M21Perfect/Shutterstock The Mac Mini is one of Apple’s most appealing computers, particularly for those who want the benefits of a desktop computer without the premium pricing of Apple’s more professionally minded Mac Studio. The Mac Mini is Apple’s smallest desktop option, after all, and with the latest models featuring the M4 or M4 Pro chip,…

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Analyst IDC has reported that the IT market has grown by 14%, which represents the largest increase in almost 30 years. According to IDC, the emergence of a massive artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure investment wave is driving tech spending around the world, at a rate that has not been seen since the introduction of Windows…

Nadeem Sarwar / BGR “/Paper dendrite solid state battery.”  That was all the text that I entered in the search field of the Comet browser by Perplexity. Within three minutes, the program pulled a list of over two dozen research papers, in chronological order, that discussed the risks and solutions for the lithium plating. A…

Mulad Images/Shutterstock If you have hard drives that no longer serve you, maybe due to limited storage or finicky operation, it might be time to finally get rid of them. First, if it does still work, consider ways you can use an old hard drive so you don’t regret throwing the gadget away. It could be used as…

Framesira/Shutterstock Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy S26 series in late February. Rumors say Galaxy AI will be a focal point of the show, which is expected of any new smartphone flagship, particularly from Samsung. Samsung unveiled its Galaxy AI platform even before Apple came out with Apple Intelligence. Ironically, while Samsung may want…

An initiative by a UK-based charity, supported by technology companies and universities, has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital twin that allows people with communications disabilities to speak in a natural way. The technology, known as VoxAI, represents a step-change from the computer-assisted voice used by late physicist Stephen Hawking, one of the first well-known…

The UK government has committed to wiping thousands of pounds off the outstanding settlements of everyone who remains in scope of the Loan Charge, in response to the latest independent review into the controversial disguised remuneration policy. The retroactive tax policy has left thousands of IT contractors living under the shadow of life-changing tax bills…

Software development is associated with the idea of not reinventing the wheel, which means developers often select components or software libraries with pre-built functionality, rather than write code to achieve the same result. There are many benefits of this approach. For example, a software component that is widely deployed is likely to have undergone extensive…

Google Cloud has confirmed the withdrawal of a complaint it filed with the European Commission (EC) in September 2024, relating to Microsoft’s controversial cloud licensing strategy, whereby it charges customers higher fees for wanting to run its software in competing cloud environments. The issue has seen Microsoft repeatedly come in for criticism and scrutiny from…