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Tech Digest daily roundup: Fiat to launch £3000 EV grant for electric 500
Fiat will launch its own EV grant as part of a nationwide incentive to encourage customers to buy its electric cars, making it the first manufacturer to do so. The grant, called Fiat E-Grant, which is immediately available for customers, is worth £3000 and is applicable to purchases of the electric Fiat 500 and Fiat 500C. The Italian…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Half of female gamers suffer abuse while playing
One in 10 women feel suicidal because of the abuse they face while gaming. New research for Sky Broadband shows that of 4,000 female gamers surveyed 49% have faced abuse or harassment when playing or streaming online - rising to 75% of those aged 18 to 24. The levels of harassment are so strong that…
Company Data Breaches: Over 340 million accounts compromised in four months
Exclusive new research by the Independent Advisor shows that over 340 million people have been affected by business data breaches already in the first four months of 2023. The biggest breach to have happened this year is Twitter at the start of the year, impacting 235 million user accounts. The figures come from a new Company Data Breach Tracker launched by the Independent…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Google Pixel Fold will cost whopping £1749!
Google has announced its first folding smartphone, with a market-leading starting price of £1,749. That puts the Pixel Fold well ahead of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4, the world's most expensive foldable handset, which comes in at £1,649. Like its competitor, Google's effort has a familiar smartphone form factor when closed but opens up into more…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Brit pleads guilty to 2020 Twitter hack
A British national extradited to the US last month has pleaded guilty in New York to a role in one of the biggest hacks in social media history. The July 2020 Twitter hack affected over 130 accounts including those of Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Joseph James O'Connor, 23, known as PlugwalkJoe, pleaded guilty to…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Twitter users respond to ‘blue check apocalypse’
Since the beginning of Elon Musk’s reign at Twitter, he’s threatened to remove the legacy verification—signified by a white check in a blue circle beside the account name—that predated his tenure. Musk even set April 1st as the date for the purge, which came and went without any changes, either because of ineptitude or a half-effort…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Pope has Twitter ‘blue tick’ removed
Twitter has finally started removing "legacy" blue ticks from verified accounts, with some of the world's best-known figures losing the verification sign. The Pope, author JK Rowling, football star Cristiano Ronaldo, US rapper Jay-Z, and TV stars Ant and Dec have lost their blue ticks on the social networking site, along with the Conservative and…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Ford launches hands-free driving on UK motorways
Drivers on Britain’s motorways are being allowed to let go of steering wheels for the first time, after the UK became the first European country to approve a hands-free system. Ford said it has been given the go-ahead by the Government to switch on its BlueCruise self-driving technology. The system is only available on the 2023 Ford…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Elon Musk tells BBC owning Twitter has been ‘quite painful’
Elon Musk and James Clayton. Image: BBC Elon Musk has said running Twitter has been "quite painful" and "a rollercoaster", in a last-minute interview with the BBC. The multi-billionaire entrepreneur also said that he would sell the company if the right person came along. The interview, aired live from Twitter HQ,…
Tech Digest daily roundup: AI generated newsreader ‘Fedha’ unveiled in Kuwait
An AI-generated newsreader has been revealed by a media outlet in Kuwait. Kuwait News posted a video to their Twitter account over the weekend showing the computerised anchor introducing "herself" as "Fedha". The AI video showed a blonde woman wearing a black jacket and a white T-shirt. "I'm Fedha, the first presenter in Kuwait who…
