Month: February 2023
Microsoft Edge now has its own ChatGPT tool
Audio player loading… Microsoft has announced a new version of its web browser Edge, with the headline feature being the integration of AI tools courtesy of current industry superstar ChatGPT. Microsoft had previously announced that its Bing search engine would be getting an AI upgrade to improve search functions, and…
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Google ‘Live from Paris’ AI event live: all the latest on Maps, Search and more
Refresh 2023-02-08T11:22:08.306Z (Image credit: Google) Good morning and welcome to our Google ‘Live from Paris’ liveblog. It’s another exciting day in AI-land, as Google prepares to counter-punch Microsoft’s big announcements for Bing and Edge yesterday. This week’s tussle reminds me of the big heavyweight tech battles of the early 2010s,…
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More Microsoft OneNote files are being hijacked to spread malware
Audio player loading… Researchers have uncovered a new cyber campaign using Microsoft OneNote files to infect devices with the QBot malware (opens in new tab). A report from Sophos claims the campaign, dubbed “QakNote”, is currently active, with unknown threat actors sending out phishing emails with NoteBook attachments which come…
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Wednesday’s top tech news: after Microsoft’s AI blowout, it’s Google’s turn
Meanwhile in the world of politics, President Joe Biden once again railed against Big Tech in his Second State of the Union address. “Pass bipartisan legislation to strengthen antitrust enforcement and prevent big online platforms from giving their own products an unfair advantage,” Biden said, and went on to call…
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Microsoft ChatGPT event live: hands-on with the new Bing search engine
Refresh 2023-02-07T15:05:49.483Z I wonder if Sam Altman, the mastermind behind OpenAI and ChatGPT knows how to keep secrets? Here’s his Twitter post that may have prompted Microsoft to let the cat out of the bag about the event a bit early. It wasn’t much to go on but having Microsoft’s…
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Apple’s retail staff is reportedly testing its ‘buy now, pay later’ service
Apple has expanded the internal testing for its Pay service's buy now, pay later feature to include its retail employees, according to Bloomberg. When the tech giant's experimental features make their way to its retail staff, that's typically a sign that it's going to be released in the near future.…
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