Buckinghamshire Council is bringing ultrafast broadband to rural areas by teaming up with CGI and using satellite technology. Instead of the traditional fiber rollout, which can be expensive in hard-to-reach spots, they’re turning to low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. This approach will also provide free public Wi-Fi in village halls. Martin Tett, the council leader, […]
Apple has rolled out iOS 18.3.2, an important update that tackles a vulnerability in WebKit, the engine Safari uses for browsing. This flaw could let harmful code break out of its secure environment, potentially affecting other parts of the device. Apple initially addressed this issue, labeled CVE-2025-24201, in iOS 17.2, released late last year. The […]
At the third global artificial intelligence (AI) summit in Paris, governments and companies made bold promises about creating AI that serves the public good. Yet, experts are raising alarms over the underlying tensions. Many attendees expressed concerns that while there’s a push for AI to be an open and public asset, it’s still largely controlled […]
US lawmakers are pushing back against the UK’s Home Office, accusing it of silencing US companies. They’re particularly concerned about secret UK orders that require companies to hand over user data without informing Congress. This unusual move has sparked a response from five bipartisan lawmakers, led by Senator Ron Wyden, who have written to the […]
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Datacentre developers need to focus more on the benefits local communities can gain from having a server farm nearby, according to a report from engineering firm Hoare Lea. This report, titled «DC Society: Putting Community into Datacentre Thinking,» argues that developments often occur without input or involvement from the communities around them. The report highlights […]
The U.S. Secret Service just took down Garantex, a Russian cryptocurrency exchange linked to massive money laundering operations. This is a big move in the global effort to tackle cybercrime. In collaboration with law enforcement from countries like Germany, Finland, and Estonia, the Secret Service made sure Garantex’s websites, including Garantex.org and Garantex.io, are offline […]
Events in the U.S. are hard to ignore. President Trump’s administration is pushing back against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), especially in government. From a legal standpoint, there’s fear of lawsuits if someone feels they’ve been overlooked because of DEI initiatives. There are also financial concerns; funding DEI programs can be seen as optional. But […]
Salesforce has decided to scrap its diversity hiring targets. The company eliminated specific hiring goals aimed at improving the representation of women and minority groups, along with removing the word “diversity” from its latest annual report filed on Wednesday. This change aligns with a wave of executive orders from former President Donald Trump that sought […]
Just two months after the tech industry shook up with the DeepSeek-R1 AI model, Alibaba Cloud has rolled out its new QwQ-32B, an open-source large language model. Alibaba calls this model a “compact reasoning model” with 32 billion parameters. Despite its smaller size, it performs on par with other large language models that boast many […]