Author: Zach_Wilson
ICYMI: the week’s 7 biggest tech news stories from Google’s Pixel 9 reveals to OpenAI’s GPT 4-o concerns
This week Google wowed us with its Made by Google event, which introduced us to four Pixel phones including the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold, a new smartwatch, new earbuds, and (of course) plenty of Gemini AI updates to sink our teeth into. We were also exposed to major VR…
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The Paris Olympics saw a whole load of domain-related cybercrime
Fans attending the recent Paris Olympics were the target of cybercriminals looking to capitalize on scarce tickets and eager fans with a multitude of scams, experts have revealed. A surge in malicious online activity before and during the games outlined the threat consumers face when navigating the games, as large…
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Report: The iPhone 16 Pro might come in a unique shade of “bronze”
Funnily enough, one of the hotly debated topics surrounding the iPhone 16 Pro is what color it’ll come in. Back in late July, notable leaker Sonny Dickson posted an image on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) displaying dummy units of the smartphone in Natural Titanium (basically silver), White Titanium, and Black…
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Lenovo’s next Chromebook could be a powerhouse fueled by artificial intelligence
Lenovo is working on two new AI-powered Chromebook tablets collectively codenamed Ciri. That is what news site Chrome Unboxed claims after tracking the devices on two “public repositories” – cros.tech and Chromium Dash – which pull their info from Google servers. According to the publication, an official reveal may be…
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Only AI can understand Premier League offside rules
The Premier League kicks off this week, and a new AI referee tool to spot when players are offside will be coming on board before it ends, as first reported by Wired. The league has turned to sports tech company Genius Sports and its Semi-Assisted Offside Technology (SAOT). Unlike the…
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National Public Data admits it leaked Social Security numbers in a massive data breach
The incident is believed to have involved a third-party bad actor that was trying to hack into data in late December 2023, with potential leaks of certain data in April 2024 and summer 2024. The information that was suspected of being breached contained name, email address, phone number, social security…
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