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U.S. Treasury details EV tax credit rebate rules
U.S. Treasury details EV tax credit rebate rules
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday issued new guidance on how a $7,500 electric
2023-10-07 00:19
Ocado launches first robotic warehouse in Asia with Aeon
Ocado launches first robotic warehouse in Asia with Aeon
LONDON British online supermarket and technology group Ocado said on Monday its first robotic warehouse in Asia, built
2023-07-10 15:52
EU names Apple, Meta, Microsoft among six 'gatekeepers' facing strict DMA guidelines
EU names Apple, Meta, Microsoft among six 'gatekeepers' facing strict DMA guidelines
On Wednesday, the European Commission designated six "gatekeepers" under the Digital Markets Act: Alphabet, Amazon,
2023-09-07 02:58
Woman says she was forced to change her name after Apple's latest system update
Woman says she was forced to change her name after Apple's latest system update
A new update has meant that Apple users can now say just "Siri" instead of "Hey Siri", but this modification has proven troublesome for one woman who has had to change her name as a result. Siri Price, a 26-year-old personal trainer from Edinburgh is used to having the same name as Apple's voice-activated digital assistant. While Apple's Siri stands for “Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface," the name Siri is also Old Norse and apparently means “beautiful woman who leads you to victory". Since sharing the same name, the old version of the voice assistant would be triggered by saying the words "Hey Siri". “I work in a gym with a lot of people around so everyone learned quite quickly not to say ‘Hey’ when they greet me or there would be a lot of bleeping going on," she told The Sun. “It was annoying but manageable." But now this command is just "Siri," for the voice to be activated so it means people cannot say Siri's name without causing the voice feature to activate on their phones. As you can imagine, Siri is pretty annoyed with this new update. "Now people can’t even say my name. I’m absolutely fuming," she said. "My workmates had to sit down and think of a workaround because people’s phones have been going off non-stop." Consequently, it means Siri has had to come up with a different name for herself - Siz. “I’m sure Apple could have picked something else instead — there’s plenty of people called Siri and their lives have become just unbearable because of this," Siz added. Although Siz is not alone as those with the name Alexa possibly have similar feelings as their name is also the name of Amazon's virtual assistant. When this happened, it resulted in the name dramatically declining in popularity - perhaps due to parents releasing their child may have the same problem as Siri's. Something for tech companies to keep in mind when they're naming their voice assistants... Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-10-06 21:22
The Best Lensbaby Optic Swap Lenses for Creative Photography
The Best Lensbaby Optic Swap Lenses for Creative Photography
Photographers with an artistic eye, as well as wedding and portrait specialists, have likely at
2023-07-01 21:47
Elon Musk jet tracker trolls Twitter owner by joining rival Threads
Elon Musk jet tracker trolls Twitter owner by joining rival Threads
The setbacks just keep coming for Twitter owner Elon Musk. After outages and daily view limits prompted users to flock to other platforms, and Mark Zuckerberg posted his first tweet in 11 years to savagely roast him, the individual behind the ‘Elon Jet’ account has set up a profile on rival app Threads. The text-based social network, run by Instagram, looks to build “an open, civil place for people to have conversations” and was released to the public on Thursday. As is to be expected, Musk isn’t exactly keen on Threads coming along and scooping up disgruntled Twitter users and has already criticised the app over the type of data it may collect from users. But if Zuckerberg isn’t enough of a headache for the businessman (the Tesla founder has challenged the Meta CEO to a cage fight), then a man who set up a Twitter account to track Musk’s private jet - in real-time, using publicly available data – setting up shop on Meta-managed Threads could well be. Jack Sweeney, who managed the account while studying at the University of Central Florida, soon angered Musk over the initiative, as he claimed the tweeting of public information was “becoming a security issue”. Unable to resist a dig at Musk on Threads, Sweeney created a Threads account on Thursday, with his second post (after the initial announcement) reading: “@Zuck will I be allowed to stay?” At the time of writing, @ElonMuskJet has more than 8,300 followers, and Zuckerberg is yet to comment. In January last year, Musk offered Sweeney $5,000 to take down the account, and when the then teenager got back to him asking for $50,000, the free speech “absolutist” went on to block him on Twitter. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Then, as talk continued to build of the tech mogul finally taking over the social media network, Sweeney tweeted in April that the move “doesn’t mean the end of ElonJet”, sharing links to the bot on other platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and Telegram. After buying Twitter in October – to the tune of $44bn – Musk took just two months to suspend the ‘ElonJet’ Twitter account, changing the platform’s rules to prohibit real-time location sharing. In a move which also saw several journalists temporarily banned, Musk tweeted in December: “Any account doxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info. “Same doxxing rules apply to ‘journalists’ as to everyone else.” Sweeney’s account was reinstated on the same day it was banned, with Musk making clear that sharing locations “on a slightly delayed basis” is OK as it “isn’t a safety problem”. It was relaunched as ‘ElonJet but Delayed’, with a 24-hour delay affecting tweets, and remains active on the platform to this day. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-07-06 23:56
Acer Readies One of the First Laptops to Support Wi-Fi 7
Acer Readies One of the First Laptops to Support Wi-Fi 7
If you’re an early adopter of Wi-Fi 7, Acer is preparing to launch one of
2023-05-25 21:29
Adin Ross wows fans as he offers $10K cash to MarkyNextDoor and Sweatergxd, Internet says 'f**king goat'
Adin Ross wows fans as he offers $10K cash to MarkyNextDoor and Sweatergxd, Internet says 'f**king goat'
Adin Ross made headlines with his recent IRL stream where he surprised fellow Kick streamers, MarkyNextDoor and Sweatergxd with a generous cash gift
2023-07-30 17:47
US sues SpaceX, alleges hiring discrimination against asylum seekers, refugees
US sues SpaceX, alleges hiring discrimination against asylum seekers, refugees
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department sued Elon Musk-owned rocket and satellite company SpaceX on Thursday for
2023-08-25 01:59
WhatsApp is testing an AI sticker generator
WhatsApp is testing an AI sticker generator
It seems as though everyone is rushing to use artificial intelligence to pimp their products,
2023-08-16 16:46
South Korea's T1 win record fourth League of Legends world title
South Korea's T1 win record fourth League of Legends world title
South Korean powerhouse T1 swept aside China's Weibo Gaming on Sunday to clinch a record fourth League of Legends world championship, widely considered...
2023-11-19 19:17
FBI steps up search for members of cybercrime group 2 years after announcing it had taken its systems down
FBI steps up search for members of cybercrime group 2 years after announcing it had taken its systems down
The FBI has stepped up its search for members of a multimillion-dollar cybercrime group more than two years after the bureau and its European allies announced they had taken down the group's computer systems, according to newly unsealed court documents reviewed by CNN.
2023-09-23 02:15