Technology News for Wednesday 15th January 2025

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Jan 15th 2025

1. New Year Deals come to PlayStation Store

Domain: blog.playstation.com

You can enjoy steep discounts on a variety of titles, including Gran Turismo 7 25th Anniversary Digital Deluxe Edition, Hitman World of Assassination, The Crew: Motorfest Deluxe Edition and many more.

2. New Vantage Roadster: Engineered for real drivers, designed for open air thrills

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Highly anticipated new Vantage Roadster, most potent front-engine, rear-wheel drive sports car now available with open-air driving; Technical reinvention of the Vantage Coupe in 2024, is carried over into Vantage Roadster, including industry-leading ...

3. Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday of the year addresses a whopping 161 vulnerabilities

Domain: cyberdaily.au

Typically, patches provide protection by blocking malicious files upon receipt of a malicious email attachment, rather than preventing a malicious attachment from being sent in the first place, since an attacker is free to send whatever they like from any ...

4. Amazon to relaunch Alexa as an AI agent: Report

Domain: thehindu.com | Companies: Amazon

Rohit Prasad, Amazon's head of artificial general intelligence (AGI) said that the revamp was still facing technical challenges like hallucinations and latency.

5. CII: Tech Savvy Teaching: Unleashing Your Creative Side with AI Generative Tools

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Jan 15. Wednesday, Jan 15, 7:00am - 8:00am. Virtual. Participants will explore the definition of AI, discover examples of popular AI tools, review ethical considerations and best practices, and gain insight into the art of prompt engineering to ...

6. Phishing campaign targeting iPhone users; CSA warns against replying to unknown iMessage senders

Domain: straitstimes.com | Companies: Apple

SINGAPORE - Apple iPhone users should not reply to messages from unknown senders, amid a phishing campaign targeting those who use the tech giant's iMessage app. The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) said in an advisory on Jan 15 that cyber ...

7. Now you can have a human-like chat with your know-it-all Mercedes

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The MBUX voice assistant feature in Mercedes-Benz cars is being upgraded with an AI-driven capability to answer questions in a conversational style. It allows the driver or passenger to ask various general knowledge questions and get up-to-date answers ...

8. What to know about RedNote, the Chinese app that American TikTokkers are flooding

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Icons for the apps Xiaohongshu and TikTok on a phone screen. Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, called RedNote in English, is attracting scores of Americans ahead of TikTok's potential shutdown in ...

9. Critical ocean current has not declined in the last 60 years, AMOC study finds

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Earth, being 71% covered in water, is influenced by the ocean and its movements. In the Atlantic Ocean, a system of connected currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), moves water throughout the world's oceans powered by ...

10. Striving for open-source and equitable speech-to-speech translation

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US technology company Meta has produced an AI model that can directly translate speech in one language to speech in another. Two scientists discuss the technical feats and ethical questions that underpin this advance in machine translation.

11. Meta's new AI model can translate speech from more than 100 languages

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Typically, translation models for speech use a multistep approach. First they translate speech into text. Then they translate that text into text in another language. Finally, that translated text is turned into speech in the new language.

12. How to watch SpaceX launch Starship live from Boca Chica today: See times, schedule

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What time is the SpaceX launch today? See Starship 7th test flight schedule. The timelines for Wednesday's countdown to launch and the test flight remain the same as originally scheduled, the aerospace company confirmed. All ...

13. Mark Zuckerberg warns Meta staff of 'intense year' ahead as he announces low performers will be cut

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Mark Zuckerberg is targeting Meta's low performers. In an internal memo announcing staff cuts, the CEO told employees to prepare for an “intense year.” Mark Zuckerberg is raising the bar for Meta employees, telling them to expect an “intense year” in ...

14. SpaceX launch postponed: Starship's 7th test flight delayed to Wednesday. See schedule

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Why was the launch delayed, and what's the new schedule? Here's what we know. Why did SpaceX reschedule the Starship launch? SpaceX posted the new launch date on X Saturday evening, the ...

15. Bloomberg reports that Meta will lay off 5% of staff

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News reports say that social media company Meta Platforms is planning to cut 5% of total staff this year by terminating staff based on performance and hiring new workers to replace them. Bloomberg News reported that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the ...