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Commodore Amiga turns 40, headlines UK exhibition
Hands on The Commodore Amiga turned 40 this year, and the event has been marked by The National Museum Of Computing in the UK with a hands-on exhibition of models from the archives.…
US spy chief claims UK backed down over Apple backdoor demand
The UK government has reportedly abandoned its attempt to strong-arm Apple into weakening iPhone encryption after the White House forced Blighty into a quiet climb-down.…
More customers asking for Google's Data Boundary, says Cloud Experience boss
Interview Google's President of Customer Experience, Hayete Gallot, offered some words of comfort to developers who are looking nervously at the rise of AI assistants while also laying out her vision for cloud sovereignty.…
Softbank bets $2 billion on Intel having a future
Japanese tech investment concern SoftBank has made a $2 billion investment in Intel.…
Browser wars are back, predicts Palo Alto, thanks to AI
Brace for a new round of browser wars, according to Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora.…
China sends an AI to its space station, where Taikonauts use it to prep for spacewalk
Taikonauts aboard China’s Tiangong space station used an AI model to prepare for a spacewalk.…
Molten salt nuclear reactors slated to power Google datacenters in 2030
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, could be home to a molten salt reactor once again if Google-backed Kairos Power has its way.…
Facial recognition works better in the lab than on the street, researchers show
Facial recognition technology has been deployed publicly on the basis of benchmark tests that reflect performance in laboratory settings, but some academics are saying that real-world performance doesn't match up.…
Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells
Microsoft, in its ongoing effort to AI-ify every product it has, is now adding it right into the cells of Excel. Available on Monday to beta users of Microsoft 365 Copilot, a new COPILOT function allows you to task Redmond's AI with performing generative tasks right in, for example, C2 or B23.…