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Windows 10 On Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Could Shake-Up The Intel Dominated PC World
Clever use of emulation allows Windows 10 and Win32 apps to run on ARM-based chipsets
ARM’s Latest Cortex Processors To Bring More AI To Smartphones & IoT
The Cortex-A75 and Cortex-A55 tout more performance and efficiency over their predecessors
Wikipedia Encryption ‘Has Decreased Censorship’ Thanks To HTTPS
Wikipedia's move to encrypt the entire site has led countries to take a more hands-off approach with regard to censorship, a Harvard study finds
Intel Reveals 18 Core Core i9 Processor And Core X 8th Generation CPUs
The chipmaker is touting is first teraflop desktop processor
China To Implement Restrictive Data Security Law This Week
Foreign companies have argued the Cyber Security Law (CSL) will make it much more difficult for them to do business in the country
Researchers Demonstrate Android ‘Cloak And Dagger’ Attacks
The attacks use 'design shortcomings' in Android to silently take over devices and steal credentials, say Georgia Tech and UC Santa Barbara academics
US ‘Considers’ Banning Laptops From All International Flights
Homeland security secretary John Kelly says US plans to 'raise the bar' for aviation security using new technologies
Bournemouth University Personalises Education With Brightspace Learning Platform
Students want personalisation and they definitely want technology
F1 Asks Fans For Ideas On How IoT Can Improve Team Performance
Tata's latest Formula One Connectivity Innovation Prize invites fans to submit ideas on how IoT connectivity can improve teams, drivers and workspaces
Raspberry Pi Partners With CoderDojo To Accelerate Youth Coding
Raspberry Pi will provide practical, financial, and back-office support to the CoderDojo Foundation
Tales In Tech History: Unix
Unix was one of the most popular server operating systems, but its life has been marred by bitter legal battles
HP & Lenovo Benefit From PC Demand Despite Industry Gloom
Positive financial results at two largest PC makers despite gloomy PC market
Gatwick Airport’s 2,000 Beacons Power AR Indoor Navigation
Gatwick's beacon-based positioning system directs passengers around the airport via the camera on their mobile device
Panasonic Toughbook At 20: Can ‘Japanese’ Quality And Service’ Maintain Ruggedised PC Lead?
Panasonic is making a big deal of the Toughbook anniversary. But as business becomes more important to PC makers, can it maintain its niche?
G-Cloud 9 Launches As Tony Singleton Leaves Civil Service
The latest framework introduces easier searches, even as the man who created it announces his departure from the civil service
Home Office Consultation Focuses On Biometric Law Enforcement Devices
The consultation aims to engage with industry ahead of planned procurement for police fingerprint devices, software and frontline systems
AMD Signals Data Centre Return With EPYC Chips
What's in a name? AMD raids the naming repository for Ryzen Threadripper, EPYC, and Vega chips
How One Security Reseacher Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Attack
WannaCry can be stopped but its impact has been felt worldwide
VMware Horizon Cloud Is Now Allowed on Microsoft Azure Cloud
Microsoft's cloud platform continues to expand its scope for all manner of workloads
Apple Expected To Reveal Refreshed MacBooks At WWDC 2017
A long-over due update to the MacBook and MacBook Air is rumoured to be revealed in June
HPE Shows Single-Memory Computing Breakthrough
The prototype system features an unprecedented 160 terabytes of memory, allowing it to simultaneously handle every piece of data from Facebook
Microsoft Debuts Brainier Cognitive Services Portfolio
Four new Cognitive Services offerings enable developers to create apps that can identify objects in images, supercharge video search and more
Apple Fixes Dozens Of Serious MacOS, iOS Flaws
The patches for iOS, macOS and other software include fixes for a bug that could allow a malicioud ebook to take over a device
WannaCry Malware Outbreak ‘Linked To North Korea’ Claim Google Security Researchers, Kaspersky And Symantec
Code similarities indicate WannaCry ransomware may have been developed by North Korea-linked Lazarus Group
Smart Factories Will Give $500bn Boost To Global Economy By 2022
Technologies such as the Internet of Things, AI and smart robotics will drive cost savings and improve efficiency
Brexit: 70 Percent Of Tech Workers Consider Leaving UK
Uncertainty over the EU referendum result has halved the number of foreign workers looking for jobs in the UK, finds jobs site
Common Technology Services Head Iain Patterson Quits GDS
Patterson, who worked to help government bodies exit onerous IT contracts, is the latest to leave the Government Digital Service
Apple Buys ‘Dark Data’ Firm Lattice.io ‘For AI Training’
Lattice's technology finds patterns in large amounts of unstructured data and could be used to train AI personal assistants
NHS Ransomware Attack Needs To Be A Wake Up Call For Government IT
OPINION: Legacy systems leave critical public infrastructure vulnerable to the dark side of the Internet