Mike Knight

Global data centre electricity demand is now forecast to almost triple by 2035, forcing urgent questions about how to power the AI boom sustainably. The Forecasts Point To A Steep Rise New analysis from BloombergNEF suggests data centres could be drawing around 106 gigawatts of power by 2035, up from about 40 gigawatts today. This […]

It sounds like a simple idea, but taking a minute to do it could save you many more minutes each day by keeping the folders you use most right at the top of the navigation pane. How to do it: – In Microsoft Outlook, in the folder pane, right‑click the folder you want quick access

The government has set out plans to expand the use of facial recognition and other biometrics across UK policing, describing it as the biggest breakthrough for catching criminals since DNA matching. A National Strategy For Biometrics The Home Office has launched a ten week consultation to establish a new legal framework covering all police use

OpenAI has developed a new research technique that trains advanced AI models to admit when they ignored instructions, took unintended shortcuts, or quietly breached the rules they were given. A New Approach To Detecting Hidden Misbehaviour OpenAI’s latest research introduces what it calls a “confession”, which is a second output that sits alongside the model’s

The Bank of England has warned that the rapid rise in artificial intelligence focused technology stocks has created clear financial stability risks and could lead to a sharp correction in global markets. AI Valuations Reach Their Most Stretched Levels In Years The Bank’s latest Financial Stability Report says equity valuations linked to AI are now “particularly

Amazon is piloting a new ultra fast delivery service that brings household essentials and fresh groceries to customers in parts of Seattle and Philadelphia in about 30 minutes or less. ‘Amazon Now’ And What It Offers ‘Amazon Now’ is a new delivery option built directly into the main Amazon app and website. Customers in eligible

Cloudflare has suffered its second major service outage in less than a month, briefly taking a substantial portion of the internet offline and prompting renewed questions about the resilience of the infrastructure many organisations now rely on. Friday 5 December Outage This latest incident occurred on Friday 5 December, when websites around the world began

Green hydrogen was expected to become one of the most important clean fuels for decarbonising heavy industry, yet many projects across Europe, the United States and Australia are now slowing, shrinking or being cancelled altogether. What Is Green Hydrogen? Green hydrogen is produced by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable electricity from wind,

Did you know you can bundle any set of contacts into a single group and send a message to everyone with just one address? It’s a huge time‑saver and eliminates the risk of forgetting a recipient. How to create a group – Desktop (Outlook 365) – Switch to People (the icon at the bottom of the

Insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are warning that artificial intelligence may now be too unpredictable to insure, raising concerns about the financial fallout if widely used models fail at scale. Anxiety As recently reported in the Financial Times, it seems that anxiety across the insurance sector has grown sharply in recent months as