Category: computing
Might be time to ‘Twist and Shout’ – The Beatles’ AI-restored song ‘Now and Then’ lands Grammy nominations
The Beatles have scored Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance for their song “Now and Then,” a ‘lost’ track recovered and restored using AI. This is the first time a song produced with AI assistance has earned such recognition and could portend plenty of arguments…
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OpenAI’s next-gen Orion model is hitting a serious bottleneck, according to a new report – here’s why
OpenAI is reportedly having trouble with Orion in certain areas like coding Progress is slower than expected due to quality issues with training data The next-gen model could also be more expensive OpenAI is running into difficulties with Orion, the next-gen model powering its AI. The company is struggling in…
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Quishing is the QR code scam you need to watch out for
Banks and regulators have warned of the growing risk of quishing A type of phishing that uses fraudulent QR codes to steal information These malicious links aren’t easily recognized by users or email scanners It’s not just suspicious links you need to watch out for in your email inbox: QR…
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The death of the internet: why the future is terrifying, and how we fix it
The internet is in a precarious place. It’s assaulted from all sides – not by technological problems, but by social ones. Misinformation is rife, marketing and advertising covers every facet of the web, and armies of politicized and automated bots roam the wilds of its social media landscapes, all of…
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The M4 Mac mini has removable, modular storage – and an important SSD upgrade
The M4 Mac mini has removable storage, it’s been revealed It also uses two SSDs for each configuration The changes could enable custom upgrades for the Mac In our Apple Mac mini (M4, 2024) review we described it as potentially the best Mac ever – and certainly the smallest to…
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I’ve been a Firefox power user since it launched 20 years ago – here’s why it still beats Chrome and Safari
It was my birthday a few weeks ago, and as if that didn’t make me feel old enough, the Firefox browser has just turned exactly 20 years old today. Yes, Firefox version 1.0 launched on November 9, 2004 – and I’ve been using it for almost as long as it’s…
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