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Two-hundred and fifty US cities have committed to transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050 in the face of slow global progress. However, researchers have now concluded most will fail and are likely to meet just 10 percent of their targets in the next 30 years. The study, conducted by researchers from Ba...

HP CEO Enrique Lores admitted this week that the company's long-term objective is "to make printing a subscription" when he was questioned about the company's approach to third-party replacement ink suppliers. The PC and print biz is currently facing a class-action lawsuit (from 2.42 in the video below) regarding al...

Two US government agencies, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), warned on Wednesday that drones made in China could be used to gather information on critical infrastructure. “The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has enacted laws that provide the gove...

A businessman has been arrested in the US and charged with unlawfully exporting sensitive technology including semiconductors to a sanctioned business with ties to Russia's military and intelligence agencies. Court documents filed with the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York identify the man as Il...

Google has decided to bring India’s Unified Payments Interface to the world. The Interface (UPI) was created by India’s government and allows individuals to use a single app to make peer-to-peer payments to or from multiple bank accounts. Third parties can include UPI in their own payment systems or apps, with payme...