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10 Oct 23

Even world’s biggest offshore wind farm can’t mask UK’s green energy failures

Computer & Information Technology

The world’s largest offshore wind farm has started exporting power to the UK grid after its first turbine came online this weekend. The Dogger Bank Wind Farm, currently under construction in the North Sea, will comprise a total of 277 turbines once complete in 2026. The huge plant is expected…

10 Oct 23

No Signs Yet of Gallium or Germanium Shortage

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

In July, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced fresh export restrictions on gallium and germanium, two metals whose global supplies both overwhelmingly originate in China. Firms that export either metal or any from a list of gallium and germanium compounds and substrates now have to request a government license, explicitly naming…

10 Oct 23

Labour promises railway and energy reforms if it wins the next election

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Speaking at the party’s conference in Liverpool, shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh confirmed that plans announced under former leader Jeremy Corbyn to return the UK’s train system to public ownership have not been dropped under Keir Starmer. “There is no point offering infrastructure announcements of investment unless we radically reform…

10 Oct 23

Fresh From the Oven: Pi for Your Desktop

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Toss your desktop in the bin. The Raspberry Pi 5 is here.The thought of replacing a desktop or laptop with a single-board computer (SBC) might seem odd. But the Raspberry Pi 5, the latest in the long-running Raspberry Pi family, seems up to the task—and that’s always been the Pi’s…

10 Oct 23

Passwordless by default: Make the switch to passkeys

Computer & Information Technology

Google is making it even easier to get started with passkeys by offering the ability to set them up for all users — by default.

10 Oct 23

Ask a Techspert: What are passkeys?

Computer & Information Technology

A look at how passkeys will make you more secure by removing the need for traditional passwords.

10 Oct 23

Our commitments to enhancing cybersecurity efforts in Asia Pacific

Computer & Information Technology

Asia Pacific is home to the world's largest group of internet users and to extraordinary digital capability and dynamism. At the same time, the region is the target…