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Artificial intelligence to make Olympic Games more inclusive

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In just a few weeks, the Olympic flame will reach Paris, and some 10,500 athletes from 206 countries, 20,000 journalists and more than 15 million tourists will flood the French capital. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will employ AI technology to make sports more inclusive, competitive and engaging in the upcoming Games. This innovative approach, championed…

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General election 2024 – the digital policies examined

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Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 18 June 2024 General election 2024 – the digital policies examined Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the digital policies revealed in the three main political parties’ general election manifestos. Our new buyer’s guide looks at the latest trends…

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We need a judge-led inquiry into police spying on journalists and lawyers

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In August 2018, documentary filmmaker Trevor Birney and myself, Barry McCaffrey, were arrested in early morning raids on our homes in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Little did we know that our case would go on to expose how the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and other UK police forces regularly spy on hundreds of journalists to…

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Realtek Previews Platform for Sub-$100 5GbE Network Switches

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One of the more subtle trends at this year’s Computex was that the majority of high-end motherboards now come equipped with a 5GbE network controller. At present, this might be considered a limited benefit as 5GbE and 10GbE switches and routers are still pretty expensive. But Realtek is planning on tackling the issue from both…

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This is our first look at RCS texting on iPhone in iOS 18

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Apple confirmed during the WWDC 2024 main keynote what many people had suspected: iOS 18 will bring official RCS support to the iPhone. Many Android users have wanted this feature for years, which is why Google and other rivals have been running massive ad campaigns against Apple.Apple didn’t say when it’ll enable RCS on iPhone.…

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Trump, on AI reworking one of his speeches: “It comes out with the most beautiful writing”

3 minutes of reading / AI, Google, machine learning, Tech / By

I think it’s probably safe to say that none of our 2024 bingo cards had President Trump going on Logan Paul’s podcast and raving about how good AI is at rewriting his speeches.AI, of course, is continuing to roil pretty much every industry on the planet, in the course of which it’s threatening to rob…

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YouTube launches its own version of X/Twitter Community Notes

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Finally, a Google-owned company is stealing something worthwhile. YouTube announced today that it’s begun experimenting with its own version of Community Notes, the feature that X/Twitter pioneered whereby the user community fact-checks and brings additional context to posts.Of course, there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell these YouTube notes will on the whole be unbiased,…

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Ceramic battery breakthrough may be a game-changer for Apple Watch battery life

3 minutes of reading / AirPods, Apple, Apple Watch, chatbot, ChatGPT, compliance, iPhone, Tech / By

Battery life continues to be our biggest concern when it comes to smartphones, laptops, wearables, and electric vehicles, despite the fact that we regularly see exciting battery innovations from all over the world. Some of them might present more sci-fi battery technology that isn’t viable in the immediate future, but other breakthroughs could significantly improve…

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Once ridiculed Post Office scandal campaigner Alan Bates receives knighthood

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Alan Bates, who was described as a “nutter” and a “thief” by members of the federation representing subpostmasters when he campaigned about problems with the Post Office’s Horizon IT system, has been honoured for that very cause. Bates was previously forced to sleep in a tent at a National Federation of Subpostmasters (NFSP) event because…

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