Tag: Chat GPT
Apple makes payments over ‘slowing down’ iPhones, 2023 worst year ever for cyber attacks
The payouts to US customers will be restricted to owners of the iPhone 6 Apple has begun making payments in a long-running class action lawsuit over claims it deliberately slowed down certain iPhones in the US. Complainants will receive a cut of a $500m (£394m) settlement which works out to around $92…
Family of plunge victim sue Google over Maps, US authors sue Chat GPT
Philip Paxson and his wife Alicia Google is being sued by the family of a man who drove off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps. The family of Philip Paxson are accusing the tech giant of negligence, claiming they had been informed the bridge had been collapsed for five years…
ShinyShiny: TikTok boss faces grilling at US congressional hearing
Bruising, damaging, relentless. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced four-and-a-half hours of questioning at a US congressional hearing on Thursday. As one congressman pointed out, some people run marathons quicker than that. Mr Chew will certainly be feeling it, after a torrid time giving evidence. Many tech execs have stood before Congress, and they often…
ShinyShiny snippets: US vinyl sales overtake CDs for first time since 1980s
Vinyl record sales outperformed CDs in the US for the first time since 1987, according to a new report. Just over 41 million vinyl records were sold in 2022, to the tune of $1.2bn (£.99bn). Only 33 million CDs were sold, amounting to $483m. It was the 16th consecutive year of growth for record sales, about…
ShinyShiny snippets: Children as young as 9 exposed to online porn
Children are being exposed to online pornography from as young as nine, according to a study for the children's commissioner for England. A quarter of 16-21-year-olds first saw pornography on the internet while still at primary school, it suggests. By the age of 13, 50% had been exposed to it. The findings have been linked…