Gadgets

Every smartphone has an expiration date. That day arrives when the software updates stop coming and you start missing out on new apps and security protections. With most phones, this used to happen after about only three years.But things...

The role has been split into two separate top jobs, dividing up hardware and software. Source link

Marianna Spring looks at how Ofcom wants to protect under-18 from harmful content on social media.The UK's media regulator has published draft codes of practice which require tech firms to have more robust age-checking measures, and to reformulate their...

The summer travel season starts in just a few weeks, but if you are looking for software that goes beyond simply booking flights and hotels, you’re in luck. Search engines enhanced by artificial intelligence can help with your research...

Some 5,000 miles away in Lithuania, insect farm software provider Cogastro is also working on an AI-based system. It currently sells monitoring software that automatically collects data for users to analyse, but the AI upgrade will enable to system...

Users have been reporting unexpected lie-ins after the alarms on their phones failed to go off. Source link

A pair of glasses from Meta shoots a picture when you say, “Hey, Meta, take a photo.” A miniature computer that clips to your shirt, the Ai Pin, translates foreign languages into your native tongue. An artificially intelligent screen...

In the last few days, you may have noticed something new inside Meta’s apps, including Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp: an artificially intelligent chatbot.Within those apps, you can chat with Meta AI and type in questions and requests like “What’s...

What would you do if you permanently lost all the photos, notes and other files on your phone?If you have a backup system in place, you’d likely know what to do next: Restore it all to a new phone....