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Over 700 wrongful subpostmaster convictions overturned by new legislation

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The legislation required to quash the convictions of wrongly prosecuted subpostmasters has been passed by Parliament as part of the “wash up” of pending laws following the announcement of the UK general election on 4 July. Once the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill receives Royal Assent, it will allow branch managers convicted of theft,…

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I ran my slowest marathon ever because I didn’t listen to ChatGPT

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I told you recently that I ran my first marathon using AirPods 2 and Apple Watch SE and that I trained for it with the help of ChatGPT. So, why was my first marathon slower than expected? That’s simple, actually, and something I’ll prove in this post: I didn’t stick to ChatGPT’s training regimen, and…

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Parliamentarians warn of UK election threat from Russia, China and North Korea

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MPs and peers have warned the government that Russia, China, North Korea and other hostile states could attempt interfere in the 4 July general election. A joint parliamentary committee of MPs and peers has warned the prime minister Rishi Sunak that the general election is an “attractive target” for malicious actors trying to destabilise the…

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AI Seoul Summit: 27 nations and EU to set red lines on AI risk

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More than two dozen countries have committed to developing shared risk thresholds for frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models to limit their harmful impacts, as part of an agreement to promote safe, innovative and inclusive AI. Signed on the second day of the AI Seoul Summit by 27 governments and the European Union (EU), the Seoul ministerial…

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3 big ChatGPT developments that have made me lose trust in OpenAI

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I thought OpenAI’s GPT-4o demos were incredible, as the new model gives ChatGPT a massive upgrade over competitors. Google demoed similar multimodal assistant features for Gemini, but that demo was not live, and the features won’t be available until later this year. The GPT-4o upgrade rolled out almost immediately after the short press event.Reports that…

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There’s new word game hiding on your iPhone that’s way harder than Wordle or Connections

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If you’re a Wordle obsessive, you’ll be pleased to know that the latest iOS 17.5 software update included more than a critical bug – which was fixed with iOS 17.5.1. In its latest major version, Apple released a new word puzzle game called Quartiles.Quartiles join two other daily puzzles available on Apple News+: Crossword and…

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Goodbye, humans: I’ll talk to ChatGPT more than people pretty soon

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Texting is probably my top means of communication during daytime hours. I talk to family, friends, and coworkers mainly by text. It’s not just iMessage on the iPhone, but also a plethora of chat apps that serve the same purpose across my devices.Messaging has been my primary form of communication for years, even before the…

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ORBs: Hacking groups’ new favourite way of keeping their attacks hidden

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Cyber-espionage groups are making it harder to spot where their attacks are coming from by upping their usage of proxy networks – known as operational relay box networks or ORBs – that can throw defenders off the scent. Cyber security company Mandiant has warned that it has seen a growing trend for China-backed espionage operations,…

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No sane person would pick AirPods Pro over Sony WF-1000XM5 ANC earbuds

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If you’ve ever tried Sony WF-1000XM4 or WF-1000XM5 wireless noise cancelling earbuds, you know that they’re among the best earbuds that have ever existed. It’s incredible that Sony managed to pack the best sound quality and the best ANC tech into these compact little earphones. The best comes at a price, though, and Sony’s flagship…

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This is the phone that might pave the way to a foldable iPhone

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For years, rumors have said that Apple is working on a foldable iPhone as well as larger devices with foldable displays. The iPhone maker isn’t in a hurry to compete against Samsung’s Galaxy Z flagships, however, instead biding its time until better foldable tech is available. More recently, reports have claimed that Apple could debut…

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