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: 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…
8 in 10 parents don’t trust the use of AI in schools, claims study
A survey from digital identity security specialists, ID Crypt Global, has revealed that 79% of UK parents don’t trust the use of AI including ChatGPT when it comes to educating their children. When asked about their biggest concerns surrounding the incorporation of ChatGPT within the education system, the majority of the 1300 UK parents surveyed…
Record numbers looking to kickstart cyber career, claims UK Government
Over 3,600 people are looking to embark on a new career in cyber this year through applications to the Government’s Upskill in Cyber programme Programme supports the Prime Minister’s priority of growing the economy by creating better-paid jobs. Almost half of applications come from women with more than 50% from outside London and the South East UK Cyber Sector annual revenues…
UK’s Ai-Da Robot to give keynote speech at AI for Good Global Summit
Britain will be represented by Ai-Da Robot, the world’s first robot artist, who has been invited to give the keynote at the summit's opening dinner attended by AI leaders Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics innovators - and their high-tech creations - will join humanitarian leaders in Geneva, Switzerland, 6-7 July, for…
Tech Digest daily roundup: 6 months in jail for deepfake and revenge porn
People caught sharing or creating explicit images without consent could face time in jail in England and Wales. Amendments to the Online Safety Bill will introduce a six-month prison term for sharing deepfake and revenge porn. This would rise to two years if intent to cause distress, alarm or humiliation, or to obtain sexual gratification…
Aston Martin announces Lucid partnership for luxury, high performance EVs
Aston Martin today hits the accelerator on its ambition to create the world’s most thrilling and highly desirable electric performance cars, with the formation of a new supply agreement with electric vehicle technologies company, Lucid Group. The proposed agreement announced this morning to the London Stock Exchange will see Lucid, a world-leader in the design…
Tech Digest daily roundup: VW developing sub-£17,000 ID1 EV
Volkswagen is “full steam ahead” with the development of a sub-£17,000 electric ‘ID 1’ hatch that will arrive in the next five years as part of a renewed push by car firms to produce affordable electric models. The new EV will serve as a spiritual successor to the e-Up city car and is set…
Public transport frustrations fuelling car ownership demand
The current average price of a used car is £17,735, up 3.5% year-on-year and 0.3% month-on-month. Auto Trader research shows the importance of car ownership is increasing, driven, in part, by public transport disruption. Rising car finance APRs are having limited impact on consumer finance engagement on Auto Trader According to the latest data from…
British online spending rose 2.5% in May
The amount we spent online rose 2.5% in May, the month of the Coronation. The value of e-commerce sales also climbed 6.7% year-on-year. Shoppers put aside inflation woes to enjoy the extra Bank Holiday and prepare for summer, says ParcelHero. Retail spending rose both on the High Street and online during May, new Office for…
