The government is ploughing in public money to build out one of the UK’s most powerful supercomputers By Cliff Saran, Managing Editor Published: 26 Jan 2026 9:15 The government has announced it is ploughing £36m into the Dawn supercomputer, which will lead to a sixfold increase in performance and make it one of the most …
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Interest in sovereign cloud services has followed a bumpy trajectory over the past decade, both in the public sector and private enterprises. In the early days of cloud computing, fear, uncertainty and doubt reigned supreme in boardrooms and IT departments, as CIOs and IT decision-makers grappled with the notion of migrating workloads off physical hardware, …
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Key Takeaways Valve is launching its first truly unified hardware ecosystem, combining the new Steam Machine, Steam Controller, and Steam Frame VR headset under a single SteamOS-driven platform designed for living-room gaming, PC play, handhelds, and VR. The Steam Machine positions Valve directly between consoles and PCs, offering a compact AMD-powered SFF box with roughly …
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Whether you love cooking already or you want to try to cook more at home to spend less money on takeout, there are tons of gadgets that can make your time in the kitchen even more enjoyable. As food lovers and tech reviewers, the Engadget team has tried out pizza ovens, sous vide machines, air …
The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will face off in Super Bowl LX. For those of you who just can’t with Roman numerals, that’s Super Bowl 60, and it’s taking place this year at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA, on February 8, starting at 6:30 p.m. ET. Like all other Sunday Night …
OpenAI may have called GPT-5.2 its “most advanced frontier model for professional work,” but tests conducted by the Guardian cast doubt on its credibility. According to the report, OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 model cited Grokipedia, the online encyclopedia powered by xAI, when it came to specific, but controversial topics related to Iran or the Holocaust. As seen …
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Your Gmail inbox should now be back to normal after Saturday’s hiccups. Google said in an update on X on Saturday night that the issue, which affected the automatic filters that keep Gmail users’ inboxes free from the clutter of promotional emails, non-urgent updates and spam, “is now fully resolved for all users.” On its …
Before Electronic Arts goes private in a groundbreaking sale, some US lawmakers are pleading for some federal oversight. Democratic members of the US Congress, as part of the Congressional Labor Caucus, penned a letter asking the Federal Trade Commission to “thoroughly review” the $55 billion acquisition of EA. EA confirmed the sale to the Public …
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Waymo has caught the attention of the National Transportation Safety Board as the federal agency launched an official investigation into the company for its robotaxis improperly passing school buses in Austin, Texas. The NTSB said on X that it would “examine the interaction between Waymo vehicles and school buses stopped for loading and unloading students.” …
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Meta is being sued by Solos, a rival smart glasses maker, for infringing on its patents, Bloomberg reports. Solos is seeking “multiple billions of dollars” in damages and an injunction that could prevent Meta from selling its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses as part of the lawsuit. Solos claims that Meta’s Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer Gen 1 …
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