Content: AI, Old Tech, Social Media, Streaming, Security, Software & EV Cars.
Welcome to todays ‘What’s New’ in tech. A roundup of key subjects you should probably know about listed below for your ease of access. If you think we’ve missed a story please email us on queries@ringingtreeit.co.uk and we’ll endeavour to add it.
AI:
Would having an AI boss be better than your current human one? | 3 Minute Read
“The AI manager helps the agency’s employees, who work flexible hours remotely, to set their schedules and plan their workloads in advance.”
AI drives 48% increase in Google emissions | 3 Minute Read
“The AI manager helps the agency’s employees, who work flexible hours remotely, to set their schedules and plan their workloads in advance.”
Cloudflare debuts one-click nuke of web-scraping AI | 2 Minute Read
“Cloudflare on Wednesday offered web hosting customers a way to block AI bots from scraping website content and using the data without permission to train machine learning models.”
Peloton faces lawsuit over claims it pedaled past privacy | 2 Minute Read
“Chat widget allegedly fed data to third party, which used it to train AI without telling customers”
Old Tech:
Japan declares victory in ‘war’ on floppy disks | 2 Minute Read
“It’s taken until 2024, but Japan has finally said goodbye to floppy disks.”
Social Media:
India’s X alternative Koo to shut down services | 2 Minute Read
“Millions of social media users in India are stranded after homegrown microblogging platform Koo, which had branded itself as an alternative to X, announced it was shutting services.”
Streaming:
Fox set to launch free Netflix rival in UK | 3 Minute Read
“Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corporation is entering the UK’s highly competitive free, ad-supported video streaming market.”
Security:
Ticketmaster warns customers to take action after hack | 3 Minute Read
“Ticketmaster customers in North America have been sent emails warning them to take action after the company was hacked in May.”
Latest Ghostscript vulnerability haunts experts as the next big breach enabler | 3 Minute Read
“There’s also chatter about whether medium severity scare is actually code red nightmare”
Scammers double-scam victims by offering to help recover from scams | 3 Minute Read
“Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission has warned that scammers are targeting scam victims with fake offers to help them recover from scams.”
Software:
Users rage as Microsoft announces retirement of Office 365 connectors within Teams | 2 Minute Read
“Microsoft has thrown some enterprises into a spin after confirming that, with only a few months’ notice, Office 365 connectors within Teams will be cut.”
Epic accuses Apple of foul play over iOS access, wants EU to show DMA red card | 2 Minute Read
“Apple has twice unfairly blocked Epic Games from opening its iOS app portal in the EU, the Fortnite maker claims, and thus is in violation of the continent’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).”
Apple reverses course to approve Epic Games Store on iOS in EU | 2 Minute Read
“Apple performed an abrupt U-turn over the weekend to approve the Epic Games Store in the European Union.”
EV Cars:
EV world in serious trouble if China cuts off rare earth materials | 3 Minute Read
“China tightening its stranglehold on rare earth elements (REEs) makes now the perfect time for the automotive industry to start thinking about alternatives for EV motors, but not a single proposed solution appears ready for reality.”
