January 2025

Lords debate government approach to automated decision-making

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The UK government has expressed “reservations” about legislative proposals from Lord Tim Clement-Jones to improve the scrutiny of algorithmic decision-making tools in the public sector, arguing the concerns raised by his bill are already covered by its own proposed data reforms and the existing Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS). Introduced as a private members’ bill…

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AMD RX 9070 gets a rumored March 23 release date, but I’m not buying it (the date, that is, not the graphics card)

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Pre-orders should go live for AMD’s RX 9070 GPUs on March 23, according to one US retailerThere are a couple of reasons why this is likely wrong, thoughWe’ve also seen more strangeness around the previously rumored January 23 launch for RDNA 4, as an ad campaign appears to have misfiredAs if enough weirdness hasn’t already…

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Turning off these two iPhone 16 Pro Max settings instantly improved my battery life

2 minutes of reading / AI, Apple, Apple Watch, Intel, iPhone, Tech / By

As iPhone users, we’re always looking for ways to optimize battery life. The promise of all-day battery life isn’t necessarily realized with every release, and sometimes, we need to take advantage of some tweaks to take our iPhones on an entire journey.After terrible experiences with the iPhone 14 Pro Max and the iPhone 15 Pro,…

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Researchers say AI fails to describe complexities of Holocaust

5 minutes of reading / AI, ChatGPT, Google, Meta, social media, Tech / By

Existing artificial intelligence (AI) models available in the public domain fail to provide “complexities and nuances of the past”, and merely offer oversimplified stories about the Holocaust, according to an international Holocaust research lab.In November 2024, the University of Sussex launched the Landecker Digital Memory Lab, an initiative to “ensure a sustainable future for Holocaust…

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£150m AI framework agreement set to drive NHS forward

2 minutes of reading / AI, digital transformation, Intel, Tech / By

NHS Shared Business Services has issued a tender worth £150m, split into six lots, covering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging and analysis to speed up diagnosis. AI systems can be deployed to analyse medical images in seconds, and help detect conditions such as strokes, asymptomatic conditions, future diseases, suspicious areas, small…

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US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban

4 minutes of reading / Apple, data privacy, Google, social media, Tech / By

Video-sharing platform TikTok will “go dark” in the US at midnight on Sunday 19 January, after the Supreme Court upheld a nationwide ban on the Chinese-owned social media platform on national security and data privacy and protection grounds. In a unanimous decision, the conservative-majority court sided with the lower courts, outgoing president Joe Biden, and…

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Buyer beware: Asus’ Q-Release Slim feature is reportedly damaging GPUs like the RTX 5090

3 minutes of reading / AI, Hardware, Intel, Tech / By

Asus recently released its Q-Release Slim feature for GPUsSaid feature is reportedly damaging GPUsThere’s no current fix for this issue from AsusAn Asus representative reached out to TechRadar with the following statement:”The ASUS team is committed to our customers and their user experience when using our products. We are actively collecting information regarding these reports…

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Galaxy S25 lineup is official, and it’s all about Galaxy AI

6 minutes of reading / AI, Apple, chatbot, Google, Intel, iPhone, Qualcomm, Samsung, Snap, Tech / By

It’s finally that time of the year when Samsung releases a new Galaxy S generation to the masses. Like the Galaxy S24, the Galaxy S25 series debuted at a mid-January Unpacked event, as Samsung is dying to start selling these AI handsets as soon as possible.Yes, just like last year’s flagships, the Galaxy S25, S25…

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ChatGPT Operator AI agents could launch this week

2 minutes of reading / AI, Apple, ChatGPT, Google, Intel, iPhone, Microsoft, Tech / By

A day after software engineer Tibor Blaho shared evidence that ChatGPT’s Operator agent launch could come soon, The Information reports that this new AI tool will be released as soon as this week. Operator will be responsible for automating complex tasks typically done through the web browser, such as restaurant reservations or planning trips.The publication…

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The death of the piggy bank marks coming of age of a fintech

6 minutes of reading / Apple, Computer, fintech, Google, Tech / By

Those Beyond started life as the tech lab of fintech unicorn Thought Machine, supplying cloud-based core banking systems to the world’s biggest banks. Now, after setting off in a different direction to its former parent, it is on an innovation journey that started with a product not aimed at the JP Morgans or the Lloyds…

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