Intel Corporation has just announced Thunderbolt Share, which can link two PCs together in a way that we’ve never seen before. To discover how it works, and what you need, read Tim Danton's explainer, here: https://www.techfinitive.com/explainers/what-is-thunderbolt-share/

🌎 Microsoft has just paid billions of dollars to gain access to an enormous amount of renewable power - and that's just part of its efforts to go carbon-neutral. @tnargeel reports on this story, here 👇

https://www.techfinitive.com/features/microsofts-renewable-energy-plan/

We may never know who hacked the Ministry of Defence, says @happygeek but who cares? It's how they did it that has real-life implications.

https://www.techfinitive.com/who-hacked-the-ministry-of-defence/

On May 4th, devotees of Star Wars greet each other in celebration of the movies. This year, that Saturday is also World Naked Gardening Day. Both sound pretty ridiculous to @happygeek but not as much as May 2nd, World Password Day. Here's why! https://www.techfinitive.com/dear-lord-let-this-be-the-last-world-password-day/

@tnargeel digs behind the truth about ocean-bound plastics to explain why reducing them is a worthy cause - but that we need to treat marketing claims with due scepticism.

https://www.techfinitive.com/features/what-is-ocean-bound-plastic-and-should-you-care/

For the times they are a-changin'…

Oregon’s law will change the current practices of many tech companies.

It is another step forward for
.

New, by me for @TechFinitive

https://www.techfinitive.com/features/parts-pairing-and-the-apple-iphone-16-how-apples-next-phone-will-be-designed-by-oregons-senate/

Samsung vs greenwashing.

Real talk for a better planet needs real action.

New from me on @TechFinitive

https://www.techfinitive.com/opinions/samsung-vs-greenwashing-real-talk-for-a-better-planet-needs-real-action/

The UK’s Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit, with help from international law enforcement agencies including Europol and the FBI, has infiltrated one of the world’s biggest crime-as-a-service platforms.

LabHost, established in 2021, has been used by thousands of criminals, each paying a subscription of up to £300 a month, to launch phishing attacks that replicate everything from banks to healthcare agencies and postal services.

Full story by @happygeek here: https://www.techfinitive.com/uk-police-bust-labhost/

Apple is working on a "low-end iPad" mounted on a robotic arm that can mimic the head movements of FaceTime callers. @bazzacollins reports on this story, here: https://www.techfinitive.com/the-nodding-ipad-is-apples-latest-smart-home-brainwave/

Salesforce’s Einstein Copilot is spreading its wings – the generative AI assistant is now available as part of Tableau.

The beta of Einstein Copilot for Tableau was released this week, bringing natural language queries to the Salesforce data analytics platform.

Dr Jo Best has the story, here: https://www.techfinitive.com/salesforces-einstein-copilot-now-available-on-tableau/

Great new story on @TechFinitive by Tim Danton - a man who is used to getting his hands on laptops.

"Lenovo makes ThinkPad T series laptops magnificently repairable at MWC 2024"

https://www.techfinitive.com/lenovo-thinkpad-t-series-sustainable/

#righttorepair
#sustainability

The incomparable @tnargeel has run a repair shop with his wife in West Yorkshire for over 20 years. He has repaired countless items over that time, but suspects Apple Vision Pro repairs won’t be added to his list.

Here’s why: https://www.techfinitive.com/why-vision-pro-is-a-repair-nightmare-and-apple-probably-doesnt-care/

#righttorepair #sustainability

Barracuda’s newly published Cybernomics 101 report analyses the financial drivers behind the cyberattacks on organisations in the UK, US, France, Germany and Australia.

Shedding a light on these financial forces and profit motives of cybercrime reveals a harsh reality: defending your data is expensive.

Full article, here by @happygeek
https://www.techfinitive.com/cybernomics-report-flags-ransomware-genai-and-people-as-three-big-threats/

#ransomware

25 years ago, celebrated horror director David Cronenberg made Existenz the ickiest version of virtual reality you've ever seen. Richard Trenholm Knightwell revisits it in his latest FlashForward edition, here: https://techfinitive.substack.com/p/an-xbox-made-from-skin-and-bone

Samsung Electronics is betting on AI to reclaim the smartphone market top spot from Apple. And it’s all thanks to Galaxy AI, a collection of business-friendly artificial intelligence features coming to the new S24 range.

Highlights include real-time two-way translation on phone calls, built-in transcription and instant summaries of meeting notes. Who wouldn’t be tempted?

Richard Trenholm Knightwell summarises everything you need to know, here: https://www.techfinitive.com/samsung-galaxy-ai-brings-business-benefits-too/

#galaxys24

Think that playing games is a waste of time? Bensen Koh disagrees, pointing out that the games we play might say much about the way we will work in the future.

Whenever Bensen pens an opinion article at TechFinitive, we know we are in for a treat. This one is no different. Have a read below: https://www.techfinitive.com/opinions/what-five-gaming-trends-tell-us-about-the-post-ai-future-of-work/

#futureofwork #technology

We used Midjourney to generate more than 200 images of people at work. The images were bold and sometimes beautiful but, as Nicole Kobie explains, they also highlight problems that continue to plague generative AI.

https://www.techfinitive.com/features/what-200-job-images-reveal-about-bias-in-ai/

#midjourneyart #midjourney #generativeart #generativeai

Acer's new environment-centric strategy is genuinely interesting with many innovative developments poised to expand into new markets.

However, in this new @TechFinitive article, I have a couple of questions...

#sustainability
#righttorepair
#greenit
#techsustainability
#ewaste

https://www.techfinitive.com/features/how-acer-conscious-technology-is-leading-the-way-for-green-pc-manufacturers/

ChatGPT was as important as the launch of the iPhone, and the last time a moment like that upended the tech industry, it wasn’t great news for the previous incumbents – companies like Blackberry and Nokia.

And though the rise of AI might expose a weakness of Apple, its integration between hardware and software is reason enough for James O'Malley to remain bullish.

Read the full article, here: https://www.techfinitive.com/features/why-im-still-betting-on-apple-in-the-era-of-ai/

Intel Corporation has released a new series of Core Ultra processors with dedicated neural processing units (NPUs), which it claims heralds the dawn of the AI PC.

How will Intel’s AI PCs help you work smarter? You'll have to read Barry Collins piece here, to find out: https://www.techfinitive.com/how-will-intels-ai-pc-help-you-work-smarter/