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Dell XPS 13 2020 Review: A Fantastic But Flawed Laptop

July 12 2020 | TW News Correspondent

Dell’s XPS 13 squeezes more screen, more power and even Windows Hello face recognition into a tiny frame, but trips up over software issues.

The XPS 13 is Dell’s top-of-the-line compact laptop and starts at £1,349. Various models with different processors,...
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Fugaku vs COVID: The Fast And The Fatal

July 12 2020 | TW News Correspondent

With over nine million infected and nearly half a million lives lost, the COVID-19 pandemic has seized the world’s attention for several months. It has also dominated the supercomputing sector, with COVID-related research receiving major allocations on nearly every research supercomputer in the world. A Japanese supercomputer that has been named t...
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‘90pc Important Services To Be Digital By 2021’

July 11 2020 | TW News Correspondent

The government plans to provide 90 per cent of important services digitally by 2021.

As per the plan, 90 per cent citizens will be brought under internet...
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Huawei: Why The UK Might Hang Up On 5G And Broadband Kit Supplier

July 11 2020 | TW News Correspondent

These are tense times for Huawei and the UK's telecoms providers.

The prime minister will shortly review use of the Chinese company's equipment, with MPs set to be informed of his decision on Tuesday.

It seems likely that Boris Johnson will set a deadline by which time the firm should stop being involved in the country's 5G network. But what's unclear is whether he'll also order it to be stripped out...
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Facebook Civil-Rights Record Hammered In Own Review

July 09 2020 | TW News Correspondent

Facebook's "vexing and heartbreaking" decisions are causing significant setbacks for civil rights, an audit commissioned by the company says.

The two-year-long review says its actions have left many act...
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Smartwatch Hack Could Send Fake Pill Reminders To Patients

July 09 2020 | TW News Correspondent

Smartwatch software used to help elderly patients could easily be hacked and abused, security researchers say.

Some of the watches are targeted mainly at dementia patients - and a hacker could even send a reminder to "take pills" as often as they wanted to.

The researchers said they were concerned that "an overdose could easil...
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New Video Format 'Halves Data Use Of 4K And 8K TVs'

July 08 2020 | TW News Correspondent

A new video-encoding technology that promises to cut data use by at least half has been announced, after three years of talks involving some of the tech industry's largest players.

The standard should make it possible for people with slow connections to stream footage in higher quality...
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Bangladesh Wins Two Int’l Blockchain Olympiad Awards

July 07 2020 | TW News Correspondent

Two Bangladeshi teams which participated for the first time in the ‘International Blockchain Olympiad Award (IBCOL) 2020’ competition have won two out of six main awards.

President of Hong Kong Blockchain Society Dr Lawrence Ma and other dignitaries declared the names of the winning teams – Team Digital Innovation for IBCOL 2020 Silver Medal Award and Team DU Nimbus for IBCOL 2020 Best Prototyp...
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Facebook Frustrates Advertisers As Boycott Over Hate Speech Kicks Off

July 06 2020 | TW News Correspondent

US civil rights groups have enlisted the multinationals to pressure the social media giant into taking concrete steps to block hate speech amid a national reckoning over racism

Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola and Starbucks are due to vanish from Facebook on Wednesd...
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