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Parents Fear Children Are Becoming Too Dependent On AI
Half of parents are concerned that their children rely too heavily on artificial intelligence for schoolwork, according to a new Deloitte survey, highlighting growing uncertainty over how schools should prepare young people for an AI-powered future without weakening the thinking and problem-solving skills education is intended to develop. What Did The Survey Find? Deloitte’s latest…
Google Labels AI-Made Ads
Google is introducing new labels that tell users when advertisements have been created or edited using generative artificial intelligence, marking an important step towards greater transparency as AI-generated marketing becomes increasingly realistic and more difficult to distinguish from traditional advertising. What Has Google Changed? The new feature adds a “How this ad was made” section…
ChatGPT Learns To Talk Naturally
OpenAI has launched GPT-Live, a new voice system that allows ChatGPT to listen and speak at the same time, making conversations feel much more natural while laying the foundations for a future in which talking to AI could become more common than typing. A New Way To Talk To AI GPT-Live replaces the turn-based conversations…
Drilling Deeper For Clean Energy
A US clean energy company has raised $134 million to build what it says will be the world’s first commercial superhot geothermal power plant, using microwave technology to reach temperatures far beyond those accessible with conventional drilling in a development that could dramatically expand the role of geothermal energy in a low-carbon future. A New…
Amazon Takes On Starlink
Amazon says it now has enough satellites in orbit to begin commercial broadband services later this year, marking the point at which its long-awaited satellite internet network moves from development into operation and giving businesses, governments and consumers the prospect of meaningful competition to SpaceX’s Starlink. Reaching The Starting Line Amazon has announced that its…
Check If Windows Backup Is Saving Your Settings
Microsoft is making Windows Backup automatically switch on for many Windows 11 devices, so it’s worth checking what is being backed up and deciding whether you’re happy with the setting. What Windows Backup Does Windows Backup, now called Windows settings backup and restore, saves your Windows settings and a list of your Microsoft Store apps…
Pollinger’s Productivity : July 2026
A flood of new models June was relentless. Anthropic shipped Claude Fable 5 – only for it to be ‘banned’ – by the US Government, Moonshot released Kimi K2.7 Code, Zhipu put out GLM-5.2, and right at the month’s end OpenAI unveiled its new flagship GPT-5.6 family – also ‘banned’ by the US Government. To…
Fraud Fears Over New WhatsApp Usernames
WhatsApp’s plan to let people communicate without revealing their phone numbers has run into immediate regulatory opposition in India, turning what began as a new privacy feature into a much wider debate about online anonymity, fraud and how messaging platforms should balance privacy with security. Give Your Username Instead Of Your Phone Number WhatsApp has…
Is The AI Bubble About To Burst?
The artificial intelligence boom has attracted extraordinary levels of investment, transformed technology markets and created expectations of a new era of productivity, but a warning from the world’s leading central bank organisation suggests that the consequences could be felt far beyond the technology industry if financial returns fail to match the hype. Why Are Economists…
Smart Glasses Feature Now Behind Paywall
Meta has introduced a monthly usage limit for one of the most useful features built into its AI glasses, raising wider questions about whether consumers will increasingly have to pay subscriptions to unlock the full capabilities of devices they have already bought. What Has Meta Changed? Owners of Meta AI glasses can now use Conversation…
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