Training AI models comes at ‘substantial cost’ to environment

Researchers at the University of Amherst have claimed that AI model training can produce over five times more carbon dioxide than a car does in a lifetime. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Facebook is going to start paying users for their data

Facebook has launched a new app which will pay users to allow the social network to collect data on how people use their device and the apps downloaded to it. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

HMRC spent six times more with AWS than it received from them in corp tax

GMB general secretary claims Amazon is taking the British public "for mugs" by landing lucrative government cloud contracts despite tax avoidance concerns. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

UK network operators demand clarity on where the Government stands on Huawei

Firms reportedly demand clarity on where the Government stands on the Chinese company’s equipment, amid concerns it could hit the 5G roll-out. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Cisco laces network with more AI and machine learning

Cisco has released a series of software updates that will see AI and machine learning capabilities become more deeply embedded into the network. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

The UK tech sector produces a unicorn ‘each month’

More than a third of Europe’s fastest-growing tech companies are now based in Britain, following $35 billion of investment between 2013 and 2018. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Only 13% of UK adults trust big tech firms with handling anonymized NHS data

Most citizens would prefer UK-based and regulated universities and companies to handle and process unidentifiable patient data. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Three confirms UK 5G network to launch in August

Mobile network Three has confirmed it will launch its 5G network in August and plans to reach 25 UK towns and cities before the end of 2019. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

The infrastructure behind Stadia and the next evolution of cloud gaming

Decentralised, hyper-local data centres at the edge are bringing processing closer to the gamers themselves, eliminating the lag that plagued early efforts. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Google Stadia: launch titles for cloud gaming platform announced

Google’s cloud gaming platform Stadia will be available from November with well-known titles such as Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint at launch, the tech giant has announced. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Google snaps up analytics company Looker for a cool $2.6B

The business analytics company, that arrived on the scene seven years ago, helps customers visualize and understand their data.  | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Huawei to develop 5G with Russian firm

The deal was signed in Moscow, as Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin looked on. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Gender equality in tech: it's time businesses start turning words into actions

Initiatives and board-level discussions are important. But for more tangible change to happen, a shift needs to occur before people enter the workplace. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Microsoft and Oracle are connecting their clouds

Microsoft and Oracle have announced a new partnership that will see Azure and Oracle Cloud interconnect, enabling users to migrate data and workloads between the two. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Why blockchain is not a trust machine

Blockchain is not a magic bullet for dodgy data, and the sooner we get that straight the sooner the technology's actual benefits will be felt. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

The high cost of poor data management

Poor data management is costing the typical company $20 million (£15.7 million) a year, according to research from cloud backup company Veeam. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

FPGA vulnerability provides gateway for side-channel attacks

Scientists have discovered a vulnerability in FPGAs that might serve as a gateway for hackers to attack cloud services and IoT devices. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

90% of enterprise blockchain platform deployments will be obsolete by 2021

90% of enterprise blockchain implementations will have to be swapped out by 2021 if they are to remain competitive, secure and avoid obsolescence. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Proprietary network management systems are the latest trend in vendor lock-in

Hardware vendor lock-in must be avoided by any organisation seriously considering digital transformation as the means to achieving business goals. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Sony's 1.6 cm2 IoT chip can transmit data over a sixty-mile range at high speed

Sony's new IoT chip can handle transmissions over a 60 mile range while travelling at speeds of 60mph, opening up a new range of applications. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

IEEE lifts ban on Huawei researchers reviewing scientific papers

A temporary ban on Huawei researchers editing and reviewing scientific papers has been lifted by one of the world’s biggest engineering bodies. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Google recovers from four hour cloud outage

Google has resolved a cloud outage that sent a large portion of Google services offline and disrupted several popular apps dependent on them. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

82% of IoT device manufacturers say their devices are inadequately secured

The overwhelming majority of IoT device makers fear the products they're making are vulnerable to threats, according to a new survey. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

How data is helping in the fight to eliminate malaria

Data analytics might not seem like a natural aid in the war against malaria, but the Visualize No Malaria (VNM) relies on data-driven insights. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

