New to remote working? Take a lesson from the gigNew to remote working? Take a lesson from the gig

As world events push employees towards a remote working model, people are looking to technology to help bridge the gap between day to day communication and business operations. The coronavirus crisis is triggering a new way of working entirely, but for some workforces, it doesn’t necessarily come naturally. 

For businesses that rely on gig workers,

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Alibaba Cloud offers AI platform to support coronavirus medical researchAlibaba Cloud offers AI platform to support coronavirus medical research

Alibaba Cloud is now offering its AI-powered technologies to medical professionals in an effort to help provide data insights on the coronavirus while also speeding up diagnosis.

The cloud computing arm of the Chinese tech giant hopes that it can support medical professionals worldwide in fighting the virus by providing them with a suite of

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Xbox Series X to harness the power of Direct X 12 Ultimate ray tracingXbox Series X to harness the power of Direct X 12 Ultimate ray tracing

Microsoft and Nvidia have announced DirectX 12 Ultimate, a new application programming interface (API) that will bring next-gen graphics features to Windows 10 PCs and the Xbox Series X.

Shown off during a virtual GDC 2020 press conference on Thursday, DirectX 12 Ultimate – which Microsoft is touting as “the culmination of 25 years of work on Dir

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AMD Ryzen 4000-powered Microsoft Surface device may be coming soonAMD Ryzen 4000-powered Microsoft Surface device may be coming soon

Microsoft could be gearing up to launch Surface devices equipped with AMD’s newly-launched Ryzen 4000 APUs.

Microsoft launched its first AMD-powered Surface device last year in the form the 15-inch variant of the Surface Laptop 3, which packs a custom Ryzen 7 CPU with integrated Radeon RX Vega 11 graphics. At the time, the two firms touted the chip

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Rise in remote work leads to major cloud-based VPN growthRise in remote work leads to major cloud-based VPN growth

With more employees working remotely as a result of the coronavirus, NordVPN's business VPN solution, NordVPN Teams has recorded 165% growth in new users.

The VPN industry as a whole has seen increased growth during this difficult time and according to Google Trends, the search term “VPN” has skyrocketed since last week. In the US, searches for VPN

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Nokia reboots the 5310, but this isn't the 'Original' we were hoping for

There's a new rebooted, 'classic' Nokia phone. Following on from the rebooted 3310 and 8110, the Nokia 5310 is the third handset in a slowly growing series of feature phones from Finnish smartphone manufacturer HMD Global.

It's a low-cost 2G device (meaning no mobile internet) and comes with a 2.4-inch display, 8MB of RAM, 16MB of storage, SD card

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