Fresh indie broadband provider incoming as Google's fiber biz and Stonepeak’s Astound merge
Alphabet to remain 'significant minority shareholder'
Networks12 Mar 2026 | 2
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Britain turns up the heat on homegrown ceramics for hypersonic missiles
DSTL bets £350K the UK can cook up its own exotic materials
Science12 Mar 2026 | 26
So much for power to the people – AI datacenters could jump UK grid queue
Plan to fast-track bit barn connections leaves housing developers fuming and billpayers on the hook
On-Prem12 Mar 2026 | 42
Scottish broadband service looking a bit dreich, says UK outage study
Subscribers north of the border suffer the most long-running failures per £100 spent
Networks11 Mar 2026 | 17
AI datacenters may gulp a New York City's worth of water on hot days
Study warns peak cooling demand could strain US water systems by 2030
Systems10 Mar 2026 | 11
Sorry, kids. Memory crunch threatens to kneecap Chromebook shipments
Low-cost computers bashed by billion-dollar investment in AI infrastructure
Personal Tech10 Mar 2026 | 37
Amazon tells FCC to bin SpaceX's million-satellite datacenter dream
Calls Musk’s orbital plans “speculative” despite Bezos touting orbiting compute
Science09 Mar 2026 | 18
Ex-Meta execs pop up on Nscale board as rent-a-GPU firm raises $2B
Former policy boss Nick Clegg joins Cheryl Sandberg and one-time Yahoo prez Susan Decker
On-Prem09 Mar 2026 | 8
Royal Navy races to arm ships against drone threat
Britain's Ministry of Defence wants a counter-drone system designed, contracted, and delivered within weeks
Edge + IoT09 Mar 2026 | 106
Washington reportedly moves to tighten leash on AI chip exports
Draft rules could force Nvidia and AMD to seek government approval before selling abroad
Systems06 Mar 2026 | 17
Munificent 7 vow to spare US households from AI's rising energy costs
Bit tricky enforcing this. What's the penalty if they go up anyway?
AI + ML05 Mar 2026 | 8
Trump administration spoiling for a fight over global satellite regulations
Updated FCC not pleased about EU space tech reqs to enter Common market, among other things
Networks05 Mar 2026 | 26
CERN sends AI-trained robot mice scurrying through LHC beam pipes
Updated Bots hunt deformed RF contacts inside the collider's 27 km vacuum tubes
Science05 Mar 2026 | 20
Flex appeal: UK datacenter cuts AI power draw 40% on command
London GPU farm dances to National Grid's tune in five-day trial, critical workloads not disrupted
On-Prem04 Mar 2026 | 3
NIMBY pushback begins to bite US datacenter buildout
New capacity under construction falls for first time since 2020 as permitting, zoning, and power hurdles mount
On-Prem04 Mar 2026 | 10
CIOs say AI adoption is moving faster than they can manage
Risk management? Continuity plan if our provider disappears? We've heard of these things
AI + ML03 Mar 2026 | 8
Vodafone to use Amazon sats for cell backhaul in remote parts of Europe, Africa
From Bavarian Alps to Congo basin and other places where laying cable is a PITA
Networks03 Mar 2026 | 6
US struck Iran with copies of its own drones
Iran's own technology reverse engineered and used against it.
Offbeat02 Mar 2026 | 80
Singapore eyes barge-based hydrogen power for datacenters
Saves real estate by putting the power on the water
Systems02 Mar 2026 | 2
Oak Ridge spawns institute to curb AI datacenter power surge
Lab aims to link power, cooling, and workload management to ease strain on the US grid
Systems27 Feb 2026 | 5
Japan's Rapidus lands $1.7B to chase 2nm chip production by 2027
Government and 32 private-sector backers fund push to take on TSMC and Samsung at leading-edge nodes
Systems27 Feb 2026 | 4
50 GW of datacenter demand queues up for UK grid access
To put that into perspective, 45 GW was peak electricity use for Britain so far this year
Systems27 Feb 2026 | 51
Top cloud providers to outspend Ireland's GDP on AI in 2026
TrendForce says eight hyperscalers are set to pour $710B into servers and infrastructure
On-Prem26 Feb 2026 | 13
Say goodbye to budget PCs and smartphones – memory is too expensive now
Analyst warns soaring DRAM and NAND costs could push entry-level devices out of reach
Personal Tech26 Feb 2026 | 118
Execs love AI, just not enough to pay for user training
Research points to skills gaps and weak oversight as barriers to return on investment
AI + ML25 Feb 2026 | 12
Recycling biz reckons AI features are destroying smartphone resale values
Galaxy S25 sheds 63% in 12 months as reseller questions LLM emphasis
AI + ML25 Feb 2026 | 34
Euro hosting giant hiking prices by up to 50% from April Fool's Day
No, customers aren't laughing either as pressure from memory shortages bites
On-Prem24 Feb 2026 | 36
UK tech hit by double trouble: Fewer foreign techies amid skills squeeze
Visa applications down, executives emigrating, and AI blamed for the rest
AI + ML24 Feb 2026 | 84
Euro allies aiming to rapidly build low-cost air defense weapons
We like our surface-to-air weapons affordable
Security24 Feb 2026 | 31
Ofcom's grumble-o-meter lights up for EE, TalkTalk, Vodafone
