Intel co-founder and originator of Moore’s Law dies
Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel who first posited what would become known as Moore’s Law, has died at the age of 94. The American businessman and engineer was fundamental in not just building early microchips, but aggressively developing them to drive continual...
Government publishes framework to become tech ‘superpower’
The UK government has published its new Science and Technology Framework, as it sets out to position the country as a tech superpower by 2030. The 19-page document has been backed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Secretary of State at the Department for Science,...
TikTok sanctions continue with BBC ban
The backlash against Chinese social media channel TikTok has intensified, following the news that the BBC has advised all its employees to delete the app from their work phones. The video sharing network has won over a huge audience in a relatively short period of...
ChatGPT tech coming to Microsoft Office
The technology behind artificial intelligence engine ChatGPT is headed to the Microsoft Office suite, bringing with it a ‘fundamental change’ to the way we work. ChatGPT made headlines around the world in recent months, being described as arguably the most advanced AI...
MS Teams set for ‘significant’ speed and AI improvements
Microsoft is readying a raft of changes to its Teams platform, with the program set to become ‘significantly faster and smarter’. The business communication platform is due for a sizeable upgrade this June, with big speed improvements and greater integration of AI...
Russia-Ukraine cybercrime: A thoroughly modern war
As the world marks one year since Russia’s invasion of and subsequent war with Ukraine, cybersecurity experts have turned their attention to the impact this conflict has had on the world of cybercrime. Russia has long been suspected of using cyber attacks on targets...
Governments turn spotlight on datacentre energy usage
The Irish government has raised the issue of internet energy efficiency, as it looks to lower the electricity used by some of the country’s vast new datacentres. Using the internet doesn’t just draw on electricity for your own device. Instead, each action also...
The robots are coming… to do the housework
Housework could soon be significantly less time consuming, according to some futurologists at the forefront of AI design. Research published in scientific journal PLOS ONE posits that nearly two fifths of the time people spent doing housework today could be automated...
Government creates new science, innovation and technology department
UK businesses have welcomed a move by the government to create a new department focusing specifically on science, innovation and technology. Previously, these industries fell between the DCMS (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) and BEIS (Department for...
Microsoft’s “unhinged” AI insults users and questions its own existence
Microsoft’s feted AI technology has quickly gone awry, with the new technology being described as “unhinged” shortly after launch. Within just days of going live, the ChatGPT-powered service began insulting users, lying to them and even pondering its own existence....