UK Finally Bans TikTok on Government Devices

Bringing the UK into line with the United States and the European Commission and demonstrating the deteriorating relationship between Beijing and Washington, UK will prohibit the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from ministers’ and civil servants’ mobile phones. A few hours after TikTok stated that its owner, ByteDance, had been told by Washington to sell the […]

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Mercedes Pay+ Payment Service Launched in Germany

In Germany, Mercedes introduced its “Mercedes pay+” payment service. Using biometric authentication, the car’s fingerprint sensor in the infotainment system, certain Mercedes models can accept Visa credit and debit cards. For infotainment services, subscribing to in-car services, and unlocking hardware capabilities, Mercedes pay+ is a cardless, wireless payment service that uses biometric authentication. Because the […]

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UK: GenoME gets 1.4-Million Pounds Funding for Cancer Diagnostic Technology

GenoME, a health technology company based in Belfast, has raised 1.4 million pounds for its diagnostics platform for ovarian cancer early detection. The investment comes after the company raised 300,000 pounds in a pre-seed round in 2021, which helped it meet UK regulatory milestones. GenoME will use its new funds to finish testing its technology […]

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Meta Launches New AR and VR Plans

According to reports, Meta intends to launch its first pair of display-equipped smart glasses and a neural interface smartwatch in 2025. In the meantime, the company plans to release its first pair of full-fledged augmented reality glasses in 2027. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has predicted that these glasses will one day be used as much as […]

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Report: After Employees, Google Now Firing Robots

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has now fired robots that cleaned cafeterias at its headquarters, continuing the global layoffs. This occurs just one month after the tech giant laid off 12,000 human workers. According to a report, Alphabet’s “Everyday Robots” project, which is part of Google’s experimental X laboratories, has been halted by CEO Sundar Pichai. […]

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UK HSE to Introduce Regulatory Sandbox for Industrial Safety Technology

As part of its Discovering Safety initiative, the UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) invites technology companies to participate in an Industrial Safetytech Regulatory Sandbox. This initiative was created to investigate how better technology and regulation can enhance safety and risk management in industrial workplaces. Discovering Safety, which is presented in collaboration with the Safetytech […]

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