Budget 2023: Chancellor affirms tax relief for IT investment
Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in his 2023 Spring Budget that money spent on IT equipment, plant or machinery can be deducted from…
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UK government commits £2.5bn to boost quantum
To tie in with the Spring 2023 statement, the prime minister and technology secretary unveiled £2.5bn in funding as part of a 10-year strategy to…
Microsoft patches Outlook zero-day for March Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has issued patches for two zero-day vulnerabilities among a total of just over 80 bugs addressed in its monthly Patch Tuesday update. The number…
How William Hill’s IT copes with big sporting events
Online bookies need to cope with the usual peaks and troughs around football, horse racing, motorsports and other major sporting events, but few seem to…
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Closing the sustainability gap takes patience and persistence
IT efficiency is often overlooked in the digital infrastructure sustainability discussion. The sustainability reports of many IT operators make little or no mention of IT…
UK mini-datacentre startup hails energy savings of heat reuse deployment at leisure centre
British startup Deep Green has set its sights on accelerating the roll-out of datacentre heat reuse schemes across the country, following the deployment of its…
QLC edges into mainstream, but what are its advantages?
With the recent launches and enhancements to product lines from NetApp and Pure Storage, QLC flash storage has pushed itself further into the spotlight. QLC…
NatWest introduces limits on crypto trading to prevent fraud
Retail bank NatWest is to implement daily and monthly limits on the amount of money customers may pay into cryptocurrency exchanges in an attempt to…
NCSC warns over AI language models but rejects cyber alarmism
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued advice and guidance for users of AI tools such as ChatGPT that rely on large language…
AI interview: Elke Schwarz, professor of political theory
The ethical justifications for developing and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) in the military do not hold up to scrutiny, especially those regarding the use of…
As Covid fades away, what’s the future of remote work in Europe?
Prior to the pandemic, many European companies had already tried allowing employees to work from home. In most cases, this was only for a small…
BT helps Channel 4 and ITV take Freeview content to the cloud
ITV and Channel 4’s terrestrial Freeview channels are now running in the cloud as a result of a multimillion-pound contract that will make use of…