Social media firms must implement effective age-checks and “tame toxic algorithms” recommending harmful content to children, according to Ofcom’s new safety codes of practice. Published by Ofcom on 8 April 2024, the children’s safety codes contain more than 40 measures designed to help social media firms comply with new legal obligations placed on them by…
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There is a healthy relationship between large language models (LLMs) and graph databases, which are used to draw in information across different networks of data, according to Jim Webber, chief scientist at Neo4j. Computer Weekly spoke to Webber following the ratification of the GQL ISO standard, which provides a standard way to run searches across…
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A new, unexpected EV innovation could soon completely revolutionize how we create batteries used in electric vehicles. The discovery was completely accidental, but it could allow for capacitors with 19 times the energy density of current options.The breakthrough comes in the form of a new material structure that could allow capacitors in electric vehicles or…
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I finally did it: I ran my first marathon, and it went much better than I expected. However, in the final quarter of the race, it was also more painful than I would have wanted, and I only have myself to blame for that. I skipped strength training sessions while training over the winter, and…
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In the sessions at The Delivery Conference 2024 in London, there were echoes of the famous quote, commonly misattributed to Albert Einstein (first written evidence instead points to Narcotics Anonymous’ Basic text), that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. During a varied and insightful day…
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Google I/O is one of the biggest technology events of the year, constantly competing with Apple’s WWDC annual developer conference. Both events usually occur within a month of each other, and this year is no exception.I/O 2024 kicks off on Tuesday, May 14th this year. There’s a ton of expected announcements around software and artificial…
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Qi2 Wireless Charging StandAvailable in 3-in-1 and 2-in-1 options, Satechi’s new Qi2 wireless charging stands might be the only accessories you’ll need for your Apple devices.Pros Charge twice as fast as Qi1 chargers Foldable 3-in-1 option comes with 45W power brickCons Could have a longer USB-C cable 2-in-1 option doesn’t come with a power brickLast…
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I agree with Ciaran Martin that ransomware payments should be banned, however, the reality is that while many large corporations will have appropriate controls, measures and backups in place, SME organisations may be unable to recover from losing that data. Losing sensitive data that could be health, legal or financial data could have real world…
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A Fujitsu IT expert’s admission that bugs existed in the Post Office Horizon system in 2013 was a “bombshell moment”, according to a barrister who was acting for the Post Office at the time. Simon Clarke, a barrister who advised the Post Office on criminal prosecutions, also told the Post Office scandal public inquiry that…
Post Office lawyers misled a barrister acting for them in subpostmaster prosecution cases, the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry has heard. Simon Clarke, previously a barrister at Cartwright King, said he believes he was misled by the Post Office’s lawyers during his work with the organisation. Discussing the case of Seema Misra, who was…
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