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From a resurgence of tech across Europe to the advancing artificial intelligence industry to institutional growth in the digital assets sector, VCs have shared their thoughts on what is in store for the tech industry in 2026. Europe will crack the compute market – David Grimm, AlbionVC “2026 will be the year the UK and ...
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Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes: Acer has filed three separate patent infringement lawsuits against AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, taking the unusual step of hauling the nation's largest wireless carriers into federal court. The suits, filed in the Eastern District of Texas, claim the companies are using Acer-developed cellular networking technology without paying for the privilege. Acer says it tried to negotiate licenses for years but reached a dead end, arguing it... Read more ›
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Elon Musk wants Tesla to iterate new AI accelerators faster than AMD and Nvidia. This can be done, but with caveats. Read more ›
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Rockstar has helped a terminally ill fan play GTA 6 ahead of its November release date. Read more Read more ›
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A Michigan dairy farm took a gamble on a new kind of soybean—and it paid off fast. After feeding high-oleic soybeans to their cows, milk quality improved within days and feed costs dropped dramatically. Backed by years of MSU research, the crop is helping farmers replace expensive supplements with something they can grow themselves. Demand has surged, and many believe it could reshape the dairy industry. Read more ›
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Some of the most powerful people will be coming to Davos this week by private jet. But its closest airport is quieter due to airspace restrictions. Read more ›
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My husband and I moved from a major city to a small French village. After two years, I accepted that the country wasn't a good fit for my lifestyle. Read more ›
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Memory chip shortage set to spread well beyond the confines of datacenters and computers Read more ›
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Linux can now handle Adobe Creative Cloud-era installers thanks to a series of patches built by PhialsBasement, an open-source developer who has fixed longstanding HTML and JavaScript rendering issues, alongside XML parsing errors in Wine. This enables Photoshop 2021 and even 2025 to run on the platform "butter smooth." Read more ›
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The AFL-CIO, which represents some 15 million workers across the US, is backing a planned Minnesota economic blackout to protest ICE. Read more ›
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Institutions are increasingly betting on bitcoin's bullish moves and moving away from sophisticated 'arbitrage' bets. Read more ›
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Indeed's new study finds tech job postings down from pandemic peaks, but roles like data scientists and solution architects remain in demand. Read more ›
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A computer historian has documented the moment a 1974 kit computer successfully ran its first ever program – in 2016. Altair 8800 kit needed a new PSU. Read more ›
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Simon Sung, the CEO of Samsung Electronics Europe, said its AI strategy is "about AI that is genuinely useful and unobtrusive." Read more ›
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I was sometimes worried about my kids' safety as an urban mom, but Chicago gave my children access to parks, museums, and learning opportunities. Read more ›
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January was going to be a landmark month for the crypto industry. The Senate would start negotiating the finer details of the CLARITY Act, a major law that would finally enshrine the fundamental structure of how the crypto market could legally operate in the United States: what digital assets counted as a security versus a […] Read more ›
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A modder in China has come up with an ingenious solution to combine all three consoles into one device that shares as much with modern tech as it does with ancient tradition. Read more ›
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he's headed to Davos this week to "draw a clear line between democratic capitalism and crony capitalism." Read more ›
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The average fund invested in China in 2025 made close to 18%, according to Hedge Fund Research. Read more ›
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In the spring of 2010, I was one of a few journalists invited to travel down to the coast of Ecuador to join an ocean-going TED conference. With me aboard a National Geographic science vessel were ocean and climate scientists, underwater photographers, marine activists, environmental group CEOs, a lot of green-minded rich people, and famous […] Read more ›
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A new VHS Combo TV is on its way for folks who want to ‘Binge-watch like it’s 1999.’ Read more ›
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The government has been urged by prominent Labour backbenchers to introduce legislation that would require banks to expand access to low-cost lending for SMEs. A private members bill introduced to the House of Commons by Labour MP and former minister Gareth Thomas laid out plans to further combat a weak economy with a mandate for ... Read more ›
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The government would “support” a ban of Elon Musk’s social media platform X should Ofcom determine it is necessary following a trend of AI sexual deepfake generation via its Grok tool. Grok, an AI chatbot accessible via social media platform X, has been used to manipulate images of real people to create sexually explicit materials, ... Read more ›
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Cambridge health tech firm Qureight has appointed former Riverlane executive Rebecca Simmons (pictured) as its new chief operating officer. Simmons has been tasked with scaling the AI CT imaging company’s global business operations. The new Qureight COO previously held the same role at Riverlane, a prominent player in quantum error correction technology. In her time ... Read more ›
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The Conservatives calls for the UK to follow Australia’s lead in banning social media for under-16s have received a boost as prominent Labour politician Andy Burnham backs the plan. The Greater Manchester mayor, commonly cited as a potential successor to Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour Party, said he has found himself agreeing with ... Read more ›
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UK-based sportswear group JD Sports has become one of the first major brands to allow purchases to be made directly from popular AI chatbots. The service, which will be initially only available in the US, will allow customers to search for and purchase its products from Copilot, Gemini and ChatGPT. JD Sports has partnered with ... Read more ›
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The UK government aims to expedite the passing and enforcement of legislation to combat sexualised deep fakes following the launch of a formal investigation into X’s Grok AI. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said in the House of Commons that she will bring into force a new offence this week that makes it illegal to create ... Read more ›
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Silicon Valley has long set the pace for tech innovation. In deep tech however, US companies have a tendency to design and optimise their products for local consumers and systems that do not translate globally. Their vast domestic market and deep-pocketed investors let them sustain this approach for years, but this narrowing of focus creates ... Read more ›
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The UK saw a record number of tech incorporations in 2025, with the number of new firms founded soaring by almost 50% in the past five years. New analysis from consulting firm RSM UK has found there were 56,615 new tech incorporations last year, a 17% rise from the previous year and 47% greater than ... Read more ›
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The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) will rebrand to UK Private Capital, aiming to reflect in its new name the evolution of the country’s investment industry. The trade association which represents the UK’s private investment community was founded in 1983 and has since grown to more than 600 firms. It has decided ... Read more ›
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York-based tech firm Phoenix Software has secured a £75m contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide visibility and control over the department’s software spending. The three-year deal, called the Value Added Software Agreement (VOSA), is designed to “centralise and optimise the procurement of commercial off-the-shelf software across the MoD”. Phoenix Software said through ... Read more ›
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