Global South rises as technology reshapes city competitiveness

Data centres supporting artificial intelligence (AI) could reduce their electricity connection waiting time from 5-10 years or more to 2-4 years by accepting flexible grid connections and using their own power generation and storage systems, according to a report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

A committee hears that Northern Ireland could lose out on economic opportunities if action is not accelerated.

India’s AI market is expected to see a shift in demand towards debt financing for data centres and computing infrastructure. At the same time, the sector faces several risks, including the rapid obsoleteness of graphics processing units (GPUs), uncertain revenue models and evolving governance regulations, as per a report by Union Bank of India.

Vivo X500 Ultra is tipped to feature a 200MP telephoto camera with a larger 1/1.2-inch sensor, potentially improving low-light photography over the X300 Ultra. The upcoming flagship could pack a Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset, an 8,000mAh battery and a 6.85-inch LTPO AMOLED display.

Microsoft on Wednesday disclosed that a China state-aligned actor dubbed Storm-0940 was behind the recent supply chain compromise of the ConnectWise Cloud Backup application. During the incident, Storm-0940 used ARTEX, a Go-based agentic AI penetration testing framework that was made closed-source in the wake of its abuse in cyber attacks targeting South Korean financial institutions, to speed

A giant sea serpent believed to be a herald of major disasters has just washed ashore in one of the most seismically active regions in the world.