James Laird is a technology journalist with 10+ years experience working on some of the world's biggest websites. These include TechRadar, Trusted Reviews, Lifehacker, Gizmodo and The Sun, as well as industry-specific titles such as ITProPortal. His particular areas of interest and expertise are cyber security, VPNs and general hardware.
Slack’s Redesign Has 6 New Features You’re Actually Going To Love
Slack is getting its biggest overhaul in years and these are the best new features coming to the app
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Google Takes Wildly Different Stances on AI “Deepfakes” and Web Scraping
Google is willing to compensate musical artists for AI reproductions, but believes web content should be fair game, for free.
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New Study Suggests Facebook May Actually Improve Your Mental Health
The review found no evidence linking Facebook to psychological harm, but it's more complicated than that.
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Salesforce Email Hack Used to Bait Facebook Phishing Trap
Emails sent from seemingly genuine "@salesforce.com" accounts targeted Facebook users in high-profile phishing campaign.
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TikTok Now Has Text Posts – And Is Dancing on X (Twitter)’s Grave
TikTok has introduced text posts as the war to succeed X (Twitter) on the microblogging throne takes a fascinating new twist.
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Apple Releases iOS 16.6 Update and It’s All About Security
What's new in iOS 16.6? Not features, but Apple's security focused update is big on peace of mind for iPhone and iPad users
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OpenAI Just Quietly Shuttered Its ChatGPT Plagiarism Tool
OpenAI has pulled its AI Classifier plagiarism detection tool due to low accuracy in determining human vs AI created content.
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Apple Faces $1bn Lawsuit Over iPhone and iPad App Charges
A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of over 1,500 developers, taking aim at Apple's "abusive" commission rates.
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The Next Windows Update You See May Actually Be Ransomware in Disguise
Security researchers have graded Big Head ransomware threat "High" and it spreads using fake Windows Update screens.
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As Threads Hits 100 Million Users, Musk Ramps Up Rivalry
Threads now has over 100 million users and is the fastest growing app ever, even if it still lacks a distinctive identity
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OpenAI, Meta Hit With Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Led by Sarah Silverman
The comedian and author leads a trio of writers suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement
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What is Threads? First Impressions of Meta’s New Twitter Rival
How to use Threads and everything else you really need to know about the new social media app
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What Is The Password Game? Rules, Answers and How To Win
Shortcuts, tips and tricks for beating the soul sapping web password puzzler
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ChatGPT Makes Spotting Fake News Impossible for Most People
Tweets generated by OpenAI's GPT-3 model are so convincing, people can't spot when they promote misinformation.
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OpenAI and Microsoft Hit With $3 Billion Data Theft Lawsuit
Plaintiffs in San Francisco lawsuit allege OpenAI used secretly scraped web data to build its ChatGPT AI models.
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US Patent Office Data Leak Exposes Over 60,000 Applicants
Private addresses included in patent filings made between 2020 and 2023 leaked, with 3% of all applicants affected.
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Latest Coinbase Phishing Scam is a Warning to Everyone
A prominent crypto trader nearly fell victim to a sophisticated Coinbase phishing scam. Here's what you need to know.
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Comcast Orders Staff to Return to Office Four Days a Week
After a year of operating a three day in-office policy, Comcast employees are now being told to be on site four days a week.
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US Remote Workers Earn $8,500 More Than Office Staff
New report sheds light on how salaries for office, remote and hybrid jobs compare across 30 major US cities.
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TCS Loses Female Employees After Back to Office Mandate
The Indian IT giant's latest annual report has revealed an "unusual" spike in women quitting the company.
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Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino Outlines “Twitter 2.0” Vision
After taking over from Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino wants Twitter to become the world's most 'accurate information source'.