Norway fines huge rare earth deposit
Could reduce dependence on China
Mining firm Rare Earths Norway has discovered Europe's largest confirmed deposit of highly sought-after rare earth elements.
Firefox defects to Moscow
Putin made us an offer we could not refuse
Big Cheeses at the Mozzarella Foundation, the open saucy entity behind the web browser Firefox, are assisting Tsar Putin’s censors.
Alexa, are you OK?
Amazon having difficulty gettting an AI upgrade on Alexa
Amazon’s Alexa, which is arguably the most advanced of the voice assistants, is having difficulties with its generative AI transformation.
Windows Recall put on hold
Not tonight Josephine
Software King of the World, Microsoft has slammed the brakes on the launch of its “Windows Recall” AI feature after shedloads of complaints about security.
Apple scores good AI deal with OpenAI
Please give it to use for free while we work out a way to do you over
While Microsoft had to pay $10 billion for its OpenAI deal, the fruity cargo cult Apple seems to be getting it for free.
Intel faces battle with foreign-backed patent trolls
Gaming the system
Chipzilla is entangled in “patent troll” legal cases with the trolls backed by third-party financiers or owned by hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, and other sophisticated investors.
Taking the stress of call centre operators with an AI shield
SoftBank has developed AI voice-conversion technology to reduce call centre operators' psychological stress by altering the voices of angry customers to sound calmer.
Dutch spooks warn about Fortinet VPN hack
Some users might still be vulnerable
Cyber attackers, believed to be working for the Chinese government, breached over 20,000 VPN devices sold by Fortinet by exploiting a critical vulnerability that remained undisclosed by the company for a fortnight post-repair.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 isn't 309GB
… well not typically
Activision has clarified that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 isn't 309GB after all – or at least, you can download the guts of it for less.
You have not sold your soul
Following a huge backlash, Adobe made it crystal clear in their latest blog post that they're not going to use your creative masterpieces to train their AI.