Microsoft announces AI key on Windows 11 PCs

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save As 2024 gets rolling, companies are still cutting costs, with Google and Amazon being the latest big company to do layoffs. The near future could bring more. “We saw a big surge of hiring … when people went online in 2020,” said Brett House, professor…

Xfinity hack affects nearly 36 million customers Xfinity hack affects nearly 36 million customers 00:32 A security breach at Comcast-owned Xfinity has exposed the personal data of nearly all the internet provider’s customers, including account usernames, passwords and answers to their security questions.  Comcast said in a filing with Maine’s attorney general’s office that the hack affected…

It is a small but fast-growing sector, and other providers of AI-powered clones include fellow UK business Synthesia and US start-up Delphi. The idea is that users can free up their time, with their digital clone taking on some of their workload, be it talking to employees, or offering advice to clients.

Serious cruise ship safety incidents are not limited to sexual assaults. “Man overboard” incidents, thefts, and even murders have long been a reality of these voyages. One tragic example concerns 26-year-old George Smith IV from Greenwich, Connecticut, who disappeared from a cruise in 2005. In 2015, the FBI closed Smith’s case, and his family may…

From an AI slowdown to humanoid robots doing real work – tech trends to watch out for in 2024.

No one has been able to shut up about artificial intelligence since OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT onto the world in November. But this week, there was so much AI chatter that even people who work in the field have been struggling to keep up.  First, Google announced that it was sprinkling AI dust on Gmail, Google…