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Alan Turing £50 Bank Note Enters Circulation

New £50 polymer bank note bearing the photo of WW2 codebreaker and computing and AI pioneer Alan Turing enters circulation

Schools in England are cutting back the hours teaching computing, and fewer pupils are achieving ICT qualifications

Cloud

AZURE NEWS: Microsoft's new security features are a 'first' for the public cloud

Entrants will be given the code to analyse and search for bottlenecks

Parents still think IT coding skills are more suitable for boys than girls

Cloud

The tech vendor wants developers to start developing code for the Machine, a system officials say will fundamentally change data center computing

Pocket-sized computer hopes to teach schoolchildren coding skills

Andy Rubin says he is optimistic about artificial intelligence and doesn't share fears of possible Skynet scenario

Spinning off part of chip business could help it take on rivals such as Intel, but AMD says no plans at the moment.

Asus-built plug-and-play device brings improved portability and mobility for all

Their data analytics and cloud platforms for industrial workloads are helping scientists to cure diseases and examine the beginning of the universe

New Cray CX40 system will be 13 times more powerful than its predecessor

Several private sector initiatives are trying to make up for the lack of teacher training

Legal

New rules come after the company allegedly read the email account of an ex-employee suspected of leaking Microsoft secrets

Legal

Alex Kibkalo allegedly passed on secrets concerning various Microsoft projects to an unnamed blogger

Goldman Sachs reportedly called in to examine possibility of sale