Tangible benefits from IaaS

Tangible benefits from IaaS

The proportion of businesses reaping the rewards of embracing cloud infrastructure services has increased significantly in the last quarter, with three-quarters of IT professionals (72%) believing infrastructure as a service (IaaS) makes it easier for businesses to...
How El Nino raised CO2

How El Nino raised CO2

A new NASA study provides space-based evidence that Earth’s tropical regions were the cause of the largest annual increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration seen in at least 2 000 years. Scientists suspected the 2015-16 El Nino – one of the...
Quantum chip packs 17 qubits

Quantum chip packs 17 qubits

Intel has delivered a 17-qubit superconducting test chip for quantum computing to QuTech, its quantum research partner in the Netherlands. The new chip was fabricated by Intel and features a unique design to achieve improved yield and performance. The delivery of the...
Accenture exposes data

Accenture exposes data

Accenture exposed customer’s private data, and could have experienced a major breach, by failing to secure cloud storage hosted by Amazon Web Services. The potential breach was discovered last month by Chris Vickery, the director of cyber risk research at...
SpaceX launches Iridium satellites

SpaceX launches Iridium satellites

SpaceX has successfully launched the Iridium-3 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Iridium-3 carries the third set of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites to their targeted orbit as part of a series of launches that will put a total...
Empathy key to AI, says Nadella

Empathy key to AI, says Nadella

Empathy must be embedded in artificial intelligence (AI) from the time it is created to ensure it becomes a positive force in people’s lives. This is according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who says the new technology will have a “profound impact on our...