Samsung launches Galaxy smart ring to track sleep and periods
5 hours ago By Liv McMahon & Imran Rahman-Jones, Technology reporters Samsung The company says its ring can be used for sleep tracking Samsung is hoping to lure fitness and…
Microsoft raises Xbox Game Pass prices by as much as 25%
Microsoft has announced big price rises for Game Pass, its Netflix-style subscription service for games. The gaming giant, which purchased studio Activision Blizzard for a record $69bn (then £56bn) in…
Samsung Electronics union goes on indefinite strike
A union representing workers at South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics has called on its roughly 30,000 members to go on strike indefinitely, as part of its campaign for better…
Brazil suspends Meta from using Instagram posts to train AI
Brazil has blocked Meta from using Brazilians’ Instagram and Facebook posts to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. It comes weeks after the company abandoned similar plans to use UK…
Customers told to sign up to security service
7 hours ago By Joe Tidy, Cyber correspondent Getty Images Ticketmaster is part of one of the largest events company in the world Ticketmaster customers in North America have been…
Chinese Tesla rival BYD agrees $1bn Turkey EV plant deal
China’s biggest electric car maker BYD has agreed a $1bn (£780m) deal to set up a manufacturing plant in Turkey, as it continues to expand outside its home country. The…
Is AI the answer for more better government services?
3 hours ago By Pedro Garcia, Technology Reporter Getty Images Governments are exploring whether AI can give reliable advice Long before ChatGPT came along, governments were keen to use chatbots…
The Metaverse: What It Is, Where to Find it, and Who Will Build It — MatthewBall.co
Note: This essay was released in January 2020, expanding on a piece I wrote in 2018. In June 2021, I released a nine-part update, ‘The Metaverse Primer’. In July of…
Investigating crime scenes in virtual reality
Virtual reality could be used to train the next generation of fire investigators. Researchers build mock crime scenes and, with the help of firefighters, conduct a controlled burn while carefully…
Tech Life: Detecting cancer using AI
The role machine learning can play in accurate blood tests for bowel cancer. Source link