Eye tracking is big news in 2024. It’s fundamental to the way Apple’s Vision Pro works, enabling a range of different experiences using the headset. Chinese tech company Honor has jumped on the trend, adding eye tracking to the Magic 6 Pro, its new flagship smartphone. It relies on a 3D Time of Flight (ToF) … Leer más
Digital twins are now firmly established in supporting urban management. The city state of Singapore is working on a digital twin of its entire nation. In 2011, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) began developing three-dimensional maps of the nation. GPS Lands Singapore, which provides services to create content for digital twins, approached SLA, proposing working … Leer más
Handheld games consoles have experienced a resurgence in recent years, as demand for gaming on the go continues to grow. At the same time, a brand-new category of AR glasses has emerged, enabling a viewing experience that’s unique to you. With that in mind, why not combine the two into a single gaming setup? That’s … Leer más
More than two-thirds of UK workers knowingly put their organisations at risk by taking unnecessary and inappropriate cyber risks, exposing their employers to data breaches, malware or ransomware infections, financial loss and reputational damage, according to Proofpoint’s 10th annual State of the phish report. Proofpoint said that while the documented incidence of phishing attacks has … Leer más
Modern tablets are incredibly powerful, but I’m often frustrated by their lack of versatility. Technically, they can do everything your smartphone can, but the typing experience feels cumbersome unless you connect a keyboard. Once you do, it might be able to replace your laptop, but only if you don’t care about key travel and the … Leer más
Birmingham City Council’s 2024/25 Budget setting for general fund revenue account report shows the council has set aside £25m this financial year on its Oracle transformation programme. During a meeting held today (27 February), council leaders discussed Birmingham’s Improvement and Recovery Plan (IRP), which sets out the actions necessary to bring about change and restore … Leer más
This year’s spring brings a tempting offer for all those who’ve been dreaming of an Xbox. For three days, every new customer who purchases selected Virgin Media bundles can get an Xbox Series S (worth £250 RRP) at no extra cost or can claim a £200 bill credit. The offer is available between now and … Leer más
Thomson Reuters has been innovating with artificial intelligence (AI) for a number of years. “We launched our very first natural language question answering and search algorithm back in the 1990s and we have been incorporating AI tech into products like Westlaw [a legal research platform] and different search algorithms,” says the company’s chief product officer, … Leer más
It’s just a year since backup product maker Hycu announced R-Cloud, and already it can protect 64 software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. Now, it plans to integrate many more, with AI capable of generating its own connectors from a small amount of information about the SaaS application. “From the start of R-Cloud, we’ve had R-Graph visualisation that can … Leer más
After many years of pushing by the tech industry, smart glasses (and various other forms of techy headgear) are starting to catch on. It’s a trend that, until now, had left me quite skeptical – for one key reason: the design. This is either because they’re obviously ‘smart’, meaning you’re a likely candidate to … Leer más
