Tag: Google Photos
Tech Digest daily roundup: Cost of charging EV now nearly as much as petrol
The cost of charging an electric car has surged due to the rise in energy prices, prompting fears it will put off drivers from buying them, the RAC said. It said electric car (EV) owners who use "rapid" public charging points were paying almost the same for electricity as they would for petrol per mile.…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Campaigners challenge government use of WhatsApp
Boris Johnson gets details of vital government business sent to him via WhatsApp, court papers have revealed. The material, from the PM's ministerial "red box", is sent to his phone for "administrative ease", officials say, and does not break the rules. But campaigners challenging "government by WhatsApp" in the High Court say it is a…
Tech Digest daily round up: Driverless shuttles hit Cambridge roads
The UK’s first driverless shuttles have taken to the road in Cambridge, carrying their first passengers in a trial alongside normal traffic. The autonomous vehicle took a 20-minute journey around the University of Cambridge’s West Cambridge campus in a test project which aims to assess whether the technology could one day join the UK’s public…
Tech Digest daily round up: Facial recognition tech used in Swansea
https://newsroom.cisco.com/feature-content?type=webcontent&articleId=1938827 More arrests are due to be made this week and facial recognition will be used to trace others following violent disorder in Swansea, police have said. Seven arrests have already been made after cars were burnt out and windows smashed in Mayhill on Thursday...Seven officers were injured during the incident…
Tech Digest daily round up: Berlin’s IFA technology show cancelled again
One of Europe’s largest annual technology shows has cancelled its plans to hold an in-person event this year because of ongoing “uncertainties” around Covid-19. The IFA trade show is normally held in Berlin each year and attracts around 200,000 visitors across its four days. A scaled-down version of the convention took place in 2020 and…
Google breaks promise of ‘unlimited’ free Google Photos
Google has broken its promise made in 2015 to offer unlimited free photo storage, in a move that will also affect storage for other Google products including email. "When we say a lifetime of memories, we really mean it," Google said when it launched the Photos service in 2015. "With Google Photos, you can now…
Google moves Photos in with Drive
The slow death of Google+ continues today as the company has announced that it will now be integrating its photo uploading facilities with Google Drive. The Google Drive Blog reveals the changes - which will now see photos sensibly listed alongside other types of files, rather than ghettoised over on Google+, where nobody looks. The…