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Expert witness in Lords police tech inquiry welcomes committee’s findings but questions whether its recommendations on how to end the ‘Wild West’ of police artificial intelligence and algorithmic technologies in the UK would be implemented By Sebastian Klovig Skelton , Senior reporter Published: 12 Apr 2022 12:00 Artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Sandra Wachter says that …

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Being authentic, finding a support network and talking to strangers in airports were just some of the pieces of advice given at the 2022 everywoman in tech forum By Clare McDonald, Business Editor Published: 12 Apr 2022 10:15 How increasing diversity and inclusion in an organisation contributes to business benefit is a question commonly asked …

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As convenience goes, wireless charging can’t be beat. You simply drop your phone onto the charging surface and walk away. Gone is the headache of managing cables that inevitably break or get lost. Wireless charging has not only improved as a technology, but it’s also been adopted by most major phone makers, including Samsung, LG, …

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Sultim Tsyrendashiev The original 1993 Doom, the progenitor of nearly three decades of shooters, is still very much alive and kicking. The game has been ported to more or less every platform imaginable, but it’s more than just a meme. Thanks to the widely-available source code of the classic game, community mods like Brutal Doom …

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Power users have abused browser tabs ever since browser tabs became a thing. But modern browsers eat memory like some kind of Japanese folkloric demon, and thus need some way of semi-automatically managing a user’s tendency to open tabs and leave them open. Such is the case with the latest version of Microsoft’s Edge browser, …

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Discord has grown to become the most popular communication app for gamers, allowing you to text, have voice or video calls, and even screen share while you play games. If you and the squad want to stay synced while dropping in hot during a game of Apex Legends, Discord gives you that real-time communication you …

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Michael Crider/IDG There are a lot of reasons to hold off on upgrading from Windows 10 to 11, but the downgrades Microsoft made to the taskbar seem to be a particular sticking point for many users. If you’re waiting for the ability to move the taskbar around to the side or top of your screen… …

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In brief: In April 2021, the European Commission found Apple in violation of EU competition rules after investigating the company’s alleged gatekeeping of the App Store. This year, the case against it may grow with additional antitrust charges and sweeping regulations that will force significant changes in the way Apple operates in the region. European …

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What just happened? China’s months-long pause on granting video game licenses has ended after it approved XD Inc title ‘Party Star’ on April 8. The country’s regulators had not handed over a game monetization license since July last year, just before China restricted the amount of time under-18s are allowed to play games to just …

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In brief: It looks like AMD is indeed preparing to launch refreshed RDNA 2 graphics cards with faster GDDR6 memory in the coming weeks. The new models will land at a time when GPU availability and pricing are improving, so it’s possible the company may be able to avoid holding yet another pager launch. The …

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