Tag: HMD
Telegram refuses to join child protection schemes, Barbie flip phone goes on sale
The BBC has learned that Telegram - the messaging app service whose boss has been arrested in France - refuses to join international programmes aimed at detecting and removing child abuse material online. The app is not a member of either the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) or the Internet Watch Foundation…
HMD becomes official smartphone partner of FC Barcelona
HMD is to become FC Barcelona's official smartphone partner. The company will support the men's club and Barcelona Femeni, the women's team. The announcement also revealed that teams from other sports will be involved in the partnership, including basketball, futsal, handball and roller hockey. Announced on the Human Mobile Devices (HMD) and FC Barcelona social…
Wired publisher Conde Nast signs deal with OpenAI, driverless vehicles trialled in Highlands
Vogue, Wired and GQ publisher Conde Nast has done a multi-year deal with OpenAI. The artificial intelligence company announced the partnership on Tuesday, saying ChatGPT and its prototype tool SearchGPT would display content from "top brands like Vogue, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler, GQ, Architectural Digest, Vanity Fair, Wired, Bon Appétit, and more". In June, OpenAI…
HMD to create ‘dumbphones’ for children, Spotify confirms ‘hi-fi audio’ – again
As part of The Better Phone project, phone manufacturer HMD is creating a 'dumbphone' as a low-tech alternative to a smartphone to give parents control over their child’s screen time and social media use. The aim is to preserve the mental health of the next generation with a phone parents have co-created to protect their…
Sony planning two-lens Google Glass AR rival?
A freshly-uncovered patent suggests that Sony may be planning on launching their very own wearable computer to rival Google Glass glasses. A continuation patent for a "head-mounted display (HMD) apparatus", filed in November 2012, it looks as though Sony are…
