Tag: iPhone 15
Fitbit Charge 6 unveiled, Epic Games cuts workforce
Fitbit Charge 6 is the latest addition in the Google wearables division bringing improved health tracking and even deeper integration with Google apps like YouTube Music, Google Pay and Google Maps. Charge 6 features a 1.04-inch color AMOLED display with Always-On Display (AOD) functionality. The tracker features an aluminum, glass and resin build with a…
Nissan commits to 2030 EV deadline – despite government U-Turn
To celebrate 20th anniversary of Nissan Design Europe (NDE), Nissan unveiled urban electric concept car called Concept 20-23 in London today (September 25th, 2023) . Nissan has vowed to go all-electric in Europe by 2030 as the Japanese car giant’s chief executive said “there is no going back now”. Its commitment…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Elon Musk’s Neuralink given permission for brain implant trial
A brain chip company owned by Elon Musk has said it has received permission to start recruiting for human trials. Neuralink has created an implant designed to let people control a computer mouse or keyboard with their thoughts. It would be inserted into a region of the brain that controls the intention to move. Musk,…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Apple ditches lightning port, will stop using leather
Apple has confirmed its new iPhone will not feature its proprietary lightning charging port, after the EU forced the change. The tech giant said that the iPhone 15, unveiled at its annual event on Tuesday, would use a USB-C cable as the "universally accepted standard". A new Apple Watch series was also unveiled with a…
Apple iPhone 15 unveiled – 5 new colours including pink
Apple has revealed the latest addition to its iPhone line-up - the iPhone 15 - at the company’s “Wonderlust” event in California. The new iPhone features a significant redesign to its screen, replacing the “notch” at the top of the phone with the “dynamic island” used on its current Pro models. The phone will come in five…
Tech Digest daily roundup: iPhone 15 set to launch today
As I write this there are still several hours before Apple unveils the latest version of its best-selling product, the iPhone. In the last few weeks we've seen the handset come under pressure separately from both the EU and China. Globally, smartphone sales in general are slowing, and Apple's highly anticipated virtual reality headset -…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Scramble for more power for Rishi Sunak’s AI lab
Officials are scrambling to secure extra electricity capacity for the likely home of Britain’s new sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) lab, amid fears the overloaded grid could undermine Rishi Sunak’s ambitions for the technology. The Prime Minister is understood to have become personally interested in efforts to secure extra grid capacity for a supercomputing lab in…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Google trials watermark to identify AI images
Image: Google DeepMind Google is trialling a digital watermark to spot images made by artificial intelligence (AI) in a bid to fight disinformation. Developed by DeepMind, Google's AI arm, SynthID will identify images generated by machines.It works by embedding changes to individual pixels in images so watermarks are invisible to the…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Baby monitors and smart speakers enabling domestic abuse, say MPs
Fitness trackers, home security systems and baby monitors are among the devices that MPs warn are enabling the growing issue of tech-enabled domestic abuse. The Culture, Media and Sport Committee says there are on average nine such "smart" products in UK homes. It found they were being used to "monitor, harass, coerce and control" victims…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Apple warns it could shut down apps rather than break encryption
Apple has warned Suella Braverman that it would shut down apps such as FaceTime and iMessage in the UK rather than comply with an order to break encryption. The iPhone maker has told the Home Office that it would refuse to build a secret backdoor into its apps as it labelled government plans to extend…
