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• Tickets Alert: Hidden highlights tours of Westminster Abbey

  27-01-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There’s a chance to explore behind the scenes of Westminster Abbey on a guided tour of some areas not usually open to the public.
  Abbey library (c) Westminster Abbey
  The 90-minute tours will take in the lost medieval sacristy, recently revealed during one of their biggest ever archaeological projects, and the library, formerly part of the monk’s dormitory with a magnificent 15th-century oak roof and majestic 17th-century bookcases. The tours will also include the Jerusalem Chamber wh
  
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• Intel’s revenue slumped 32% in the last quarter

  27-01-2023 13:40
  Intel posted some grim numbers in its most recent financials, showing big drops in its Q4 and full year 2022 revenues.
  Intel’s Q4 2022 revenue came in at $14.0 billion which was down 32% YoY, while gross margin was 39.2%, down from 53.6% YoY. Revenue for the full year clocked in at $63.1 billion, down 20% YoY.
  In terms of where the leaks are coming from, Intel’s Client Computing Group generated $6.6 billion in revenue (down 36% YoY in Q4), while the Data Centre and AI division made $
  
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• Discounted tickets for the Book of Mormon

  27-01-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Book of Mormon, the award-winning Broadway Musical from the creators of South Park is offering a special offer on ticket prices at the moment.Tickets usually start from around £50 upwards, but at the moment, selected dates earlier in the week — Mon to Thur — are on sale from £35, and no booking fees from the ticket seller.
  You can also find some Fridays in March and April offering tickets from just £24 for the mid-afternoon shows.
  Book by 5 February 2023 from he
  
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• IDC confirms bleak picture for global smartphone market

  27-01-2023 12:23
  Analyst firm IDC has released its Q4 2022 smartphone market numbers and they confirm major declines for the quarter and the full year.
  IDC reckons global smartphone shipments declined by 18.3% in Q4 2022 and by 11.3% for the full year. The year-on-year change numbers in our table below don’t tally exactly with that as we use whichever analyst firm’s numbers that come out first, which recently has often been Counterpoint. All of them are educated guesses, so there will always be varia
  
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• There’s a feeling that 5G hasn’t delivered on the business case – Cisco

  27-01-2023 10:49
  We spoke to Adam MacHale, Cisco’s Vice President – Service Provider EMEA, to get his thoughts on 5G, edge computing, VR and AR, and who is going to pay for it all.
  MWC is just around the corner, and the current state of all the big telecom talking points – Open RAN 5G, Edge, the metaverse, IoT and more – will be chewed over in the show halls and on the stages. Ahead of the show, we spoke to Adam MacHale, Vice President – Service Provider EMEA at Cisco, to pick his b
  
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• Competition again in question in Canada as Rogers and Shaw deal deadline looms

  27-01-2023 10:37
  Rogers and Shaw appear to be on the brink of getting the go-ahead for their controversial merger deal, but once again the establishment in Canada faces a barrage of criticism over competition in telecoms.
  The Canada Competition Bureau this week failed in its latest attempt to overturn the deal, leaving the final decision in the hands of Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, who seems minded to let it go ahead. Meanwhile, a fairly inconsequential spectrum a
  
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• Will HS2 be cut back from central London?

  27-01-2023 10:14 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There are reports this morning that the High Speed 2 railway may be cut back and the central London terminus at Euston cancelled, or at best, seriously delayed.
  Early visualisation of an HS2 train
  Citing problems with soaring inflation costs, The Sun newspaper reported overnight that HS2 bosses are considering plans that could delay opening the Euston terminus to 2038, or even scrap it entirely.
  That would see passengers having to use the Old Oak Common station in west London instead of central
  
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