US judge orders Facebook to turn over data privacy records

Ruling involves an investor lawsuit seeking company records to investigate potential wrongdoing and mismanagement by Facebook directors. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Cloud giants guzzled over 100MW of colocation capacity in the past 12 months

The major cloud providers have stepped up their dominance of European colocation, according to new research from CBRE. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Tech giants pressure GCHQ to axe plans to eavesdrop on encrypted chats

Tech giants including Apple, Google and WhatsApp have urged GCHQ to abandon a proposal that would allow it to eavesdrop on encrypted chat conversations. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

UK’s first 5G network launched

EE is set to make its 5G network available to the public today, marking the start of a new era in the UK’s mobile capabilities. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Data centres are failing to keep up with energy efficiency goals

Improvements in energy efficiency have flattened out or even deteriorated slightly in the past two years, with the average PUE now standing at 1.67.  | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Salesforce launches code-free blockchain platform based on Hyperledger Sawtooth

Salesforce has launched a blockchain platform that it said will "extend" CRM by enabling organisations to build trusted networks of partners. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Why VPNs no longer cut it in the cloud-native era

VPNs don’t meet any of today’s modern infrastructure and application requirements, says Galeal Zino, CEO at NetFoundry. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

German competition regulator extends review into IBM takeover of T-Systems

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@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Huawei takes US to court over security law

Huawei has filed a motion in a US court challenging the constitutionality of a law that limits its sales of telecoms equipment. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

The misconceptions surrounding mainframe security

Mainframers need better tools, training and education, writes Ray Overby, co-founder and president of Key Resources. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Nvidia launches EGX platform for AI processing at the edge

Nvidia has announced EGX, a new accelerated computing platform for deploying AI at the edge of the network. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Five ways to make edge data centres more cost efficient

The smaller scale and larger number of edge data centres increasingly being deployed around the world will bring significant challenges. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Google has been storing G Suite user passwords in plain text for 14 years

The Alphabet subsidiary is the latest tech giant to be caught neglecting basic cyber security standards. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

UK-based ARM ‘told to suspend business with Huawei’

The UK-based company said it was ‘complying with all of the latest regulations set forth by the US government’. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Google Brings Windows Container Support to GKE

At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in Barcelona, Google announced that it will offer three release channels for Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

19% of the most popular Docker containers have no root password

19.4 percent of Docker store's top 1,000 containers have no root password, potentially exposing systems to attacks under certain conditions. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

The security benefits of hybrid cloud

Hybrid cloud is currently the most popular enterprise architecture around. That’s good news for security and good news for the bottom line. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Major US chipmakers reportedly cut ties with Huawei after blacklist

According to Bloomberg, semiconductor companies Intel, Qualcomm, Xilinx and Broadcom have halted supply to Huawei indefinitely. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Driverless car fleet can reduce traffic by at least 35%, research suggests

The researchers programmed 16 miniature robotic cars to drive around a two-lane track to observe how the traffic flow changed when one of the cars stopped. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Huawei phone users left exposed by Android block

Huawei users have been warned they will be “significantly impacted” by Google restricting the Chinese firm’s access to its Android software. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Microsoft and Sony join forces on Azure-based games streaming service

Microsoft and Sony have agreed a deal to work together on video games streaming services, despite the two companies being bitter rivals in the industry. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Huawei launches machine learning database GaussDB

The new service will compete with popular database systems provided by IT's old-guard, including IBM, Oracle and Microsoft. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

A brief history of intelligence, and what it means for the future of AI

In order to develop better AI technologies, we first need to understand what “intelligence is” say Dagmar Monett and Colin W.P Lewis of AGI Sentinel Initiative. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago

Mustafa Suleyman and Kriti Sharma Among Experts Joining UK’s New AI Council

More than 20 experts from across industry, academia and the public sector will look at how to boost AI’s positive impact on the economy. | Continue reading


@techerati.com | 4 years ago