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Google Waits On Hold For You Until A Human Answers

by admin February 20, 2024 in Google Comments are Disabled

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.

OpenAI Videos Gamechanger

by admin February 19, 2024 in AI Comments are Disabled

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 important global elections.

Google’s AI Saves Your Conversations For 3 Years

by admin February 14, 2024 in Google Comments are Disabled

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 are “retained for up to 3 years” by default.

Promising Lithium Breakthrough For EV Market

by admin February 13, 2024 in Sustainability In Tech Comments are Disabled

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 could provide a massive boost to the EV market.

Robo-Calls Now Illegal In The US

by admin February 12, 2024 in AI Comments are Disabled

The US The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that robocalls using AI-generated voices are now illegal.

AI Can Learn To Be Bad. And Stay Bad.

by admin February 7, 2024 in AI Comments are Disabled

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 chilling reminder of the potential threats of AI.

First 3D Metal Printer In Space

by admin February 6, 2024 in Sustainability In Tech Comments are Disabled

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 could have on space-travel plus potential environmental considerations and more.

UK Cars Now Using Rear HD-Screens Instead of Windows

by admin February 5, 2024 in New Tech Comments are Disabled

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 showing a real-time roof-mounted camera feed.

Hands On Our Best Bits – Issue 33

by admin February 2, 2024 in Hands On Best Bits Comments are Disabled

What does Incognito Mode actually do? We take a look through 2023’s most notable cyber attacks and what has been learnt since. What’s the recent issue with verifying your LinkedIn profile and how do you bring someone easily into your Outlook conversation?

Copilot Product Update – Some Pros And Cons

by admin January 31, 2024 in Microsoft Comments are Disabled

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 this means and some of the stand-out pros and cons.