Tag: Google
Google means business with aggressively priced Pixel 6 range
Google has unveiled its latest Pixel 6 smartphone range, containing the tech giant's first self-designed computer chip and designed to compete with more expensive rivals from brands such as Apple and Samsung. The Pixel 6 contains Google's "Tensor" processor, which it says runs AI-systems for everything from the camera to translation, voice and image recognition…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Ransomware biggest business threat, says NCSC
Lindy Cameron, NCSC. Image: NCSC Ransomware is "the most immediate danger to UK businesses" according to the head of Britain's National Cyber Security Centre, who added that victims paying up were sustaining the criminal enterprise. Delivering the opening keynote speech at Chatham House's cyber conference, Lindy Cameron said there had been…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Raspberry Pi seals $45m investment
The organisation behind Britain's bestselling personal computer - the Raspberry Pi - has sealed a $45m (£33m) investment after demand surged during the pandemic. The trading arm of the Raspberry Pi Foundation has offloaded stakes to Lansdowne Partners and the Ezrah Charitable Trust in a move that values the operation at around $500m. The foundation is…
Tech Digest daily round up: Skip ‘Hey, Google’ with Quick phrases
“Quick phrases” is a new feature currently under development for Google Assistant that could one day let you skip having to say “Hey, Google” for common phrases like “What time is it?” or “Turn the lights on,” 9to5Google reports. The feature is yet to be officially announced, and it’s unclear when it might launch or exactly which…
REVEALED: Top 20 companies which collect most data
In light of Google pushing its Chrome cookie ban to 2023, a brand new study by pCloud has researched the websites with the most cross-site trackers to analyse which popular businesses are tracking you. When you browse from website to website, cross-site trackers follow you, collecting data on where you’ve been and what you’ve done. This…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Vodafone to bring back roaming charges
Vodafone has become the second UK mobile company to reintroduce roaming charges for users travelling in Europe. From January, new and upgrading customers will be charged at least £1 a day to use their mobile phone in EU destinations, on several tariffs. It follows similar plans from rival EE, announced in June. Initially, all operators…
Tech Digest daily round up: Tech firms alter return-to-work plans
Big tech firms are altering their return-to-work plans for employees, as Covid-19 cases rise in the US - with some stipulating that staff working in the office must be vaccinated. Google announced that it would delay a return to the office until 18 October. The company joined Facebook in saying it would require US workers…
Tech Digest daily round up: Alexa to get male voice, Ziggy
Amazon is rolling out a brand new voice for Alexa that will give users a more masculine option over the assistant’s default voice, and it even comes with its own new wake word. Named Ziggy, this deeper-voiced alternative has certainly been a long time coming for Alexa compatible devices. Much like the celebrity voices of Shaquille O’…
Charity develops smart speaker tool for product recalls
A new development for smart speakers could help to prevent fires in UK homes. The add on, compatible with Google Home and Alexa, will inform users, when prompted, if a manufacturer has issued a product recall. The response rate to electrical product recalls in the UK is typically low mainly due to products not being…
Tech Digest daily round up: Top journalists ‘targeted with phone malware’, reports claim
Rights activists, journalists and lawyers around the world have been targeted with phone malware sold to authoritarian governments by an Israeli surveillance firm, media reports say. They are on a list of some 50,000 phone numbers of people believed to be of interest to clients of the company, NSO Group, leaked to major news outlets.…
