP system, which simplifies upgrades but limits the…

The next big leap in electric vehicle design might not come from faster charging or better software, but from the battery itself doubling as the car’s frame. Scientists are developing a new kind of structural battery that could dramatically reduce weight while boosting performance, a shift that could reshape EV transportation.Traditional lithium-ion batteries are powerful,…

At its .Next event in Washington DC this week, Nutanix announced its nodes would be able to use Pure Storage FlashArray arrays as external storage, with general availability later this year. That follows a move last year in which it did something similar, but with Dell PowerFlex software-defined scale-out storage. We caught up with Nutanix…

Google I/O 2025 kicks off on Tuesday, and we expect the keynote to focus entirely on AI announcements. Last week, Google unveiled the top Android 16 upgrades, including the new design, better security, and Gemini replacing Google Assistant on every smart device.Google I/O might as well be called Gemini I/O at this point, though. AI…

Last year, Chromecast digital media players became the latest product line to enter the Google Graveyard. Google dumped the brand in favor of its Google TV Streamer, but Walmart appears to be picking up the slack with a new budget streaming device called the Onn 4K Plus.As spotted by 9to5Google, the device launched this week…

In its second international trade deal in the space of a week, the UK government has secured a major trade deal with the US that leaves Britain’s Digital Services Tax unchanged and potentially opens the doors to a future UK-US technology partnership via which the science and tech sectors in both countries will collaborate in…

A growing number of ongoing cyber incidents affecting US operators of critical national infrastructure has prompted a cross-agency warning from the US authorities, with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Energy all weighing in. In a jointly penned advisory, the organisations…

Artificial intelligence can work wonders in everyday life, especially when it comes to performing tasks that you’re sick of repeating. Below, we gathered three tips and tricks for asking ChatGPT and other models to improve your routine. We also have an article helping you create the best prompts possible when asking these AI chatbots to…

The transformation needed for organisations in the UK to be ready for the threat of post-quantum computing will make preparations for the millennium bug, which threatened computer systems in 2000, “look easy”, cyber chiefs said today. Ollie Whitehouse, chief technology officer (CTO) at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), said preparing for post-quantum cryptography (PQC)…

Class action settlement emails aren’t always a scam. If you recently received a Lopez Voice Assistant message, this is likely related to the Lopez vs. Apple Inc. settlement, and you can now reclaim part of a $95 million payout over allegations of Siri spying on private conversations.The 2019 class action lawsuit revolved around Apple allegedly…