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British ready to retire their CHIEF
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OK, Customs Declaration Service you are finally up

After years of faffing about, the tax bods at HMRC have finally set a date to ditch the dusty old CHIEF computer system.

Apple officially schedules WWDC 2024 for June 10
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iOS 18, and new versions of iPadOS, watchOS, macOS, tvOS, and visionOS

Apple has officially set the date for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which will take place from June 10 to June 14. The WWDC 2024 will be hosted online, but developers and students will be able to attend a special live event at Apple Park on June 10.

The story of the immortal Windows Format drive dialogue box
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Frozen in time

Former Microsoft coder Dave Plummer has revealed the story behind the Windows Format drive dialogue box, which is now 30 years old.

Apple’s Walled garden under siege
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DoJ and Fanboys are at its Gates

Apple’s fruity empire is under siege as a barrage of lawsuits accuses the tech titan of strong-arming the smartphone realm. The legal onslaught, which piggybacks on a colossal antitrust case by the US Justice Department and a posse of 15 states, has seen at least three class actions lobbed at the iPhone maker since last Friday.

Tech titans try to break Nvidia's AI stranglehold
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Ganging up to bring an end to tyranny

A coalition of tech giants, including Qualcomm, Google, and Intel, is set to challenge Nvidia's stronghold by targeting the software that binds developers to Nvidia's chips. They join a growing band of financiers and firms chipping away at Nvidia's AI supremacy.