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Interview: Holland & Barrett CDO preparing a Michelin star-worthy data strategy

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Restaurants with three Michelin stars represent the pinnacle of fine dining.  In the UK, The Fat Duck by Heston Blumenthal, Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, Core by Clare Smyth and The Waterside Inn in Bray are among the establishments in that illustrious bracket. And next up: the wellness products and services retailer, Holland & Barrett.…

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AR Glasses Dominate IFA 2025, But Not Without Compromise

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José Adorno/BGR The last time I attended IFA, the trade show was all about how the newest washing machines would save the world by filtering micro plastics. With the 2025 edition, the show is all about smart glasses. With the rising popularity of Meta’s partnership with Ray-Ban and Oakley, it seems the market is (almost)…

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US trade body calls on Washington to cut cyber red tape

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The US Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) has called on president Donald Trump’s White House to slash red tape around cyber security regulations – potentially undoing some of the work done during previous president Joe Biden’s administration – saying the federal government must also do more to coordinate consistent cyber security policy and work hand…

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OpenAI now offers open AI models, but CIOs need to assess the risk

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OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, has released two large language models (LLMs) under the Apache 2.0 open source licence. The models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b are open-weight language models, which OpenAI claimed deliver strong real-world performance at low cost.  According to OpenAI, the new models outperform similarly sized open models on reasoning tasks and are optimised…

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WhatsApp Has A Master Plan To Lure Over iMessage Users

2 minutes of reading / Apple, iPhone, Meta, social media, Tech / By

José Adorno for BGR WhatsApp is the most popular messaging platforms in the world. While Americans with iPhones usually prefer iMessage over third-party solutions — and the appeal is understandable as Apple is adds some features in iOS 26 to compete with these apps – Meta is making the perfect tool to have more people to try…

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Senator warns of new UK surveillance risks to US citizens following Apple ‘back door’ row

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 Senator Ron Wyden has written to the US director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard urging her to provide Congress and the American public with a “frank assessment” of the security risks posed by UK surveillance to the US. The letter, which follows disclosures that the Home Office has issued a secret notice to Apple to…

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Meta AI training will be challenged at Europe’s highest court, says data protection chief

7 minutes of reading / AI, cloud computing, Computer, Facebook, GDPR, Meta, open source, social media, Tech / By

Europe’s baulked attempt to curb Meta’s artificial intelligence (AI) training will persevere and culminate at the European Court of Justice (ECJ), said the data protection commissioner who is leading the challenge. Within days of European Union (EU) privacy commissioners giving Meta licence to train its popular open source Llama large language model (LLM) on public posts…

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Proton To Debut Lumo, A New Privacy-Focused AI Chatbot

3 minutes of reading / AI, chatbot, ChatGPT, Google, iPhone, machine learning, Meta, Tech, VPN / By

Proton Proton has made quite a name for itself over the past several years, putting a privacy-first focus on all of its applications, including Proton Mail, Proton VPN, and more. In the past year, the company also launched its first foray into the AI market with Scribe, an AI writing assistant that is embedded directly…

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Meta and Alan Turing Institute back open source AI fellowship

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The government has unveiled a $1m fellowship grant, backed by Meta and the Alan Turing Institute, to build technology for public services. The 12-month secondment in government will see fellows use open source artificial intelligence (AI) models such as Meta’s Llama 3.5 to help create new tools to deliver Labour’s Plan for Change.  “Open source…

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Apple to appeal ‘unprecedented’ $580 million fine from the EU

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Over the past few years, Apple has been involved in a contentious back-and-forth battle with the EU over how it operates its App Store. The crux of the issue is whether or not Apple is properly adhering to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a broad set of regulations designed to make the digital marketplace more…

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