HP customers face 15-minute call wait
Tech giant pushes online support
The maker of printer ink, which is about as expensive as racehorse sperm, has quietly introduced a 15-minute minimum wait time for consumer PC and print customers who attempt to phone its call centre for support.
Apple cries foul as UK regulator threatens mobile browser monopoly
Harms innovation excuse
Fruity cargo cult Apple is again playing the victim, claiming that the UK’s competition regulator’s proposed remedies for the mobile browser market could stifle its "innovation."
US and UK refuse to sign AI declaration at Paris Summit
AI should not be “inclusive and sustainable”
At the landmark AI Summit in Paris, the United States and the United Kingdom diverged from the majority stance by refusing to sign a declaration on “inclusive and sustainable” artificial intelligence, which was endorsed by 60 nations, including France, China, India, Japan, Australia, and Canada.
Meta is only firing fact checkers in US
Fake news only available in countries run by oligarchs
Meta has told the Brazilian government that it doesn't yet have to worry about the end of fact checkers in its country because it is only removing them in the United States.
China overtakes US as a research leader
ASPI tracker reveals
According to the latest results from ASPI's Critical Technology Tracker, China has overtaken the United States as the global leader in research across most critical technologies.
UK plans a phone ban for kids
This will go down well
The UK Parliament is considering new legislation to curb young people's smartphone usage to address growing concerns over children's mental health and digital well-being.
UK might make USB-C default charging standard
Brexit means copying Europe
The British government has now begun a consultation on whether it should follow the EU and India in implementing USB-C as the default charging port for all consumer devices.
UK government needs to do more to sort out AI
House of Lords committee wants more competition and less agreeing with Big Tech
A Lords committee is laying into the government, demanding that market competition in artificial intelligence (AI) be made “an explicit policy objective”.
Sinking Fujitsu axed from UK flood warning system
Post office scandal has knock-on effects
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has given Fujitsu the old heave-ho from providing a flood warning system to the UK, just two months after signing an extension of up to 12 months.
UK facial recognition gamekeeper turns poacher
Fraser Sampson resigns after controversial decision and joins “enemy”
The recently-departed watchdog in charge of monitoring technology in UK has joined the private firm he controversially approved.