‘Insane’ amounts of data spurs new storage tech
5 days agoBy Ben Morris, Editor, BBC Technology of BusinessBBCIan Crawford oversees the archiving of Imperial War Museum mediaThe year 2039 might seem like a long way off, but Ian Crawford is…
Q&A: Adalbjorn Thorolfsson on IT project management in Iceland
The Icelandic Project Management Association was founded in 1984 by engineers and, as such, was initially focused on engineering projects. As project management evolved and became used in more sectors,…
My favorite macOS Sequoia feature so far might be the old-timey Mac wallpaper
Enlarge / The classic Mac OS wallpaper in macOS 15 Sequoia mimics the monochrome user interfaces used in System 1 through 6. Apple I'm still in the very early stages…
Want to use Apple’s AI features? You need one of these iPhones
Apple Apple’s WWDC 2024 keynote was one of its biggest in years. Not only did we see some big changes coming to iOS 18, like new ways to customize your…
Solar panels installed in France in 1992 found to retain a remarkable 79% of original output
Why it matters: Solar panels are meant to last for decades, with an estimated operational lifespan of 20 to 40 years. However, their efficiency and the ability to generate power…
Meta to Delay Its Plans of Using EU Users’ Data for AI Training
Meta was planning to use EU users’ data, which is available publicly on Instagram and Facebook, to train its AI models. This would have helped the company understand its language,…
College students on life without a smartphone
Students at Media City’s University Technical College describe their experiences of swapping their smartphones for basic Nokia handsets.The only forms of communication are calls and text messages.The detox is all…
VMware/Broadcom: Prepare for legacy support
Broadcom’s $69bn acquisition of VMware last year follows on from a number of smaller but significant software acquisitions the company has made over the past few years. These all appear…
Google’s abuse of Fitbit continues with web app shutdown
Fitbit Google kills product View more stories Google's continued abuse of the Fitbit brand is continuing with the shutdown of the web dashboard. Fitbit.com used to be both a storefront…
One of the major sellers of detailed driver behavioral data is shutting down
Getty Images One of the major data brokers engaged in the deeply alienating practice of selling detailed driver behavior data to insurers has shut down that business. Verisk, which had…