British tech entrepreneur and founder of Autonomy, Mike Lynch, has been acquitted of all charges, following a 12-week trial in San Francisco. The jury cleared Lynch of 15 counts of fraud and conspiracy that had been brought against him in relation to the 2011 Hewlett-Packard acquisition of Autonomy. HP has previously alleged that Lynch inflated…
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Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. June 2024 At a Computer Weekly diversity in tech event, more than 100 experts from the tech and employment sectors shared their ideas for improving diversity in the technology industry. Download the full report here. Table Of Contents Speed up the move to a more equitable…
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Salesforce has unveiled its UK artificial intelligence (AI) centre, located in London’s Blue Fin building, which officially opens on June 18. Last year, the company pledged to invest $4bn in AI innovation and growth in the UK over five years. Salesforce is the second major US tech provider to establish a London AI centre this…
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A Reddit user created a homemade AI camera that can take photos of the world around them. It then creates descriptions of the images and feeds prompts to DALL-E 3, which creates a new AI image in different styles depending on what the user has set up.Reddit user u/theleastevildr showed off the device they’d built…
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An electric salt spoon is making waves in Japan. The spoon is designed to deliver weak electrical currents through the tip of the device to concentrated sodium ion molecules found on the tongue. This allows for food eaten with the spoon to taste saltier without having to actually add more sodium to it.The idea might…
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Bose makes some of the best audio products in the world. That’s a given. For decades, the company has stuck around as one of the premium brands in the audio business, despite plenty of competition from Sony, Apple, Beats, Sonos, and more.While the company certainly has fans of its soundbars and home/portable speakers, I think…
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I have been testing robot vacuums for about a decade now. In that time, I’ve tried well over 100 different models. If you’ve read my Roomba s9+ review, you know it has been one of my favorite robot vacuums since I first tried it. So when I heard that this flagship Roomba model’s successor was…
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Amid the ongoing elections for the European Parliament, the Russia-aligned NoName057(16) cyber criminal operation says it is launching extensive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against internet infrastructure across Europe. The four-day election – the first to take place since Brexit – kicked off on Thursday 6 June in the Netherlands, although Estonia has been…
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Police in Northern Ireland have made 323 applications for communications data relating to journalists since 2011. The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland disclosed the figures in a report commissioned by the Northern Ireland Policing Board. The report follows concerns over the use covert powers against journalists and lawyers following hearing by…
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The chief constable of Northern Ireland has commissioned an “independent review” of police surveillance of journalists, lawyers and civil society groups following allegations the police unlawfully obtained phone data of “trouble-making” journalists. Jon Boutcher, chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), appointed Angus McCullough, a special advocate, to review “matters of concern”…