Q3 figures show the trio drawing the most broadband complaints per 100,000 customers
Personal Tech21 Feb 2026 | 32
Amazon's vibe-coding tool Kiro reportedly vibed too hard and brought down AWS
Bezos-corp blames user error for outage, 'specifically misconfigured access controls'
PaaS + IaaS20 Feb 2026 | 31
Hard drives already sold out for this year – AI to blame
Oh snap! The hyperscalers bought all the HDDs
Storage20 Feb 2026 | 66
US tech giants open their wallets for AI-friendly politicians
Rush is on to push forward sympathetic candidates from both parties ahead of midterms
On-Prem19 Feb 2026 | 13
Texas sues TP-Link over China links and security vulnerabilities
State disputes the company's claim that its routers are made in Vietnam
Security18 Feb 2026 | 17
6,000 execs struggle to find the AI productivity boom
Survey says 80% of firms see no gains from the tech
AI + ML18 Feb 2026 | 92
Europe's 5G Standalone stall risks falling behind US, Asia
Report warns delayed rollouts could widen capability gap as new standards emerge
Networks18 Feb 2026 | 25
AI bit barns grow climate emergency by turning up the gas
Companies talk renewables while firing up gas turbines as fast as they can
Systems17 Feb 2026 | 15
CIOs told: Prove your AI pays off – or pay the price
Boards demand measurable ROI as budgets, bonuses, and jobs hang in the balance
AI + ML17 Feb 2026 | 47
Secondhand laptop market goes 'mainstream' amid memory crunch
Budget-conscious buyers in Europe voting with their wallet
Personal Tech16 Feb 2026 | 29
AMD climbs in desktop and server CPUs while Intel battles supply squeeze
Q4 figures reveal shifting market share across PCs and cloud infrastructure
Systems13 Feb 2026 | 3
US is moving ahead with colocated nukes and datacenters
Bitbarn nuke campus to be sited at Idaho National Laboratory
Systems13 Feb 2026 | 14
Oracle suits up for Air Force Cloud One program with $88M contract
Big Red joins AWS on a multi-cloud defense platform
Public Sector12 Feb 2026 | 5
Memory price explosion triggers PC buying spree
DRAM doubles, NAND jumps 70% as corporate buyers race the clock
Personal Tech12 Feb 2026 | 24
UK unveils telecoms charter to curb mid-contract bill shocks
Legal teeth sold separately
Networks12 Feb 2026 | 28
Brussels drafts blueprint to spot and swat rogue drones
Action Plan calls for EU-wide drills, industry forums, and expanded identification requirements
Public Sector11 Feb 2026 | 8
Only one in five Euro datacenters AI-ready as builders battle land and labor blues
Report warns skills shortages and grid bottlenecks threaten to stall region's capacity push
On-Prem11 Feb 2026 | 16
Trump to hyperscalers: your datacenters, your power bill
As communities push back on utility costs, White House tells Big Tech to fund their own AI expansion
On-Prem10 Feb 2026 | 30
Taiwan tells Uncle Sam its chip ecosystem ain't going anywhere
Moving 40% of semiconductor production to America is 'impossible' says vice premier
Systems09 Feb 2026 | 56
Openreach turns up the heat to force laggards off legacy copper lines
Half a million businesses face successive price hikes ahead of PTSN shutdown
Networks07 Feb 2026 | 121
Four horsemen of the AI-pocalypse line up capex bigger than Israel's GDP
Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft eye $635B in infrastructure spend
AI + ML06 Feb 2026 | 50
Anthropic apes OpenAI with cheeky chatbot commercials
The Claude maker wants you to know about ChatGPT’s ad plans
AI + ML05 Feb 2026 | 4
Curse of AI to push up PC prices as memory and CPU shortages bite
Component supply is being diverted toward datacenters, squeezing the consumer market
Personal Tech05 Feb 2026 | 20
Britain courts private cash to fund 'golden age' of nuclear-powered AI
Framework aims to lure investors into powering the compute boom
On-Prem05 Feb 2026 | 13
Server CPUs join memory in the supply shortage, pushing up prices
Silicon manufacturing issues to blame
Systems04 Feb 2026 | 8
AWS says you're on your own if media codec patent owners come knocking
Exclusive Service terms update removes infringement cover tied to audio and video encoding tech
PaaS + IaaS04 Feb 2026 | 22
UK names Barnsley as first Tech Town to see whether AI can fix... well, anything
AI-pocalypse South Yorkshire becomes ground zero for nationwide experiment with £500K seed funding
AI + ML03 Feb 2026 | 88
British military to get legal OK to swat drones near bases
Armed Forces Bill would let troops take action against unmanned threats around defense sites
Public Sector03 Feb 2026 | 56
US TikTok service restored after cloud 'that doesn't go down' went down
Winter storm knocks out Oracle datacenter, despite Larry Ellison's reliability boasts
On-Prem02 Feb 2026 | 17
Sword of Damocles hangs over UK military’s Ajax as minister says back it or scrap it
Armored vehicle trials halted after troops report noise and vibration symptoms
Public Sector01 Feb 2026 | 94
Backblaze says AI traffic and neoclouds could shape future networks
The western US saw the most activity overall
Networks30 Jan 2026 |
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