Tag: iCloud
NHS to run AI trial to detect breast cancer, Polestar 7 details announced
Image: MIT A trial using artificial intelligence (AI) in breast cancer screening could lead to a dramatic rise in the number of patients being treated. At present, two radiologists are needed to look at the images from mammograms to ensure accuracy. It is hoped that the AI being trialled will allow…
Which? sues Apple over iCloud sign up, Amazon shuts down Freevee
Consumer rights group Which? is suing Apple for £3bn over the way it deploys its iCloud service. If the lawsuit succeeds, around 40 million Apple customers in the UK could be entitled to a payout. The lawsuit claims Apple, which controls iOS operating systems, has breached UK competition law by giving its iCloud storage preferential…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Microsoft to cut 10,000 jobs
Microsoft will cut 10,000 jobs in the latest round of staff redundancies to hit the tech industry. It will affect up to 5% of its global workforce and cost the business $1.2bn (£972m) in severance and reorganisation costs. Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said that while customer spending had grown during Covid, more people were…
Apple revenue boosted by services, iPhone sales drop
Apple service products such as streaming and cloud continued to make gains while iPhone sales dropped, according to the company’s latest results. The tech giant posted quarterly revenue of $53.8 billion (£44.3 billion) in the three months to June 29, an increase of 1% from the same period in 2018. Net profit fell from $11.5…
Microsoft Office on iPhone/iPad gets iCloud support
It seems that Microsoft is going native - and far from being a rival competitor in a fight to the death is slowly learning to love Apple, as the latest update to MS Word for iOS adds iCloud support. Following the update, users of the Microsoft Office apps will be able to save and back-up…
Is Russia about to outlaw Apple’s iPhone and iPad?
What is going on between Apple and Russia right now? Did Steve Jobs once kick Vladimir Putin's dog or something? First, a giant iPhone statue in St Petersburg that was erected in memory of Jobs was taken down last week after current Apple CEO Tim Cook came out as gay. Now there come reports that…
Apple tightens up its iCloud security
Apple has expanded its use of two-factor verification checks to protect data stored online by its customers, after a massive breach last month that saw thousands of nude celebrity photos stolen from iCloud. The BBC says the move follows suggestions that third-party software had been used to steal the photos. It says that the security…
Google Zeitgeist 2012: Top UK search terms puts Netflix above iPad 3, suggests few know what iCloud does
Google have released their annual Google Zeitgeist list, revealing the most searched for terms in the UK and worldwide across 2012. While the usual list of celebrities feature prominently (the late Whitney Houston topping the list, with royal Kate Middleton…
Apple and Amazon pull over-the-phone password resets
Apple and Amazon have both pulled the ability to reset password information over-the-phone after a high profile tech journalist was hacked, leaving egg on the faces of two of the world's largest tech companies. Wired writer Mat Honan's iCloud account…
TECH PENTATHLON: How to work from home during the London 2012 Olympic Games
Forget the naysayers; the London 2012 Olympic Games are going to be great. Sure, it's been expensive, and some of the organisational stuff has been fluffed slightly, but it's gonna be a hell of a show, with the world's greatest…
