Month: November 2021
Our Favorite Digital Gift Ideas for Friends and Family
Forget the wrapping paper and shipping. Go digital this year with subscriptions, ebooks, apps, and more. Source
Read MoreGoogle Stadia adds free trials for ‘Control’ and ‘Riders Republic’
Back in October, Google Stadia introduced free trials with its Hello Engineer game. While the service lets users try any game they want with a $10-per-month Pro subscription, it was the first time free users were given the chance to test a game before purchase. Now, according to 9to5Google, Stadia…
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Clearview AI ordered to delete all facial recognition data belonging to Australians
Controversial facial recognition firm Clearview AI has been ordered to destroy all images and facial templates belonging to individuals living in Australia by the country’s national privacy regulator. Clearview, which claims to have scraped 10 billion images of people from social media sites in order to identify them in other…
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Boosting UK digital connectivity “could create 500,000 jobs”
The UK could majorly boost its GDP and jobs market by investing in digital connectivity, a new report has claimed. Figures from the first ever Digital Connectivity Index, conducted by Virgin Media O2 using thousands of OECD datapoints, notes that although the UK has made strong progress in recent years,…
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Apple sold a record number of MacBooks last quarter, says Strategy Analytics
Apple got some of its MacBook sales mojo back last quarter thanks to discounts on the MacBook Air, according to the research firm Strategy Analytics. The company sold a record 6.5 million MacBooks in Q3 2021, up 10 percent over last year — no doubt contributing to its blockbuster Mac…
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Vi, Ericsson showcase 5G power that can revolutionize healthcare – here’s how
Imagine this scene: A doctor is conducting ultrasound scans on a patient. Nothing out of ordinary in this, right? What if we told you that the doctor was actually sitting in Mumbai, and carrying out the scan on the patient who was in Dehradun – separated by about 1,700 kms…
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