LinkedIn suspends AI training using UK user data
The UK’s data watchdog said it raised concerns over LinkedIn’s approach to using UK data to train AI.
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Sky Glass owners complain as TVs won’t turn on
The company has apologised to Sky Glass and Sky Stream customers encountering issues.
Will sustainable aviation fuels take off?
Sustainable aviation fuels work, but can they be made in sufficient quantity to replace fossil fuels?
‘Hunger Games’ studio Lionsgate announce AI video deal
The entertainment giants will allow an AI model to train using its film and TV archives.
News24 Business | Work has begun on Google’s cable linking SA to Aus. – here’s why it’s such good news
Construction has started on the undersea component of Google’s Umoja fibre-optic cable.
MrBeast and Amazon named in lawsuit over Beast Games
The Amazon series offered 1,000 participants the chance to win a cash prize of $5m.
The Plucky Squire: From Pokémon to a page-turning indie hit
How a former Pokémon art director launched a studio and made one of the year’s most anticipated games.
News24 Business | Instagram rolls out teen accounts as scrutiny mounts
Meta Platforms is rolling out enhanced privacy and parental controls for Instagram accounts of users under 18 in a significant overhaul aimed at addressing growing concerns around the negative effects of social media.
Instagram gives parents more control over teen accounts
Meta says parents will be able to “guide” a safer experience – critics say the firm itself should do more.
News24 Business | Jeff Bezos’ backed group to launch investment initiative for SA’s municipal grids
A global organisation backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ climate and biodiversity fund intends to set up a programme to attract investment for South African municipal power grids.
Cristiano Ronaldo hits 1bn social media followers
The huge figure makes the footballer easily the most followed celebrity on the planet.
Stephen Fry: Musk and Zuckerberg have ‘polluted culture’
The broadcaster said the tech bosses’ companies had released “toxic particulates” into cultural life.
News24 Business | UPDATE | Microsoft apps, cloud are recovering after US telecom network issue
Microsoft said customers who use AT&T to connect to its services are seeing their access restored after the telecommunications company rolled back a change to its network.
News24 Business | Tech billionaire makes history with first ‘private’ spacewalk
A pioneering private crew made history Thursday by becoming the first civilians to perform spacewalks, as NASA hailed “a giant leap forward” for the commercial space industry.
Boy arrested over London transport cyber hack
The teenager was arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences and has since been bailed.
Microsoft lays off more gaming staff in new cuts
The Xbox owner announces 650 jobs will go after cutting almost 2,000 earlier this year.
News24 Business | Meet the company that uses AI cameras to manage waste
A Cape Town-based company uses AI-driven cameras that provide data useful for sorting and recycling facilities.
Sony reveals much more expensive and powerful PlayStation 5 Pro
UK gamers will have to shell out £699.99 when the upgraded console launches on 7 November.
News24 Business | EU scores big wins in court cases against Apple, Google
The EU’s top court on Tuesday delivered two major victories in the bloc’s battle to rein in tech giants by ruling against Apple and Google in separate legal sagas with billions of euros at play.
News24 Business | SEE | Huawei seeks to steal spotlight from Apple with tri-fold phone
China’s Huawei Technologies on Tuesday unveiled a R50 000 tri-foldable phone as it seeks to expand its lead in the world’s biggest smartphone market and steal the spotlight from Apple hours after it debuted a new iPhone.
EU court rules Google must pay €2.4bn fine
Google loses its appeal against the fine, handed down for its shopping comparison service.