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digitpatrox2 weeks ago
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“Thinly spread”: Questions raised over UK government’s latest cyber funding scheme

The UK government plans to spend £1.9 million on cyber resilience projects across the country, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has revealed. With planned investment in more than 30 projects, the money will help improve the UK’s cyber resilience for both businesses and consumers, and boost national cyber skills. Some projects set to receive funding include ‘CyberSecurityAId:…
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digitpatrox3 weeks ago
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Answering reader questions about AI, smart glasses, TikTok, and more

As promised, I’ve got a special mailbag issue this week. Thanks to everyone who sent in questions. Like last year, I picked a handful that hit some of the themes I plan to continue covering in 2025. I’m really concerned / worried / curious about the near-term future. Between now and 10 years from now, I think it is very…
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digitpatrox3 weeks ago
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These 6 tech questions were settled in 2024 – Computerworld

The Silicon Valley hype cycle follows a familiar pattern: an emerging technology or tech product or service is hinted at, rumored, leaked, reported on, announced, and then shipped. That’s the cycle for what actually happens. At any point during this cycle, the rumors or leaks might turn out to be wrong. Companies could change their minds, or internal trials might…
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digitpatroxDecember 17, 2024
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You Can Now Ask Questions During Google’s AI Podcasts

Google’s NotebookLM AI podcast tool recently got launched into the mainstream thanks to a collaboration with Spotify Wrapped, but after a recent update, it’s suddenly much more interactive. Now, instead of just sitting back and listening, you can actually join in on the conversation. According to Google, NotebookLM users have already generated “more than 350 years worth of Audio Overviews,”…
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digitpatroxDecember 7, 2024
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Severance’s season 2 trailer teases answers and raises strange new questions

We already knew that the tensions and scares were going to ramp up in season 2 of Severance, and the latest trailer provides a deeper glimpse into what to expect — along with teasing answers to some important (and weird) questions. The show follows a megacorporation called Lumon Industries, which utilizes a new procedure called severance that allows workers to…
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digitpatroxNovember 27, 2024
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All your privacy questions answered – Computerworld

Recall could be a big productivity boost for a lot of workers, helping them dig through all the information they’ve seen on their work PCs. If you also use Discord to chat while working, you could filter out Discord and ensure Recall doesn’t capture anything you say in there while it takes snapshots of all the Word documents, Excel spreadsheets,…
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digitpatroxNovember 19, 2024
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Severed subsea internet cables raise network security questions

Two subsea internet cables in the Baltic appear to have been sabotaged, part of a wider trend that raises concerns about the future reliability of international internet traffic. A 218 km (132 mile) cable between Lithuania and Sweden’s Gotland Island went offline on Sunday morning, with another connecting Helsinki to Rostock in Germany failing early on Monday. The 1,200 km…
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digitpatroxNovember 15, 2024
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NASA’s AI Earth Copilot will take your questions about our planet

NASA is teaming up with Microsoft to create an AI chatbot designed to make it easier to access and understand scientific data about the Earth. The tool, called Earth Copilot, will be able to answer questions about our planet by condensing NASA’s wide swath of geospatial information into easy-to-digest responses. To create the tool, NASA is integrating AI into its…
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digitpatroxOctober 24, 2024
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All Your Couch-to-5K Questions, Answered

We may earn a commission from links on this page. If you’re not a runner, but you’d like to be, the classic way to start is with a couch-to-5K program (available in convenient podcast or printable chart form, or in any of dozens of apps. But we know you’ll have plenty of questions along the way, so here’s what you…
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digitpatroxOctober 2, 2024
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JD Vance avoids January 6th questions by pivoting to Facebook ‘censorship’

A question about whether Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) would challenge the 2024 election results quickly devolved into a fight about censorship and Big Tech during the debate with Democratic candidate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN). “You have said you would not have certified the last presidential election, and would have asked the states to submit alternative electors.…
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