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Nvidia’s Arm deal investigated Last weeks news that the UK government had invoked National security to probe Nvidias Arm deal means that the CMA, which was already investigating the possible effect of the deal on competition in the UK, will also now be considering national security interests While the ‘intervention notice’ issued by the government has raised questions over the $40 billion deal a spokesman for Nvidia said that it didn’t “believe t...

Siemens and Google Cloud to cooperate on AI-based manufacturing solutions Google Cloud and Siemens are to co-operate in order to optimise factory processes and improve productivity on the shop floor. According to Siemens, it intends to integrate Google Cloud’s data cloud and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) technologies with its factory automation solutions to help manufacturers innovate for the future. Data is critical for today’s industrial pr...

North Korea Has a Hypersonic College. Hypersonic Missiles Coming Soon? Pyongyang would certainly love to develop or buy their own hypersonic missiles, but that kind of technology is out of their reach for the time being. It made the news earlier this week that the first hypersonic missile test conducted by the U.S. Air Force had failed, when held Tuesday off the coast of California. There’s also interest in the hypersonic missile technology in other parts of the world—including in North Kor...

The edge is set to become the ‘centre of everything’ New research suggests that up to $800 billion could be spent on new and replacement server equipment and edge computing facilities in the years running up to 2028. The research, from the Linux Foundation, says that growth is going to be driven by the deployment of 5G in industry, alongside the commoditisation of edge hardware and the rise of open source networking software. It expects investment to be equally...

Addressing the e-waste mountain With 6 million people saying the majority of their home appliances break within just two years, the ‘Right to Repair’ law that’s due to come into effect in the summer will have a significant impact on consumers and their bank balances. From this summer, consumers will have a Right to Repair their household appliances as the government looks to cut down on the estimated 1.5 million tonnes of electronic waste generated by the ...

Last week’s Budget expected a swifter bounce-back from the pandemic than had previously been expected.

Countdown to BEEAs week ​There are just two more weeks until the winners of this years British Engineering Excellence Awards are announced. The week of March 22-26 will see the winners announced in full. The British Engineering Excellence Awards celebrate the best of design engineering in the UK from 2019-2020 and while this has been an unusual time, and this ceremony reflects that, the organisers have been determined to ensure that excellence was recognised regardl...

Boost for quantum computing In what could be a boost for quantum computing and communication, a team of European scientists have reported a new method of controlling and manipulating single photons without generating heat. The solution makes it possible to integrate optical switches and single-photon detectors in a single chip. The European Quantum Flagship project, S2QUIP, is reported to have developed an optical switch that is reconfigured with microscopic mechanical m...

Over the past six years Apple has acquired around 100 companies. At a time when the company is generating a mountain of cash – almost £80bn alone in its first-quarter of 2021 – the signs are that this rate of acquisition is likely to continue.

QLSI project plans 16 qubit chip Alongside European partners, the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS is developing a scalable technology for silicon qubits for quantum computers. The Fraunhofer IPMS is part of the newly launched European project QLSI (Quantum Large-Scale Integration with Silicon), which aims to develop a 16-qubit chip within four years backed with €14.6 million from the EU. Silicon qubits can manipulated and read out quickly and are...