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Plans to significantly expand data centre infrastructure has been highlighted as a growing factor in the delaying of housing delivery in London, according to a new local government report. In a new report, the Planning and Regeneration Committee of the London Assembly warned that rapidly growing electricity demand in London, driven substantially by the expansion ...
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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Google Chrome may be taking up more of your storage than expected thanks to a large on-device AI model file that, in some cases, is being automatically downloaded to the browser's system folders. Users who have noticed unexplained drops in their available desktop device storage are now discovering that Chrome is installing a 4GB weights.bin […] Read more ›
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![[Перевод] Ваш Kafka lag врёт: как настроить алерты по реальной задержке, а не по числу сообщений](https://times42.com/media/5/6/1/12385561_640x200.jpg "[Перевод] Ваш Kafka lag врёт: как настроить алерты по реальной задержке, а не по числу сообщений")
Алерт по Kafka lag выглядит убедительно, пока не приходится объяснять, что именно значат «50 000 сообщений отставания» для пользователей и SLA. В статье разбираем, почему offset lag часто создает ложное ощущение контроля, где ломаются популярные подходы к расчету задержки и как перейти к мониторингу по реальному time lag. На примере klag-exporter покажем, как считать задержку через таймстемпы сообщений, настроить метрики для Prometheus и Grafana и сделать алерты, которые помогают дежурному... Read more ›
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In modern warfare, speed is becoming the defining advantage. Systems that once took years to design and deploy are now expected to reach the battlefield in months — or risk becoming irrelevant before ... Read more ›
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Smeg’s new retro-looking Forte stand mixer packs some serious power, but its performance isn’t as polished as its design. Read more ›
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Xbox's newly-appointed head Asha Sharma is sunsetting the company's Copilot initiative, which was once envisioned as an AI-driven "personal gaming sidekick", designed to offer real-time advice in games such as Minecraft. Read more Read more ›
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The upcoming Sony Xperia 1 VIII has just been mistakenly listed by Amazon in both Germany and the UK. The listings reveal a release date of June 26. The pricing is insane: €1,868.99 in Germany, £1,728 in the UK. Do however keep in mind that the prices may just be placeholders - sometimes such early listings do their best to guess the official price, and they're not necessarily a good... Read more ›
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A sweeping Pentagon push to integrate AI into military systems includes nearly every major tech player except Anthropic, exposing a growing divide over how far such technology should go. Read more ›
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The far-left Twitch streamer says AI is rotting our brains. He’s also addicted to Twitter and listens to at least eight podcasts. Read more ›
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Sales of chips in Q1 2026 hit $298.5 billion and are on track to exceed $1 trillion this year, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. Read more ›
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Remote Plex streaming should not cost extra. These fixes help you avoid the paywall. Read more ›
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Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court’s Republican majority effectively repealed a 1982 amendment to the Voting Rights Act that required some states to draw a minimum number of majority-Black or majority-Latino legislative districts. The GOP justices’ decision has already kicked off another round of skirmishes in the gerrymandering wars. Louisiana suspended its US House elections until […] Read more ›
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The activist fund Parvus has become Accor's largest shareholder without telling anyone why. Read more ›
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Во многих компаниях привыкли: запрос на справки в бухгалтерию отправляют по электронной почте, заявки на ремонт оборудования — во внутреннем чате. Это работает, когда команда небольшая, но стоит ей вырасти до 200-300 человек, как всё рушится. Трудностей не будет, если вместо разрозненных чатов и реестра обращений в Excel внедрить комплексную систему управления услугами (ESM). Читать далее Read more ›
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The British Business Bank has committed an initial £1m to co-invest with Angel Academe, a founding signatory of the Investing in Women Code. Investing in Women Code is a commitment to support the advancement of female entrepreneurship in the UK by improving female entrepreneurs’ access to tools, resources and finance from the financial services sector. ... Read more ›
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Images of the Samsung Galaxy Wide Fold and Z Fold 8 have both been spotted in Samsung code. Read more ›
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Don't be surprised if AI comes up in your next check-in. Managers are getting in the weeds to help encourage wider adoption. Read more ›
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Britain has long been a nation where important technologies begin. From the jet engine to the stored-programme computer, the country has repeatedly produced breakthroughs that shape entire industries. Quantum computing is the next test. The UK government’s recent commitment of up to £2bn to accelerate its development and commercialisation reflects the desire to propel quantum ... Read more ›
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London-based micromobility company Forest has secured a further £27m in funding, taking its total Series B round to £40m. The round supports the continued expansion of Forest’s e-bike operations as it scales across the capital. The company has invested in 2,600 parking bays to date, and the new funding will enable further investment in the ... Read more ›
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All3, a company developing robotic tools for the construction industry, has secured a $25m (£18.5m) seed investment. The group has built technologies to work across the construction sector, including an autonomous legged robot (pictured) for on-site assembly, AI design software and robotic factories that produce custom components. The company is based across Europe with locations ... Read more ›
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Earlybird VC has closed its eighth early-stage tech fund at €360m (£312m), marking the largest raise in the firm’s history. The Berlin-based VC, which has a central London office, has long invested in promising UK startups including Tilt, Payable and Cerbos. Fund VIII includes support from large institutions and family offices as part of the ... Read more ›
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In-space drug manufacturing company BioOrbit has raised £9.8m in seed funding to accelerate its mission to manufacture pharmaceutical drugs in space at scale. BioOrbit’s solution enables the usage of microgravity to develop crystals of biological drugs at scale that aims to transform how life-saving treatments reach patients worldwide. Currently, 70% of the highest-grossing drugs globally ... Read more ›
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Each year, UK FinTech Week serves as a useful reminder of just how far the national fintech ecosystem has come. Over a decade ago, the conversation was centred on disruption and novelty. Today, fintech is no longer adjacent to financial services; it is embedded within it. Spending time with founders and investors at the Innovate ... Read more ›
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The Crime and Policing Act has become law, bringing in new measures to ensure women and girls are more protected online as new technologies evolve. The wide-sweeping measures cover AI chatbots, non-consensual images published online, image hashing and banning ‘nudification’ apps. The Act means AI chatbots, like X’s Grok, are required to protect users from ... Read more ›
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The UK boasts one of the world’s best ecosystems for funding early-stage tech companies. But for the scores of startups securing pre-seed and seed investments, the majority seem to struggle to extend beyond that. Much has been said about the UK’s supposed scaleup funding gap, wherein UK-headquartered startups struggle to secure the funding needed to ... Read more ›
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Christchurch-based Online Oceans has raised £4m to scale its build of autonomous surface vessels and fleet software for defence and maritime security. Online Oceans is building a new model for persistent maritime coverage. Scout, its autonomous surface vessel, and fleet command platform Tether enable operators to deploy dense, always-connected fleets for missions including anti-submarine warfare, ... Read more ›
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Automated roadside quality assurance provider Highway Data Systems (HDS) has secured £1.25m from the Investment Fund for Scotland, managed by Maven Capital Partners and delivered by the British Business Bank. Glasgow-based HDS develops automated quality assurance (QA) technologies for the road construction and asphalt industries spanning production, haulage and laydown. The company provides a combination ... Read more ›
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