Labelled a “bluffer” and an agitator, a former subpostmaster was proved right when he alerted Post Office boss Paula Vennells to a major software bug and warned that inaction would eventually see her face a judicial review. The Post Office underestimated an ultimatum sent by Tim McCormack, who was described as a “bluffer” by a…
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When I wrote about the 14 apps that I’ll always keep on my iPhone’s Home Screen, our editor Zach Epstein practically lost it that none of them were third-party apps. Yes, I am that person who rocks only built-in iPhone apps from Apple on the Home Screen.To give Zach some hope that the world isn’t…
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If you’re considering buying a used high-end graphics card then you’ll need to be extra diligent as scammers are now selling stripped-out Nvidia RTX 4090s without their AD102 die. A new video by Northwestrepair via YouTube highlights the extent of the issue as some less-than-savory individuals have taken to secondary reseller outlets such as Facebook Marketplace…
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It’s official: Meta is ready to join the AI fray. Meta AI received a massive update this week. Llama 3 is Meta’s new large language model that powers Meta AI, which Mark Zuckerberg claims is more intelligent than anything in the industry. Meta AI is now available on the web, Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp…
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Social media company Meta has come under fire as European police chiefs step up pressure against governments and tech companies over the use of end-to-end encryption to secure email and messaging services. Police chiefs from 32 countries, including the UK, said in a declaration published on 21 April that tech companies were rolling out end-to-end…
I’ve been a technology nerd most of my life. I remember my family getting their first Gateway computer, and that was a total game-changer for me. I figured out everything I could about that computer and, of course, ended up on Napster quite quickly, ripping CDs for people at school.Even before that, I remember being…
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Much of tech journalism these days amounts to the rewriting of press releases and corporate blog posts. A good example of this came on Friday, when the blogosphere cranked out one post after another that dutifully regurgitated the announcement of Meta’s decision to no longer amplify “political” content on Instagram and Threads from accounts that…
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With the European Union’s Digital Market Act (DMA) set to go into effect in March, Apple’s grip on the type of apps that iPhone users can download and install is poised to loosen considerably. For the first time in iPhone history, users will have the ability to officially download apps from outside the App Store.…
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Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has posted full year revenue of $134.90bn, 16% more than in 2023. The Q4 2023 and full-year earnings show the company’s commitments to investing in artificial intelligence (AI) and datacentre capacity. It expects to use 10 times as much compute capacity each year to build out its…
Meta ramps up GPUs to get ready for general intelligence Read More »
Apple always states that “privacy is a fundamental human right” and does everything to keep user’s data safe from third-party apps and developers trying to sell this information to others. While Apple itself doesn’t consider the way it collects data harmful, as it wants to bring “personalized content” to its customers, it’s impossible to say…
