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AI washing: Silicon Valley’s big new lie
“Can you go through all the old pitch decks and replace the word ‘crypto’ with ‘A.I.’?”
Greece starts six-day working week for some industries
Greece has introduced a six-day working week for certain industries in a bid to boost economic growth.
Fox to launch ‘free’ Netflix rival in UK
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corporation is entering the UK’s highly competitive free, ad-supported video streaming market.
The Valve.Computer (apologies – this is a bit geeky)
A modern 8 bit design, built using 1950s thermionic valves that glow and heat the entire room.
Microsoft informs customers that Russian hackers spied on emails
Russian hackers who broke into Microsoft’s systems and spied on staff inboxes earlier this year also stole emails from its customers, the tech giant said on Thursday, around six months after it first disclosed the intrusion.
Microsoft waves goodbye to underwater data centres
Microsoft has stopped using its underwater data centres that were part of an experiment to study conditions around machinery.
Biden bans US sales of Kaspersky software over Russia ties
The Biden administration has announced plans to bar the sale of antivirus software made by Russia’s Kaspersky Lab in the United States, with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo saying that Russia’s influence over the company poses a significant security risk.
Mouse jigglers pretending to work fired by bank
Wells Fargo has conducted a rash of sackings in recent weeks after claims some of its employees were faking keyboard activity to fool the firm into thinking they were working.
Apple brings ChatGPT to iPhones in AI overhaul
Apple is to boost its Siri voice assistant and operating systems with OpenAI’s ChatGPT as it seeks to catch up in the AI race.
British tech tycoon cleared in US fraud trial
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch has been cleared of fraud charges he faced in the US over the $11bn (£8.6bn) sale of his software firm Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011.
Kaspersky releases free tool that scans Linux for known threats
The security firm notes that despite the common misconception that Linux systems are intrinsically secure from threats, there has been a constant supply of “in the wild” examples that prove otherwise, most recently, the XZ Utils backdoor.
Lord Kelvin and his analog computer
This tide-predicting machine was one of many advances he made to maritime tech.
Is AI all a fad? Report suggests few are using tools like ChatGPT and the hype is being misconstrued for actual public interest
Interestingly, a new report by the Reuters Institute and Oxford University indicates very few people are using AI, despite the overwhelming hype around the technology and its advances.
NSA advises you to turn your phone off and on once a week
Powering off your phone regularly, disabling Bluetooth when it’s not needed, and using only trusted accessories are just some of the NSA’s security recommendations.
Could you be a successful entrepreneur? Three intriguing attributes might help
You want to step out of the world of wage slavery, and set up a business of your own? Preferably a business that will be more than a mere lifestyle for you – one that you can sell and from which you can retire on the proceeds?
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