Steering Group and next year
Phil on AI
Amazon Prime Day [DIH]
What have I been up to
MacMini [DIH]
Smart Plugs -> Octopus (Solar) savings [DIH]
Banking switch [DIH]
Phone and Message blocking on iPhone [DIH]
How to get rid of annoying notifications
Hardware
Over a million recalls for Anker Battry Packs
The fastest USB port on your computer
AI
OpenAI to launch browser to rival Chrome [DIH]
Research reviews and AI [Iain]
Grok and intelligence (or NOT)! [IAIN]
What LLM does Perplexity use [DIH]
Finding a thread in your Perplexity Library [DIH]
Teslas fail the AI test [Iain]
ISO Standard for AI [Iain]
https://www.archai.io [Iain]
Fraudulent music generated by AI [Iain]
Health
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRGNPnVNNCE [Iain]
British entrepreneur championing health AI with Microsoft
Good news on AI test for Prostrate Cancer [Iain]
Apple
Live translation in next release of Apple’s OS
Ditching Siri for another AI offering [DIH]
Apple considers using ChaptGPT or Claude to provide Apple Intelligence [DIH]
Free Mac apps you should consider
Apple pays loads of tax in the UK
PCs and Windows
Different versions of Outlook [Iain]
More Win11 installations than Win10 finally
Why isn’t Windows free? [DIH]
Google slows down YouTube to foil Ad Blockers [DIH]
Twenty years of Google Earth [DIH]
New features for Google messages
Make your Android phone minimal
New Google Photos features coming to iOS before Android
Google Scanner to Drive [DIH]
Making Google Search better ???
Privacy, security etc.
Removing personal info from Google search
Why Passkeys are more secure than Passwords [Iain]
Quishing scams warning: how to spot and avoid dodgy QR codes [Don]
Software
WhatsApp and ads – 1 [DIH]
Moving to Libre Office for a Danish ministry
Discussion
Post Office Horizon Scandal report volume one – BCS response [Iain]