Cloud Computing
Epic Games Store matches Steam on refund policy
Buyers can demand refunds if they've had a game for no more than 14 days and not registered more than two hours of play
'If you outsource to the cloud and it goes wrong, you look stupid' - CIOs fear cloud catastrophe
A group of CIOs at a recent Computing Dining Club said that businesses view IT failures when outsourced as a bigger problem than in-house failures
Fortnite maker Epic to undercut Steam with new store taking just 12 per cent commission
Valve Software faces major challenge from Epic as the go-to platform for PC gaming
'Dynamical decoupling' technique improves performance of quantum computers, claims University of Southern California study
Rigetti's 19-qubit Acorn and IBM's 16-qubit QX5 quantum computers used in the study
Volvo's autonomous trucks tackle mining operations
Volvo will be paid per metric tonne delivered, making the success of the autonomous trucks critical
'Ghost' galaxy sitting on the outskirts of the Milky Way found
Dubbed Antlia 2, the ghost galaxy sits just 130,000 light-years away from the Milky Way
Yale University astronomer Pieter Van Dokkum reveals how he discovered a ghost galaxy 'by accident'
So-called ghost galaxies aren't necessarily small but can be difficult to detect due to their very low star power
Astronomers witness slow death of a dwarf galaxy close to the Milky Way
The galaxy is losing its hydrogen and the ability to form new stars
System to convert carbon dioxide into industrial fuels and chemicals that releases only oxygen developed
System devised by Harvard University scientists can prevent industrial carbon dioxide emissions from being released into the atmosphere
Interstellar object 'Oumuamua' could be an alien probe, claims Harvard study
Oumuamua was first spotted in October 2017 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii
Researchers explain why bands form behind a comet's dust tail
Findings are based on the movement of dust particles in Comet McNaught, one of the brightest comets seen from Earth in the past five decades
Scientists confirm presence of supermassive black hole at heart of the Milky Way
GRAVITY combines the light from four different telescopes of Very Large Telescope to create a virtually huge telescope
Global internet freedom declines as governments use online censorship to suppress dissent - Freedom House
Where China leads, other authoritarian regimes are following, Freedom House warns
Drones bring vaccines to Pacific island nation
Unicef has high hopes for drone delivery across Vanuatu, but storms and nervous locals are among the risks
RPA projects twice as likely to attract funding as AI
Robotic process automation is the best starting point for digital transformation, says research firm
UK government goes it alone with Digital Services Tax tailored for Amazon, eBay, Facebook and Google
Two per cent turnover tax expected to raise £375m in 2021-22
IBM agrees $34bn deal to buy Red Hat
IBM aims to dominate cloud infrastructure with Red Hat purchase - but is it wildly overpaying?
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Self-driving taxis could be on London's roads by 2021
Addison Lee is working on autonomous taxis for commuting and pleasure
BBFC finally unveils guidance and draft regulations for mandatory adult website age checks
Government porn crackdown coming soon
Microsoft unveils Xbox game streaming plans with Project xCloud coming in 2019
Microsoft reveals plan to trial game streaming in 2019 as Google starts-up its own cloud gaming services
Russian military intelligence accused of a series of cyber attacks around the world
Russia's GRU compromised by laptops carried around the world by its agents
Facebook: No evidence hackers accessed third-party apps
Facebook developing tool to enable third-party apps that use it for authentication to check for themselves
Google plans to take on the game industry with 'Project Stream' plan for cloud gaming in Chrome
Is Google planning to do to the computer game industry what it's done to publishing?