“We’re running a small experiment globally that urges viewers with ad blockers enabled to allow ads on YouTube or try YouTube Premium.” That’s what YouTube said in late June, explaining why some ad blocker users would be barred from watching YouTube videos. By early November, that policy had expanded, and YouTube will be applying it…
It’s official: YouTube is coming for your ad blockers worldwide Read More »
Google is leaning heavily into AI with its new Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, and while some of those AI features might not seem especially exciting, there’s one that stands out that I wish the iPhone would add, too. One of the ways that Google is taking advantage of AI on the Pixel 8…
I wish the iPhone had the Pixel 8’s generative AI wallpapers Read More »
I’m not as worried about the impending AI apocalypse some experts warn about as I am about privacy protections in AI services like ChatGPT and its competitors. I hate the idea of tech giants or third parties possibly abusing large language models (LLM) to collect even more data about users. Tech. Entertainment. Science. Your inbox.…
AI like ChatGPT can guess secrets that you never share, study shows Read More »
Working at a company that is a giant of the tech sector has many advantages, but for Arvind Jain, the CEO of Glean, it also helps to work at much smaller organisations. Glean positions itself as the Google of enterprise knowledge and discovery. In fact, it was founded in 2019 by a number of Google…
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Credential management software supplier 1Password has disclosed it has been caught up in the same breach of the tech support systems of fellow identity and access management (IAM) specialist Okta that impacted BeyondTrust and Cloudflare. 1Password chief technology officer (CTO) Pedro Canahuati said the firm detected suspicious activity on the Okta tenant it uses to…
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VTT recently announced completion of Finland’s second quantum computer, which uses 20 superconducting qubits. The work, accomplished in partnership with IQM Quantum Computers, is another step on the roadmap to build a 50-qubit machine by the end of 2024. The government set out with that end goal in November 2020, when it launched a project…
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I said time and again that Apple needs its own ChatGPT rival running on its hardware, with emphasis on the Vision Pro. A report last week said that iOS 18 will incorporate Apple’s so-called “Apple GPT” generative AI software, prompting me to speculate the Vision Pro should also support the service. Over the weekend, Bloomberg’s…
Here are the first clues of how Apple GPT AI might work on the iPhone Read More »
In this article, I will delve into whether artificial intelligence (AI), particularly the emergence of tools like generative AI (GenAI), will replace classical software outsourcing as we know it. This discussion aims to provide insight into the potential implications, challenges, and opportunities that lie ahead for the IT outsourcing industry, traditionally being chosen by businesses…
AI vs software outsourcing: An opportunity or a threat? Read More »
Data storage and data processing have always been separate functions, but what if they could be unified and achieve much better performance? That’s the promise of computational storage. Although media have changed and capacity has grown, the core functionality of data storage has remained unchanged for decades. The magnetic disk drives and tapes of the…
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Google did something during the Pixel 8 event last week that not even Apple dared to do during its iPhone events. Google promised 7 years of software updates, security updates, and Feature Drops for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. iPhones routinely get 5 years of iOS updates, though Apple never commits to a…
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