I wasn’t thrilled with the AR glasses I tried at MWC last year. I said at the time that everyone designing these devices could only offer tethered experiences. I also said that the industry was waiting for Apple to lead the way with its own AR device. Fast-forward to MWC 2024, and the Apple Vision Pro…
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has used its latest quartly earnings call to discuss how it is differentiating its Threads platform. The company posted revenue of $34.1bn for the third quarter of 2023. “We had a good quarter for our community and business,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Meta founder and CEO. “I’m…
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Just the other day, we talked about how unusual it is for the iPhone version of Google Maps to get new features before the Android version. Google did it with the weather information, and it’s about to do it again with a brand new accessibility feature for Google Maps. Tech. Entertainment. Science. Your inbox. Sign…
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The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) has approved a five-year digital strategy for Police Scotland that seeks to shift the force from “doing digital” to “being digital” through a series of investments into both new and existing technology capabilities. Drafted with the assistance of consultancy firm Ernst & Young and XXX Capgemini, the strategy outlines priorities…
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If you are involved in collecting and analysing data, or developing or applying algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) applications, you probably want to do so responsibly. You can turn to documents that list and discuss ethical principles, such as preventing harms, human dignity, human autonomy, fairness, equality, transparency and explicability. Great principles – but they…
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