Tech trends 2023: Flying taxis and satellite phones
At 1:03am on Monday 5 December, the most powerful laser on the planet flashed into life at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California, in an experiment that s
How LinkedIn is changing and why some are not happy
Social media is where we project a version of ourselves. And a pensive Dan Kelsall is nothing like his rowdy character on LinkedIn, the social media platform famously tagged “
Students switch to AI to learn languages
I tell my Argentinian pal that I’ve been using ChatGPT to practise my Spanish and, excitedly, I explain what it can do. It can correct my errors, I tell him, and it’s a
New AI systems collide with copyright law
Kelly McKernan says she “felt sick” when she discovered her artwork had been used to train an artificial intelligence system. Curiosity spurred her to type her name int
Why it matters where your data is stored
Mattias Ã…ström glances out of the office window in France. “Look at all the beautiful roads and bridges here,” says the founder and chief executive of Evroc. “Y
How long until a robot is doing your chores?
Imagine the biggest market for a physical product you can. Are you thinking of mobile phones? Cars? Property? They are all chunky markets but in the coming decades a new product wi
Microsoft finally caves and will let some users actually use their preferred browser in Windows 11
When you’re browsing on Windows 11 and click on a link in another part of your computer, say a different app or a news reader, regardless of your selected default browser your
Google’s Duet AI can now write your emails for you
Much like its main rival, Microsoft, Google has been testing out new generative AI features for several months in its online office software, before it announced the general availa
Cloud Jargon Explained and the Benefits of the Cloud
In our last piece, we clarified some of the myths surrounding cloud technology that prevent businesses from tapping into the great benefits that it can offer. Another barrier to ad
Clarifying The Myths Around Cloud Technology
The world of computing continues to progress in leaps and bounds, so much so that today’s solutions would have been unimaginable 15 to 20 years ago. One area where this is partic