Samsung Galaxy A54 vs Galaxy S23: Which Phone You Should Buy

As it does every year, Samsung launched a lot of new smartphones in 2023, each aimed at a slightly different person. First, the flagship devices of the Galaxy S series were unveiled, including the “entry-level flagship” Galaxy S23 and, a month later, the cheaper but extremely promising Galaxy A54 also went on sale. Given their … Leer más

AI-powered cloud SIEM: Real-time threat intel boosts defences

Cyber attacks in 2023 continue to gain traction. As dwell times lessen, cyber crime rates are developing quicker, leading to higher frequencies of cyber attack attempts. But companies at large and small scales are fighting back, opting to adopt higher protective measures with expanded cyber security capabilities.  For example, Google has recently switched to AI-backed … Leer más

Virgin Media O2 to begin switching off 3G network in 2025

Following its rival mobile operators in the UK, Virgin Media O2 has announced that, as part of its ongoing network transformation, it will start to switch off 3G services in 2025, enabling it to expand and upgrade its 4G and 5G connectivity. In December 2021, the UK government and the leading UK mobile network operators … Leer más

HSBC collaborates on hybrid quantum optimisation

HSBC has begun collaborating with Terra Quantum to investigate using hybrid quantum applications to tackle optimisation challenges. One example of such an issue is collateral optimisation, which is the process of efficiently allocating and managing collateral assets to meet regulatory requirements while minimising costs. This requires mathematical and algorithmic strategies to balance risks, liquidity and … Leer más

Apple patches Blastpass exploit abused by spyware makers

Apple has moved to patch two zero-click, zero-day vulnerabilities – tracked as CVE-2023-41064 and CVE-2023-41061 – in its mobile operating system, which have allegedly been used by disgraced Israeli cyber software company NSO Group in its Pegasus spyware product sold to repressive governments. The first, CVE-2023-41064, is a buffer overflow issue in Image I/O whereby … Leer más

Executive interview: Richard Moulds, AWS Braket

During the AWS annual Re:Invent conference in 2019, the public cloud provider announced Braket, a service and hardware initiative for quantum computing. The service was introduced in 2020 with support for three machines: a superconducting gate-based machine from Rigetti; a trapped-ion machine and a quantum annealing device from D-Wave. The latest update is claimed to … Leer más