Altnets spread wings across UK
The solid uptick in reach of gigabit broadband from the UK’s alternative broadband network supplier sector (altnets) was one of the key trends of 2022, and this has carried...
Quordle today – hints and answers for Friday, December 1 (game #676)
It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus the answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin off. Quordle is the only one of the many...
How Huawei made a cutting-edge chip in China and surprised the US
FT In late 2020, Huawei was fighting for its survival as a mobile phone maker. A few months earlier, the Trump administration had hit the Chinese company with crippling sanctions,...
ChatGPT is one year old. Here’s how it changed the world.
Enlarge / An artist's interpretation of what ChatGPT might look like if embodied in the form of a robot toy blowing out a birthday candle.Aurich Lawson | Getty Images One...
Samsung brings its mobile Internet browser to Windows 11 – but it’ll struggle against Chrome
You may or may not have heard of Samsung’s proprietary browser, Samsung Internet, but it’s quietly been becoming a favorite of many people who use it on their Samsung smartphones....
Sam Altman officially back as OpenAI CEO: “We didn’t lose a single employee”
OpenAI / Benj Edwards On Wednesday, OpenAI announced that Sam Altman has officially returned to the ChatGPT-maker as CEO—accompanied by Mira Murati as CTO and Greg Brockman as president—resuming their...
Government’s Online Fraud Charter welcomed
Consumer affairs and financial services specialists alike have given their backing to new commitments from some of the world’s leading tech and social media platforms to do more to...
Final warning: it’s your last chance to save your old Gmail account from deletion
Got an old Gmail account that you set up a while ago but have forgotten about? It could be worth tracking it down and signing in, because Google will start...
“Make It Real” AI prototype wows devs by turning drawings into working software
Enlarge / A shot of tldraw's "Make it Real" in action, provided by Ashe on X: "Ok...@tldraw is super fun. I iterated through ~10 builds today and it cost me...
Where tech can smooth out the retail returns process
Fashion retailer H&M started to charge customers for online product returns in September 2023. Citing a rise in delivery and processing costs, as well as growing consumer use of...