Twenty tech companies working on AI said Friday they had signed a “pledge” to try to prevent their software from interfering in elections, including in the United States. From a report: The signatories range from tech giants such as Microsoft and Google to a small startup that allows people to make fake voices — the
Read MoreWilliam Fry’s Barry Scannell explores the biggest trends in AI and analytics and the legal, societal and ethical challenges they pose. Read more: 5 AI and analytics trends shaping the sci-tech sectors
Read MoreIn an effort to improve inflight entertainment, Beond airline will be giving certain customers on its flights the Apple Vision Pro. Image Credit: Beond Beond bills itself as the world’s first “premium leisure airline” and offers business-class-only accommodations to its customers. This includes seats that fold down completely, gourmet meals, and, for some passengers —
Read MoreSome early adopters of Apple’s mixed-reality headset are complaining about how tough the thing is to wear. Designers and experts point to a few key fixes that could make the next version more comfortable.
Read MoreA new rumor suggests Apple has shelved its foldable phone project. Allegedly, the displays on the foldable prototype were failing Apple’s tests. The rumor claims the project is on hiatus for the foreseeable future or at least until Apple finds a display that lives up to its standards. Apple has been conducting research and development
Read MoreYour gaming rig deserves the best, and displays don’t come much better than the Samsung 49-inch Odyssey G9 OLED curved gaming monitor. The stunning 2023 display has an on on-page coupon available on Amazon right now that drops the price to $999.99. That’s $600 off, and a price only previously seen on Black Friday. Samsung
Read MoreAmazon has joined rocket maker SpaceX and grocery chain Trader Joe’s in claiming that a U.S. labor agency’s in-house enforcement proceedings violate the U.S. Constitution, as the retail giant faces scores of cases claiming it interfered with workers’ rights to organize. From a report: Amazon in a filing made with the National Labor Relations Board
Read MoreWith the popularity of robot dogs, many people have gotten on the bandwagon and tried building DIY versions. Most of them end up attaching a gearbox to an off-the-shelf brushless motor and call it a day. Not everyone goes that way, though, which is why this internal cycloidal drive actuator caught our eye. Taking design
Read MoreImage: Alex Parkin / The Verge The return window is up for the folks who bought an Apple Vision Pro on day one, and a lot of folks have said they’re returning their $3,500 headset. The reasons why, and what Apple might need to do to fix them, say a lot about the state of
Read MoreBioSimulytics was nominated for this year’s EIT Innovation Team Award for its AI-based software that aims to boost the speed and success of drug development. Read more: NovaUCD’s BioSimulytics becomes 2024 EIT Awards finalist
Read MoreThe European Union is expanding its strict digital rulebook on Saturday to almost all online platforms in the bloc, in the next phase of its crackdown on toxic social media content and dodgy ecommerce products that began last year by targeting the most popular services. From a report: The EU’s trailblazing Digital Services Act has
Read MoreAccenture’s Ankita Shrivastva talks to us about what it’s like to work in data and AI, and gives advice for women who want to break into the space. Read more: ‘The best part of working in data and AI is the constant change’
Read MoreThree years after Apple kicked Epic Games off the App Store for breaking terms of business, it has allowed the firm to return with a developer account — and “Fortnite” — for use with the EU. Still from the Epic Games-produced ad criticizing Apple for being like the book a1984 Apple cancelled the Epic Games
Read MoreImage: Disney / Lucasfilm According to a new report from Insider Gaming, Respawn — the EA studio behind Apex Legends and Star Wars games like Jedi: Survivor — is working on a first-person game that will put players in the role of an unspecified Mandalorian bounty hunter. There aren’t a lot of details on the
Read MoreReading through a vulnerability report about ClamAV, I came across a phrase that filled me with dread: “The file name is not sanitized”. It’s a feature, VirusEvent, that can be enabled in the ClamnAV config. And that configuration includes a string formatting function, where the string includes %v and %s, which gets replaced with a
Read MoreCV Partner’s Erling Linde shares his key strategies for building a sustainable SaaS enterprise from the ground up. Read more: How to build a successful SaaS business
Read MoreWe have only seen ‘the tip of the iceberg’ when it comes to AI and analytics. Here is some insider advice on how to navigate the sector. Read more: The risks and rewards of working in AI and analytics
Read MoreEvery OpenAI release elicits awe and anxiety as capabilities advance, evident in Sora’s strikingly realistic AI-generated video clips that went viral while unsettling industries reliant on original footage. But the company is again being secretive in all the wrong places about AI that can be used to spread misinformation. From a report: As usual, OpenAI
Read MoreIP Telecom CEO Shena Brien discusses how AI can be used to augment what telecom companies can offer to customers and the importance of setting proper parameters in these systems. Read more: What impact will AI have on the telecoms sector?
Read MoreIn a new interview, Microsoft’s Phil Spencer discusses how Microsoft is bringing its Xbox titles to new platforms — but he doesn’t think they’ll find a home on iOS. Microsoft is not bringing Xcloud natively to iPhone Microsoft is expanding beyond its Xbox gaming console and Windows by releasing video games to Nintendo’s Switch and
Read MoreSierra hopes every company will use its empathetic AI chatbots for customer interactions.
Read MoreSeán Carroll talks to us about his work leading the life sciences content team at Accenture Song and how generative AI is changing the content strategy space. Read more: How AI is changing content strategy in the life sciences sector
Read MoreMacworld Back in iOS 14, Apple released a new feature to let users turn any website into an app by adding it to their home screen with a few taps. Then in iOS 17, it supercharged the feature by allowing those shortcuts to send notifications and show unread badges just like a real app. Unfortunately,
Read MoreWearables are far from new, but the evolution of generative AI could help take the analysis of their data to the next level. Read more: How wearables data can improve population health
Read MoreIllustration by Erik Carter AI used to be weird. Now ‘sounds like a bot’ is just shorthand for boring. Continue reading…
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