Overprescribing can take a toll on older peoples’ health and independence – here’s what can be done
The majority of people who take multiple medications each day are aged over 65 . Taking multiple prescription drugs is not necessarily a problem. But it can become problematic when a medicine is overprescribed . This…
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Meta unveils new £319 camera-free smartglasses in bid to shake ‘pervert’ label
The launch comes at a time of intense public scrutiny for the smart glasses category, which has faced significant backlash over privacy concerns and illicit filming incidents – frequently earning the derogatory moniker…
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Talk of AI in KDE sets the community ablaze
There may be no survivors.* Last weekend was KDE's annual Akademy conference and it included a presentation proposing an AI-native KDE . We noted that it seemed likely to polarize the audience. It looks like this was a…
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Huawei is positioning itself as a viable alternative to big US tech companies. Can it pull it off?
Many of the top executives in the company have come up from an engineering background and it feels apparent in the highly technical announcements made at the conference. Beneath the technological developments and…
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Forget to turn on your VPN? Opera's free browser VPN now does it for you on public Wi-Fi
The company's free, built-in VPN for desktop can now turn itself on when you connect to a public or unsecured Wi-Fi network. The feature is opt-in, so you'll need to enable it in settings first, and it's rolling out to…
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Bose Open Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) vs Open Ultra Earbuds: What’s new?
Although we’re yet to review the second gen pair, we have compared its specs to the originals and noted the key differences – plus any noteworthy similarities – between the two below. Read on to see what separates the…
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Why did an OpenAI system hack Australia's health system - and can it be stopped in the future?
But why did it take the government months to discover what happened - and could it happen again? What was hacked and why did it take Australia so long to realise? The hack was carried out by an AI agent - an autonomous…
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Meta puts its AI assistant on a keychain
The Meta chief used the company’s annual Connect event at its Silicon Valley headquarters to announce Muse Charm, a small pendant-like device that fits on a keychain and is activated by a fingerprint sensor. The device…
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Oracle cites force majeure over New Mexico data centre, Bloomberg reports
The notice went to the project’s developer, a unit of investment firm Blue Owl Capital. Companies usually cite force majeure to escape contract duties when events beyond their control get in the way. According to…
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“Supply chains are at risk”: O-ID raises $1.2m for modular humanoid robots
The angels include the founders of Humanoid Guide, who were early investors in the robotics company 1X. O-ID will use the money to move its first robot from prototype to production. It is preparing to place robots on…
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