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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...
Amazon’s Alexa AI digital assistant is now able to tell the difference between the voices of different users in the same household, thus enabling the Amazon Ech...
Microsoft has added its talking digital assistant ‘Cortana’ to Skype to provide ‘contextual assistance’, which could help Skype users in their online chats. Wha...
Researchers have uncovered a major flaw in Wi-Fi connections dubbed as Krack, which could be putting homes and businesses at risk from hackers. The Flaw Researc...
Apple’s on-stage demo of the new iPhone X in front of the world’s media last Tuesday suffered an unexpected glitch as its new face recognition feature didn’t wo...
The value of Bitcoin has taken a tumble on worldwide currency markets after China ordered exchanges to cease trading in the cryptocurrency. What Is Bitcoin? Bit...
One of the features of Windows 10 is that it allows you to customise your start menu so that it has your most used software to hand, and it has a look and layou...
It has been reported that since May of last year, Microsoft and Amazon have been working in partnership to enable their respective AI digital assistants ‘Cortan...
The second-hand electronics and video game store CEX have reportedly been hacked, and as many as two million customer details may have been stolen. What Happen...
SanDisk’s parent company ‘Western Digital’ has announced at the ‘IFA 2017’ in Berlin that it is launching the world’s largest storage ca...
The UK government has announced the six regions of the UK that will host trials of full fibre broadband for businesses, schools and hospitals as part of a £200m...
A new book by an American Psychologist highlights her research findings that young people who spend more than an hour a day on smartphones are more likely to be...
A new app called BiliScreen, developed by Researchers at the University of Washington, uses eye-scanning technology to detect early stage pancreatic cancer, thu...
New UK data protection laws, designed to align UK laws with European laws (GDPR) for Brexit and beyond, will give people more control over how companies use the...
A British security researcher is reported to have said that malware can be installed on an Amazon Echo along with code that could allow the device to eavesdrop...
The value of Bitcoin reached a record high value of £2,651 per coin this week according to the Coindesk Bitcoin Price Index, while the new spin-off crypto-curre...
In partnership with Microsoft, the BBC is developing its own iPlayer video service, powered by voice recognition and artificial intelligence capabilities. A Ste...
Microsoft Windows Insiders are reported to have been trying out a new eye-tracking feature that enables users to type and even draw the shapes of letters just u...
Keyboard shortcuts are a fast way to carry out specific tasks and access certain modes and features. Here are a few keyboard shortcuts that you may find useful...
German researchers have reported that the browsing data used by some companies to create customised display adverts can also be easily tracked to individual use...
Antivirus software company Kaspersky is starting a free global rollout of the bare essentials of its famous antivirus software. Free Basic Protection Kaspersky...
The potential of AI to be used against businesses when in the wrong hands has been highlighted with the news that an AI robot has been able to crack open a safe...
If you’re still using Windows 7, there’s a handy keyboard shortcut that allows you to quickly show the preview pane. Here’s how to use it: Rather than using the...
This September, TSB customers will just have to look at their phone’s camera to access mobile banking services thanks to the introduction of iris-scanning authe...
It has been reported that in a move to satisfy the publishers on its social network, Facebook may soon be moving over to charging its users for reading news on...
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