Revealed: Facebook is allowing the sale of rich Brits’ data in open groups for as little as 16p July 11, 2022 Social media giant Facebook is allowing the sales of thousands of peoples personal data to take place in open groups with tens of thousands of members for as little as 16p. Favoured by hackers and scammers, posts advertising data sets such as “UK Old Age High Income Leads” went seemingly unnoticed on the site. The [...]
Joining the dots: Interoperability and the metaverse October 27, 2022 Christopher Eklund, Senior Associate with Reed Smith takes a look at how interoperability can help the metaverse evolve for everyone.
Inside the techno-optimist cult influencing OpenAI’s Sam Altman November 24, 2023 If the Control Altman Delete and Undo saga demonstrated anything it was the tussle between AI development evangelists and prudent pro-regulation developers.
How the metaverse will change the world July 22, 2022 Crypto AM's Jonny Fry examines the metaverse and how he believes it will revolutionise virtually all aspects of human endeavour.
Britain badly needs a godfather of AI regulation, but we’ll never be able to afford him (or her) May 4, 2023 The so-called Godfather of AI has quit Google over fears of the technology. He’s the kind of person who should be designing our laws - if we could afford him.
Retail investors snap up US bargains amid market turbulence March 2, 2022 Retail investors piled into US equities in the past week as they looked for bargains amid the market turmoil sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Facebook owner says encryption of all messaging services not until 2023 November 21, 2021 The rollout of encrypted messaging will not be completed until some point in 2023, Facebook’s owner has said, after fears such a move could put children at greater risk of exploitation and abuse. Meta, which owns the social networking giant as well as the messaging service WhatApp, said it is taking time to “get this [...]
Gucci plots metaverse as it snaps up virtual real estate in The Sandbox February 10, 2022 Luxury fashion house Gucci is launching into virtual reality with plans to build its own metaverse on digital real estate platform The Sandbox
How To Know Layoffs Are Coming And What To Do About It February 2, 2023 If recent headlines are anything to go by, the future of the tech industry isn’t as secure as we once thought it was. Mass layoffs at Stripe and Meta closed out 2022, and in January alone, Google’s parent company announced it plans to shed 12,000 of its workforce, while Amazon has decided to cut 18,000 [...]
Next generation could spend 10 years in metaverse as industry booms April 19, 2022 The next generation could spend up to 10 years in virtual realities over the course of their lifetime, new research has revealed.