The government set out plans in the Autumn Budget 2024 to commission another independent review of the Loan Charge policy that – in its words – will “help bring the matter to a close for those affected whilst ensuring fairness for all taxpayers”. This description was seized on by contractors in scope of the policy…
Interview: Ray McCann, Loan Charge independent review lead Read More »
The Post Office has made interim compensation offers to a number of former subpostmasters affected by a major data breach that was revealed last year. There is still work to be done on cases, but according to a source, some subpostmasters affected by the breach have been offered interim compensation payments by the Post Office.…
Post Office scandal data leak interim compensation offers made Read More »
Google’s newest budget phone is finally ready for release. After an inexplicable delay due to a “component quality issue,” the company has confirmed the Pixel 9a release date: April 10 in the US, Canada, and the UK.The rest of the world will follow shortly after, with launches in Europe on April 14 and select Asian-Pacific…
Pixel 9a will arrive on April 10 missing some of Google’s best AI features Read More »
Microsoft has officially declared war on the password. In a sweeping update affecting more than a billion users, the company is making it clear—it’s time to ditch your Microsoft account password for good. This is just the latest move in Microsoft’s passkey update, which aims to move all users away from the security wyas of…
Microsoft wants you to delete your password and no, it’s not a gimmick Read More »
Google has had a great month when it comes to Gemini AI announcements, beefing up its chatbot across the board. The new Gemini 2.0 Flash experimental model powers better Deep Research features, Personalization, and incredible photo editing features. Also, Gemini got Canvas for improved collaboration with the AI, and Audio Overview, a feature that turns…
Gemini just got live video AI features, while Siri can’t even tell me what month it is Read More »
At the TDX 2025 developer conference in San Francisco, Salesforce executives presented its Agentforce agentic AI technology as a “whole system” approach, where large language models (LLMs) are less significant than a “trinity” of data, applications and agents. Relatedly, they consistently disparage “DIY” artificial intelligence (AI) programmes. Paula Goldman, the supplier’s chief ethical and humane…
Salesforce execs at TDX 25: Agentforce a whole system AI play Read More »
It’s not Apple’s finest hour, as the company is going through one of the most humiliating periods of its recent history. Apple had to admit a few days ago that the smarter Siri it advertised as coming this year to iPhone via Apple Intelligence is delayed indefinitely. It’s unclear how long it’ll take for that…
Forget Apple Intelligence, Siri doesn’t even know what month it is Read More »
The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) final report into the mobile browser market has found innovation is being held back by a lack of competition, which could be limiting growth in the UK. Margot Daly, chair of the CMA’s independent inquiry group, said: “Following our in-depth investigation, we have concluded that competition between different mobile…
Apple slated in CMA mobile browser investigation Read More »
The first foldable iPhone is coming next year, barring some sort of really unfortunate event. After years of covering countless iPhone rumors, I’m comfortable saying that. We’ve reached a point in the rumor phase that precedes the launch of a big iPhone release where we see an increasing number of leaks from sources all saying…
iPhone Fold might look like this quirky new foldable you probably can’t buy Read More »
Google started rolling out a fix for its broken second-generation Chromecast and Chromecast Audio devices on Thursday. The issue temporarily bricked thousands of streaming dongles due to an expired license earlier this week.Here’s what the Google support team said on the Google Nest Community forum: Hey everyone, thank you for your patience while we work…
Google has started rolling out a fix for all the broken Chromecasts Read More »
