Author: Chris Price
Chris has been a journalist since the 1990s. In addition to editing TechDigest.tv and ShinyShiny.tv, he also regularly contributes tech/business articles to The Daily Telegraph and Tech Radar. A passionate swimmer, Chris has his own swimming blog and is a qualified lifeguard. He can be contacted at [email protected]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Twitter rival Threads won’t launch in EU this week
Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter rival will not launch this week in the EU as the billionaire grapples with strict regulations in the single bloc. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), the chief regulator in the EU which governs Meta, said the company had confirmed that it did not plan to launch its Threads app within the union at first.…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Meta to launch ‘Twitter-Killer’ app, Threads
Facebook owner Meta is launching its new app to rival Twitter and says it will go live on Thursday. The app, which is called Threads and is available for pre-order on the Apple App Store, will be linked to Instagram. Screengrabs show a dashboard that looks similar to Twitter. Meta describes Threads as a "text-based…
Virgin Media and Hubbub launch fund to tackle digital waste
George Clarke and Dermot Jones, Project Manager at the Fixing Factory, mark the launch of Virgin Media O2 and Hubbub’s Time After Time Fund. The fund will award a share of £500,000 to projects which tackle e-waste and support digital inclusion. As 3.4 million homeowners confess to throwing broken or unwanted…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Google claims ‘quantum computing breakthrough’
Left: Artist's rendition of the Sycamore processor mounted in the cryostat. (Full Res Version; Forest Stearns, Google AI Quantum Artist in Residence) Right: Photograph of the Sycamore processor. (Full Res Version; Erik Lucero, Research Scientist and Lead Production Quantum Hardware) Google has developed a quantum computer that instantly makes calculations that would…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Virgin Galactic rocket plane begins service
Italian members of the team aboard Unity hold up their country's flag in space. Image: Virgin Galactic It's taken just shy of 20 years but Sir Richard Branson has finally begun commercial operations with his Virgin Galactic rocket plane, Unity. The vehicle soared high over the New Mexico desert on Thursday…
Online Safety Bill will make it easier for bereaved parents to access children’s social media
Image: BBC Children and adults across the UK will be better protected by the pioneering Online Safety Bill thanks to several critical amendments, claims the government. Planned rules to prevent children from viewing pornography, content that promotes suicide, self-harm, or eating disorders have been bolstered. The changes also mean that…
Avanti West Coast launches interactive train-tracking tool
Avanti West Coast has launched an interactive live rail map online to help customers track their train in real-time during their journey. Collaborating with rail tech innovator, Signalbox, Avanti West Coast has introduced a map feature on its website as part of a trial that offers customers an easy way to view trains in…
Tech Digest daily roundup: OpenAI opens London office – first outside US
The company behind ChatGPT is opening an office in London, its first outside the US, in a boost to Rishi Sunak’s bid to make Britain an artificial intelligence hub. OpenAI said it had chosen the capital as its base due to a “vibrant technology ecosystem” and “exceptional talent” in London. The company is also hiring lobbyists…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Paedophiles using AI technology to create life-like child porn
Image: BBC Paedophiles are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to create and sell life-like child sexual abuse material, the BBC has found. Some are accessing the images by paying subscriptions to accounts on mainstream content-sharing sites such as Patreon. Patreon said it had a "zero tolerance" policy about such imagery on…
Microsoft Edge hits nearly 300 million users after ChatGPT integration
According to the calculations by the Atlas VPN team, the Microsoft Edge browser is closing in on a total of 300 million users. The browser’s number of users grew by 50 million months after ChatGPT was implemented. Despite that, Google Chrome and Safari continue to dominate the browser market share. Google Chrome has nearly…