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Posted onZoe KleinmanTechnology editor BBC Tech firms such as Microsoft, whose Majorana chip is pictured here, are racing to embrace quantum There’s an old adage among tech journalists like me – you can either explain quantum accurately, or in a way that people understand, but you can’t do both. That’s because quantum mechanics – a strange…
Samsung profits jump 1,800% as AI chip sales soar
Posted onSouth Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics says it expects to post a 19-fold jump in its profits, driven by global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) memory chips. The company forecast that it made 89.4tn won (£43.6bn; $58.4bn) between the start of April and the end of June, marking its third record quarterly operating profits in…
Reeves urged to make Budget ‘bold’ or risk future tax rises
Posted onThe chancellor should be “bold” in next month’s Budget or risk future spending cuts and tax rises, an influential think tank has said. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is projecting Rachel Reeves will need to find £22bn to make up a shortfall in the government’s finances, and will “almost certainly” have to raise taxes….
Driving test cheating soars with use of headsets and impersonators
Posted onKaty Austin,Transport correspondentand Simon Browning, Transport reporter Getty Images Cheating cases during practical and theory driving tests rose by nearly 50 per cent last year in England, Scotland and Wales, new figures show. The cheating methods varied, according to freedom of information data from the Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), with more than 1,100…
