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Let’s be clear: Generative AI needs limits, and needed them years ago

Even at its relatively undeveloped stage, generative AI is causing serious harm with effectively zero repercussions for the perpetrators.

AR: Helping retailers with shopper loyalty

Implementing customer-centric experiences with AR will help differentiate retailers in a crowded market, strengthening consumer relationships with brands and keeping customer loyalty.

The future of farming: John Deere, robots, AI, and space

In January 2024, John Deere announced a partnership with SpaceX to help connect farmers and allow for full command of precision agriculture and automated systems.

Can Dune teach us how to tackle AI?

Perhaps we should aim our concern not at the technology itself but at the people best placed to misuse it.

Hiring managers love AI skills

Candidates with basic knowledge in an area can now compete with more experienced applicants if they have AI skills.

Cybersecurity in 2024: The Midnight Blizzard breaches

Even with advanced external defences, vulnerabilities within can provide a gateway for cybercriminals.

AI doesn’t want to steal your job; it wants to help with your chores

Ultimately, AI may not be here to steal our jobs. Its most interesting and useful application may well be as a household helper,

Exploring Bitcoin scaling solutions: Is the cypherpunk dream dead?

With the first US bitcoin ETF approvals behind us, GlobalData analyst Edward Bickerton takes stock of whether Bitcoin can become the peer-to-peer electronic cash system it set out to be.

The dark side of the metaverse

Police in the UK are currently undertaking the first investigation of its kind in the UK: the sexual assault in the metaverse of a girl under the age of 16.

The paradox of Big Tech profits amid tech layoffs

Despite the S&P 500 reaching historic heights and the Nasdaq mounting, the executives have shaken the industry by parting ways with tech-savvy employees.