José Adorno/BGR In June, to celebrate the first decade of Apple Music, Apple unveiled a new studio space in Culver City, California. In an effort to keep supporting artists with the latest technology and tools to explore creativity, the Apple Music Culver City studio quickly became one of the streamer’s most important hubs for its…
Italy-based service provider Herabit has opted for Cubbit S3 distributed cloud storage in a move aimed at meeting demands for improved data sovereignty from its customer base. The move will see the company use Cubbit’s DS3 Composer across three datacentres in northern Italy to provide backup, long-term data archiving and the creation of data lakes…
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Real-world testing of live facial recognition (LFR) systems by UK and European police is a largely ungoverned “Wild West”, where the technology is tested on local populations without adequate safeguards or oversight, say university researchers. According to a comparative study of LFR trials by law enforcement agencies in London, Wales, Berlin and Nice, although “in-the-wild”…
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columbo.photog/Shutterstock Apple is expected to release an M5 version of the Vision Pro headset soon, with rumors indicating a cheaper, lighter model also being in development. While the refreshed Vision Pro model might be unveiled soon, Bloomberg reports that Apple has shifted priorities recently towards a pair of smart glasses — including a model that offers…
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photoschmidt/Shutterstock Apple unveiled AirPods Pro 3 with new features and several improvements during the iPhone 17 launch event. The tweaked AirPods Pro 3 design includes a new case and foam-infused tips, which improve Active Noise Cancellation (ANC). The new AirPods Pro model is dust and water-resistant and also features heart rate sensors in the buds. The Live Translation feature and the…
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Chayjitti Hongmanee/Shutterstock Most people think of USB drives as nothing more than portable storage devices. For years, they were the go-to tool for moving documents, photos, and music from one computer to another. But with cloud storage dominating and file-sharing easier than ever, many old flash drives now sit unused in drawers. The truth is…
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Karlis Dambrans/Shutterstock Google’s business model is simple when it comes to its budget line of phones. Wait a few months after releasing the new flagship phone to sell a more affordable version that takes the best bits, like the chip and display. That’s exactly what happened with the Google Pixel 9a, releasing roughly eight months…
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The government is being urged to “properly scrutinise” the environmental impact of the nation’s growing datacentre footprint by non-profit Foxglove, which is currently overseeing the first legal challenge of its kind against a hyperscale build in the UK. The organisation, which campaigns for fairness in technology and the protection of local communities, has published research…
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North Wales Police has been ordered to disclose the reasons for stopping a UK lawyer who represented Hamas and seizing the contents of mobile phone to closed-door court hearing. Justice Martin Chamberlain said that he did not accept that North Wales Police could simply assert there was a lawful basis for stopping and copying the…
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Oracle has issued a fix for a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its E-Business Suite (EBS) as the well-used ERP software package emerges as the latest vector for mass Cl0p (aka Clop) ransomware attacks. The Oracle EBS ecosystem is deeply embedded in enterprise financial and operational systems, which offers hackers access to a…
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