A US jury has just found Meta Platforms and Google liable for harm linked to addictive platform design, marking a pivotal moment in how social media companies may be held accountable. What Just Happened? A Los Angeles jury has concluded that Meta and Google were responsible for harm suffered by […]
Posted in News Tagged Addiction, Google, Lawsuit, Meta, Social Media, YouTubeA series of incidents involving Waymo’s autonomous vehicles has highlighted what happens when driverless systems fail in complex real world situations and how much they still rely on human intervention to recover. A Technology Built For The Road Meets The Unexpected Waymo’s robotaxi service has expanded rapidly across multiple US […]
Posted in News Tagged Automation, Robotaxis, Vehicles, WaymoA new chemistry breakthrough could allow people to use long fingernails on touchscreens, addressing a long-standing usability issue with modern devices. Why Fingernails Don’t Work On Touchscreens Most modern smartphones and tablets use capacitive touchscreens, which rely on tiny electrical fields across the surface of the display. When a conductive […]
Posted in News Tagged Nail Polish, TouchscreensOpenAI has closed its Sora video generation app just months after launch, highlighting a gap between technical capability and sustained user demand. What Happened? OpenAI has confirmed it is shutting down both the Sora consumer app and its associated web platform, bringing an end to its short-lived push into AI […]
Posted in News Tagged AI, App, OpenAI, Sora, VideoGoogle has introduced a Gemini-powered dark web intelligence service designed to help organisations identify real cyber threats faster by filtering vast volumes of online criminal activity into relevant, actionable insights. What’s Been The Problem With Dark Web Monitoring? Security teams have long relied on dark web monitoring tools to detect […]
Posted in News Tagged AI, Dark Web, Google, Monitoring, ToolA technical issue on the UK’s company register may have exposed personal data linked to millions of businesses. The problem affected Companies House, which holds records for over five million UK firms. A system fault reportedly allowed certain details, such as names and contact information, to be accessed or surfaced […]
Posted in News Tagged Companies House, Data, Glitch, SecurityA London startup is using AI engineered enzymes to break down one of the world’s toughest plastics and turn it back into high quality raw materials, offering a potential route to large scale circular manufacturing. Why Nylon 6,6 Has Been So Hard To Recycle Nylon 6,6 is a high performance […]
Posted in News Tagged AI, Enzymes, Nylon, sustainability, WasteMicrosoft’s new Copilot Excel Agent can generate fully structured spreadsheets for you based on a simple prompt, and this video shows how it can build tables, apply formulas and organise data in seconds instead of starting from scratch. [Note – To Watch This Video without glitches/interruptions, It may be best […]
Posted in News Tagged Copilot, Excel, Microsoft, SpreadsheetsBoth Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace automatically save previous versions of files, so you can quickly restore an earlier version if something is overwritten, deleted or changed by mistake. Why This Matters It is easy to accidentally overwrite a document, delete key content or save unwanted changes, especially when multiple […]
Posted in News Tagged File, Google, History, Microsoft, Microsoft 365, WorkspaceA growing number of real-world cases and controlled tests are raising concerns that generative AI chatbots may, in certain conditions, contribute to harmful behaviour by reinforcing dangerous thinking and helping users turn intent into action. What Has Been Reported? Recent incidents across Canada, the United States and Europe have brought […]
Posted in News Tagged AI, chatbots, Google, OpenAIGoogle has launched a major update to Maps, introducing a new AI feature called Ask Maps alongside a redesigned 3D navigation experience powered by its Gemini models. From Search To Conversation For years, Google Maps has been built around search, users typed in a place or category and selected from […]
Posted in News Tagged Ask Maps, Google, Google MapsLondoners are being disproportionately targeted by online fraudsters, with police warning that technology is allowing scams to scale rapidly while making criminals harder to detect. Why London Is Being Targeted Evidence presented to the London Assembly highlights the scale of the issue. Fraud now accounts for around 41 per cent […]
Posted in News Tagged Fraud, London, Scam, Security
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