Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2024
Generative AI will remain huge, and we’ll also see big moves with electric vehicles, Apple’s mixed-reality headset, password security and regulation around social media.
Elon Musk and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Form a Trans-Atlantic Bond
ROME—Elon Musk and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have formed one of 2023’s more unlikely trans-Atlantic alliances. Behind their budding friendship lie common interests in political issues such as immigration and demographics, as well as in tech-sector regulation and the risks associated with artificial intelligence. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved….
Google settles $5bn lawsuit for ‘private mode’ tracking
Large technology firms have faced increased scrutiny of their practices in the US and beyond.
Worried about AI? How California lawmakers plan to tackle the technology’s risks in 2024
Jodi Long was caught off guard by the cage filled with cameras meant to capture images of her face and body. “I was a little freaked out because, before I walked in there, I said I don’t remember this being in my contract,” the actor said. The filmmakers needed her digital scan, Long was told,…
Expert: AI ‘hurts ability to keep democracy alive’
Technology professor Gina Neff explained the New York Times’s allegations against Microsoft and Open AI to BBC News. Neff, who serves as the executive director of the Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy at the University of Cambridge, set up the stakes of this lawsuit as an important litmus case for generative artificial intelligence and…
US lifts ban on imports of latest Apple watch
Imports and sales of Apple’s Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches had been halted over a patent dispute.
Apple appeals ban on U.S. sale of its newest versions of Apple Watch
Apple appeals ban on U.S. sale of its newest versions of Apple Watch – CBS News Watch CBS News Apple is appealing a ban on the U.S. sales of its newest models of Apple Watches, the Series 9 and Ultra 2, amid an ongoing patent dispute. Medical device maker Masimo claims Apple’s blood oxygen technology…
New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for ‘billions’
The US news organisation claims millions of its articles were used without permission to train ChatGPT.
Column: What tech would we be better off without? I asked, you answered
Well, goodbye to all that. Now that 2023 is drawing to a close, and it’s time that we begin to look to the new year, why don’t we spend a minute clearing our closets and minds of all the tech we don’t need? The better to start fresh, and to steel ourselves for the AI-drenched…
Amazon Prime Video to have ads in UK from February
The “limited” ads will feature in content unless people pay £2.99 a month to remove them.
