Articles by Will McCurdy

Will McCurdy has been writing about technology for over five years. He has a wide range of specialities including cybersecurity, fintech, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, cloud computing, payments, artificial intelligence, retail technology, and venture capital investment. He has previously written for AltFi, FStech, Retail Systems, and National Technology News and is an experienced podcast and webinar host, as well as an avid long-form feature writer. Based in London and originally hailing from Northern Ireland, outside of work his hobbies include literature, travel, health, and mindfulness.

Articles by: Will McCurdy

Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty will make sure your data stays exactly where it's meant to

By Will McCurdy Published 21 July 22

Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty offers to help users stay in line with increasingly onerous data storage regulations.

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Cloud sovereignty is more important than ever for businesses

By Will McCurdy Published 18 July 22

Cloud sovereignty is being recognized as a serious issue by businesses, report finds.

TikTok security chief steps down following Oracle database move

By Will McCurdy Published 18 July 22

TikTok announcesd change to cybersecurity top brass, as external scrutiny remains strong.

The UK wants to host a "drone superhighway"

By Will McCurdy Published 18 July 22

Brits could be seeing more drones in the skies following the construction of the world's largest drone "highway".

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The James Webb telescope is packing some very unimpressive storage

By Will McCurdy Published 15 July 22

The James Webb telescope has a lot less storage space than you might imagine for project of its size.

Amazon could soon become one of the UK's largest employers

By Will McCurdy Published 15 July 22

Amazon has announced over 4,000 new UK jobs in different roles across the country.

The quantum internet has taken a major step forward

By Will McCurdy Published 17 July 22

New research could help enable better superior communications between quantum and silicon hardware.

Ammonia could power the data centers of the future

By Will McCurdy Published 14 July 22

Fujitsu collaborating with Icelandic start-up on tackling envrionmental issues.

Nvidia wants to mix up quantum and classical computing

By Will McCurdy Published 14 July 22

Nvidia QODA platform aims to mix quantum and classical computing.

Google Cloud unveils its first Arm-powered VMs

By Will McCurdy Published 14 July 22

Google Cloud follows AWS and Microsoft Azure in providing Arm VMs.

Meta wants to fix broken Wikipedia citations for good

By Will McCurdy Last updated 13 July 22

New Meta project seeks to use AI to clean up Wikipedia's citations.

Oracle launches new sovereign cloud for EU

By Will McCurdy Published 12 July 22

In the face of increasing EU oversight, Oracle is rolling out new data sovereignty options for its cloud users.

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Pensioners' private data is being sold on Facebook for pennies

By Will McCurdy Published 12 July 22

Personal data of many Britons may be available on Facebook, and not cost hackers very much at all.

IBM is giving its enterprise server line-up a huge new addition

By Will McCurdy Published 12 July 22

Latest Power10 servers include new ways to implement dynamic capacity, IBM says.

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More and more companies are spreading their data over public clouds

By Will McCurdy Published 11 July 22

More and more companies are using multiple public clouds as they search for extra flexibility.

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Millions of comic book fans have data leaked after Mangatoon breach

By Will McCurdy Published 11 July 22

Comic reader app Mangatoon sees credentials of millions of its users compromised.

DDR5 memory frequency world record broken, but not by who you might expect

By Will McCurdy Published 8 July 22

Hong Kong-based overclocker has just bagged the memory frequency record using an Asus motherboard.

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Cybersecurity watchdog asks lawyers for help in the fight against ransomware

By Will McCurdy Published 8 July 22

Information Commissioner Officer (ICO) and National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC) tell solicitors to advise against paying ransomware demands.

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AWS now lets you access your very own M1 Mac Mini in the cloud

By Will McCurdy Published 8 July 22

AWS will now give users access to a virtual M1 Mac Mini on a pay-as-you-go basis.

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Microsoft Azure VMs now benefit from an advanced new security feature

By Will McCurdy Published 7 July 22

Microsoft Azure users can now create Ephemeral OS disks for secure local storage.

Microsoft and AWS awarded Ukrainian peace prize for cloud efforts

By Will McCurdy Published 7 July 22

Ukrainian government officials have heaped praise on the recent aid from the two companies

Windows 11 Subsystem for Android will now play nicely with your VPN

By Will McCurdy Published 7 July 22

Apps running in Windows 11 Subsystem for Android will now be able to connect to the web via VPNs.

These new Microsoft PowerPoint features are bound to be a hit with all you perfectionists

By Will McCurdy Published 5 July 22

PowerPoint users will now be able to finely tune the video elements of their presentations .

The next big Microsoft Outlook upgrade will give Apple fans plenty to celebrate

By Will McCurdy Published 5 July 22

The latest Outlook upgrade means users will be able to start emails on their iPhone to finish on their Mac.

Google Hangouts stops working on Android, iOS as big switchover begins

By Will McCurdy Published 5 July 22

Google Hangouts will now no longer work for users on iOS and Android.

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