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]
Call of Duty: Mobile collects more data on users than any other game
Surfshark's new study ranked the most popular mobile games based on a data-hungriness index, allocating points depending on data collected and its sensitivity. In the United Kingdom, the most popular apps, Chess - Play and Learn and Attack Hole - Black Hole Games, are ranked 42nd and 21st based on data hungriness. Call of Duty:…
Tech Digest daily roundup: AI poses similar risk to ‘nuclear war’, experts warn
Artificial intelligence poses a similar risk of human extinction as pandemics and nuclear war, experts have warned. The boss of the firm behind ChatGPT, the head of Google's AI lab, and CEO of Anthropic - another major AI firm, have all signed an open letter. It reads: "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a…
Get ready for Prime Day ’23 in July, ParcelHero reckons
Last year’s Prime Day was Amazon’s best-ever sale. The UK home delivery expert ParcelHero estimates Prime Day netted the online giant around $12bn and says we can be sure of its return this summer... Shoppers planning a big purchase might want to resist the urge to splurge for just another month. The e-commerce delivery expert ParcelHero says…
Car insurance customers who don’t pay upfront hit by £300 penalty, Which? warns
Which? is warning that car insurance customers face a growing divide between those paying monthly and annually - with consumers who can least afford to pay more hit with a penalty of £302 on average. Data shared with Which? by comparison site GoCompare in January showed that, as of November 2022, almost half (46%) of…
Aston Martin announces Bowers & Wilkins as official audio partner
Aston Martin drivers will be able to enjoy the newly developed Bowers & Wilkins Surround Sound System in their cars for the first time, as the two British brands announce an audio partnership. Bowers & Wilkins’ and Aston Martin’s engineering teams have worked together to develop an optional surround sound system upgrade for the new…
Interest in cybersecurity career opportunities surge in May 2023
Current data from Google Trends reveals that public interest in cybersecurity and careers in the field has grown significantly since the beginning of 2022 and reached an all-time high in May 2023. Media coverage of cyber incidents, data breaches, and privacy violations has raised public consciousness about the importance of cybersecurity. People are becoming…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Half of female gamers suffer abuse while playing
One in 10 women feel suicidal because of the abuse they face while gaming. New research for Sky Broadband shows that of 4,000 female gamers surveyed 49% have faced abuse or harassment when playing or streaming online - rising to 75% of those aged 18 to 24. The levels of harassment are so strong that…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Elon Musk’s brain chip firm Neuralink given go-ahead for human testing
Elon Musk's brain chip firm Neuralink has said it has been given the go-ahead to start carrying out studies on humans. Neuralink said in a tweet on Thursday it had won the approval of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) "to launch our first-in-human clinical study!" It represents "an important first step that will…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Jaguar Land Rover to build gigafactory in Somerset, UK
The UK is set to win a major battery plant for electric vehicles as Tata Group, the parent company of Jaguar Land Rover, appears to have decided against Spain. The boss of Jaguar Land Rover-owner Tata (TATAMOTORS.BO) is expected to fly to London next week to finalise the deal, the BBC reported. The massive state-of-the-art factory would…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Apple strikes chip deal with US firm Broadcom
Apple says it has struck a multi-billion dollar deal with chipmaker Broadcom to use more US-made parts. Under the multi-year agreement, the two US companies will develop components for 5G devices that will be designed and manufactured in America. Apple says the deal is part of a plan it announced in 2021 to invest $430bn…