Gemini Starts Making Calls For Customers Google is testing a Gemini feature that can telephone businesses, ask questions and arrange bookings on a customer’s behalf, potentially saving people time while requiring businesses to decide how they handle conversations with an AI assistant. What Is Google Testing? The feature, called Call for Me, allows Gemini to
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Starlink Satellites Become A ‘Planetary Barometer’ Astronomer Dr Tony Phillips is using satellite tracking data to monitor changes in Earth’s upper atmosphere, turning Starlink and other satellite fleets into an unexpected measuring tool that could help explain the conditions affecting spacecraft hundreds of kilometres above us. Why Watch Satellites Sink? Satellites may appear to travel
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Microsoft Gives Copilot Coding And An Always-On Agent Microsoft has announced a redesigned Copilot app that can build software and keep working while users are away, bringing AI further into everyday business operations while raising questions about permissions, costs and responsibility when delegated work goes wrong. What Is Changing? The new experience brings together Home,
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AI Boom Could Leave An E-Waste Trail Around Earth The expansion of AI could leave enough retired electronic equipment to fill shipping containers stretching six times around Earth, according to a new report warning that the technology’s environmental footprint extends far beyond electricity and water consumption. What Has The Report Found? The Basel Action Network
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Video Update : How To Use ChatGPT Directly In Your M365 Apps From tackling an awkward Excel formula to improving a Word document, here’s how to bring ChatGPT into your Microsoft 365 apps and put it to work on the task in front of you.
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Tech Tip : Give Vaguely Named Emails A Useful Subject If important emails arrive with unhelpful subjects such as “Hello” or “Update”, classic Outlook lets you rename them, making them easier to identify and find later. Why Is This Useful? Adding a customer name, project reference or invoice number gives the message a more meaningful
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AI Chatbot Blunder Almost Sparked US–China Clash An AI chatbot’s false assessment of a Chinese ship’s cargo reportedly prompted US military preparations to intercept the vessel, exposing how unchecked AI output can influence dangerous decisions when it is presented as trusted intelligence. What Happened? According to a CNN investigation, the incident occurred during the spring
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Huawei Predicts A 100,000-Fold Surge In AI Use Huawei predicts that global AI token consumption will grow 100,000-fold by 2035, with autonomous agents generating over 90 per cent of the associated traffic, raising questions about the infrastructure, energy and oversight needed to turn that activity into useful work. What Has Huawei Announced? The Chinese technology
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Apple Watch AI Raises Eavesdropping Concerns Lawyers in four US states have raised concerns that new Apple Watch features could breach eavesdropping laws, questioning whether turning conversations into AI-generated text requires everyone’s permission even when no playable audio recording is retained. Why Are Lawyers Concerned? The debate centres on Siri Recap, which creates AI summaries
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Researchers Listen To Headphones From 30 Metres Away Researchers have demonstrated a way to recover audio playing through headphones from up to 30 metres away, revealing how confidential conversations could leak through everyday electronics even when the software carrying them uses encryption. How Does The Attack Work? The technique, called InjectEave, was developed by researchers
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