Category: Tech
Shiny snippets: Spotify raises prices, Twitter unveils new logo
Spotify is raising the price of its main monthly subscription for the first time in its 15-year history as it comes under pressure to boost payments to the music industry. The streaming service will charge users £10.99 a month for its premium service, up from the £9.99 it has been since launch. The Swedish company…
Artist Luke Jerram unveils giant reproduction of Mars at West London church
Luke Jerram's Mars on display at St John the Baptist Church, Shepherd's Bush, London Certainly one of the more striking projects to appear at this year's Kensington & Chelsea Festival is Mars: War & Peace, the touring artwork by UK artist Luke Jerram. Walking into St John the Baptist Church off…
iPhone users will soon be able to clone their own voice
Thanks to a new iPhone feature that lets anyone clone their voice with no technical chops and little time required, meeting anxiety may become a thing of the past. Announced back in May and now available as part of the public beta for iOS 17, the "personal voice" tool lets my voice read aloud any text whatsoever…
Jaguar Land Rover confirms UK-based gigafactory
Jaguar Land Rover’s owner has confirmed it will invest £4 billion to build a gigafactory in the UK, in a major boost for the British automotive sector and following months of speculation. Tata Group – the Indian conglomerate who have owned JLR since 2008 – said that its investment in the new 40GWh battery plant…
AI will take our jobs, confirms head of UK’s new AI taskforce
Protecting British jobs will be a challenge as artificial intelligence systems become more advanced, the new head of the government's AI taskforce has told the BBC. Ian Hogarth said it was "inevitable" that more jobs would become increasingly automated. The whole world will have to rethink the way in which people work, he added. "There…
Elon Musk launches ‘pro-humanity’ AI startup, xAI
Elon Musk (above) has launched an artificial intelligence startup that will be “pro-humanity”, as he said the world needed to worry about the prospect of a “terminator future” in order to avoid the most apocalyptic AI scenarios. Musk said xAI would seek to build a system that would be safe because it was “maximally curious”…
Twitter receives backing of Taliban!
Twitter has won the support of a big name backer against fast-growing rival Threads - but it's the Taliban. A leader of the hardline Islamist group, which seized power in Afghanistan in summer 2021, said Elon Musk's platform was a tolerant place that allowed freedom of speech to thrive.Anas Haqqani offered his endorsement in a tweet on…
Threads signs up over 100 million users in five days
Threads, the social media app aimed at rivalling Twitter, has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days. The platform, launched by Instagram-owner Meta, has beaten a record set by Open AI's ChatGPT app. Threads went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries, including the UK, last Wednesday.…
5 fields being propelled by the power of 3D printing
The possibilities for 3D printing are immense and cut across various industries. However, certain sectors have been quicker to embrace its potential. Let's delve into five industries that are actively experimenting with 3D printing technology and stand at the precipice of transformation. They're not just dipping their toes in the water, but driving the innovation in this…
Twitter-killer Threads hits 10 million sign ups after 7 hours
Threads, the long-awaited Twitter rival from Meta, has launched - with 10 million people signing up in the first few hours. Built by the firm's Instagram team, it's billed as a home for "sharing text updates and joining public conversations". Its release couldn't be more aggressively timed, coming days after another controversial move by Twitter's incendiary…
