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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s identity startup ‘World’ has begun its rollout in the United States, introducing 20,000 biometric devices known as Orbs that scan users’ irises to confirm they are human. From Worldcoin to World World began life in 2019 as Worldcoin, a startup co-founded by Sam Altman and Ale...
OpenAI’s new ‘Sora’ AI-powered text-to-video tool is so good that its outputs could easily be mistaken for real videos, prompting deepfake fears in a year of im...
Google’s new “Talk to a Live Representative” feature will call a business for you, wait on hold for you, and call you when a human representative is available.&...
Meta has announced that it will be passing on Apple’s 30 per cent service charge (often referred to as the “Apple tax”) to advertisers who pay to boos...
Cybersecurity is a constant battle, with hackers always finding new ways to attack. But now, Google is stepping up with a bold new plan to shift the balance in...
Researchers at Northwestern University in the US have created a fuel cell that harvests energy from microbes living in soil so that it can potentially last fore...
If you want to develop a comprehensive guide on your brand’s voice and writing style to ensure consistency across all company communications, you can use...
If you’ve ever been concerned about the privacy aspects of AI, you may be very surprised to learn that conversations you have with Google’s new Gemini AI apps a...
In this insight, we look at what blockchain identifiers are, their roles, users, and relevance to businesses, plus how they could work with the domain name syst...
The US The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that robocalls using AI-generated voices are now illegal. What Are Robocalls And Why Make Them...
Google has rebranded its Bard chatbot as Gemini, the name of its new powerful AI model family, and launched a $20 per month ‘Gemini Advanced’ subscription servi...
Apple iPhone users are being urged to use a new feature called ‘Stolen Device Protection’ which was rolled out in a recent update to iOS. As the new featu...
UK Consumer champion Which? has reported that a scam mobile advert linked to a site mimicking the legitimate Lyca Mobile site was able to bypass the Google Ads...
Stanford researchers have discovered a simple way to boost the range of lithium metal batteries to twice the range of conventional lithium-ion batteries which c...
If you use Microsoft Word on the desktop, it’s worth knowing that Word automatically saves versions of documents as you work even if you don’t, allowing you to...
In a recent experiment where AI was taught to behave maliciously and then taught to stop, the bad behaviour continued despite efforts to stop it, giving a chill...
With more companies using AI to screen CVs and candidates’ body language during interviews, we look at what this could mean for today’s job applicants. Wi...
Google has announced that it is trying out generative AI within Google Maps as a way for users to discover new places based on their questions. How? ...
The new Swedish-made Polestar 4 will be the first car on UK roads to replace a rear window (and traditional rear-view mirror) with a high-definition screen show...
Apple has launched its $3,500 (starting price) Pro Vision Virtual Reality (VR) headset in the US with Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, appearing at its Fifth Avenue New Y...
Another day, another cyberattack. This time, it’s AnyDesk, the popular remote desktop application, that’s found itself in the spotlight. Hackers recently broke...
With the world’s first metal 3D printer being sent to the International Space Station (ISS), we look at what impact being able to print metal parts in space cou...
If you’ve got a desktop Word document that you need to share externally, and you want a fast way to check for (and remove) personal information, comments, or ot...
With newly expanded Google and Yahoo guidelines for high-volume emailers coming into force from the 1st of February, we look at what needs to be done to comply....
Following Microsoft’s recent announcement that it is expanding its Copilot product line-up to appeal to a larger range of businesses, we take a look at what thi...
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