Aitchison Insights
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Just observations and interesting links on Tech, innovation, AI and IT industry. May be sarcastic and cynical at times. Independents views. Not associated with or representing any brand, company or employer.
One to watch. Specific focussed use cases and experimental only but still… gulp.
As they say at the fairground, scream if you wanna to go faster.
Or if you don’t.
Doesn’t matter. It’ll all get much much faster anyway.
blog.google/technology/r...
As they say at the fairground, scream if you wanna to go faster.
Or if you don’t.
Doesn’t matter. It’ll all get much much faster anyway.
blog.google/technology/r...
Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip
Our new quantum chip demonstrates error correction and performance that paves the way to a useful, large-scale quantum computer.
blog.google
December 9, 2024 at 9:55 PM
One to watch. Specific focussed use cases and experimental only but still… gulp.
As they say at the fairground, scream if you wanna to go faster.
Or if you don’t.
Doesn’t matter. It’ll all get much much faster anyway.
blog.google/technology/r...
As they say at the fairground, scream if you wanna to go faster.
Or if you don’t.
Doesn’t matter. It’ll all get much much faster anyway.
blog.google/technology/r...
Is RTO really a headcount reduction move? finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-...
Amazon employees are ‘rage-applying’ as its return-to-office mandate looms—experts say that’s exactly what CEO Andy Jassy wants
The tech mammoth’s RTO push is wildly unpopular—and that could be exactly what it wants.
finance.yahoo.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Is RTO really a headcount reduction move? finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-...
This true? Microsoft Outlook and Teams down worldwide? bsky.app/profile/cybe...
November 25, 2024 at 12:07 PM
This true? Microsoft Outlook and Teams down worldwide? bsky.app/profile/cybe...
Sounds like cyber security is a safe career path for now.
The Global Cyber Workforce shortage deepens
The Global Cyber Workforce shortage deepens - INCYBER NEWS
2.8 million positions are currently unfilled worldwide.
incyber.org
November 25, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Sounds like cyber security is a safe career path for now.
Atos receives offer from French state for its advanced computing activities - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/atos-receives-offer-french-state-its-advanced-computing-activities-4768756
Atos receives offer from French state for its advanced computing activities
French IT firm Atos on Monday entered negotiations with the government for the potential acquisition of its advanced computing activities for an enterprise value of 500 million euros ($524 million), the group said in a press release. The target is to have a share purchase agreement signed by May 31, 2025,
www.channelnewsasia.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Just for fun, enjoy your own IT industry strategic advisor. Blending buzzwords and frameworks into a digitally transformed soup of AI-automated multimodal hyper-segmentation. Or something. #IT #AI #ITSM #DEX chatgpt.com/g/g-6741bc5b...
ChatGPT - IT Industry Strategy Advisor
Parody. Advises on anything, but in the context of IT strategy, leadership trends, and stakeholder alignment insights. Drowning in buzzwords.
chatgpt.com
November 23, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Just for fun, enjoy your own IT industry strategic advisor. Blending buzzwords and frameworks into a digitally transformed soup of AI-automated multimodal hyper-segmentation. Or something. #IT #AI #ITSM #DEX chatgpt.com/g/g-6741bc5b...
Postal QR phishing. Fiendishly clever. www.theregister.com/2024/11/16/s...
Scammers resort to physical Swiss post to spread malware
QR codes arrive via an age-old delivery system
www.theregister.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Postal QR phishing. Fiendishly clever. www.theregister.com/2024/11/16/s...
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Brave positive move. A social media ban for children younger than 16 is introduced in Australia's Parliament apnews.com/article/aust...
A social media ban for children younger than 16 is introduced in Australia's Parliament
Legislation to create a world-first law banning children under 16 from social media has been introduced in Australia's Parliament.
apnews.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:53 AM
Brave positive move. A social media ban for children younger than 16 is introduced in Australia's Parliament apnews.com/article/aust...
Squeezing out is not new, but a sign of bad and weak management.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...
What is silent firing companies are using for workforce automation and reduction with AI? - Times of India
India Business News: In the age of AI, 'silent firing' emerges as a subtle workforce reduction tactic where employers create demoralising conditions causing employees to l
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Squeezing out is not new, but a sign of bad and weak management.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...
Smart watches are too clunky. I want a wide broad forearm wide band that provides the power and screen of a phone on my forearm, without a big ugly sticking-up watchface that is not powerful enough. Something smooooth wrapped on my forearm that replaces my phone fully. Just an idea.
November 18, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Smart watches are too clunky. I want a wide broad forearm wide band that provides the power and screen of a phone on my forearm, without a big ugly sticking-up watchface that is not powerful enough. Something smooooth wrapped on my forearm that replaces my phone fully. Just an idea.
Ok yeah. That’s not concerning at all. Nope. AI-powered machine guns? Nothing to worry about.
futurism.com/the-byte/us-...
futurism.com/the-byte/us-...
US Military Tests AI-Powered Machine Gun
A US Defense Department contractor has developed an AI-powered autonomous robotic machine gun system, which can target small drones.
futurism.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Ok yeah. That’s not concerning at all. Nope. AI-powered machine guns? Nothing to worry about.
futurism.com/the-byte/us-...
futurism.com/the-byte/us-...
Clever - but in time the scammers themselves will be AI also, so AI will wrestle with AI in a lethal embrace until the end of time #AI #tech
bgr.com/tech/brillia...
bgr.com/tech/brillia...
Brilliant AI bot imitates a granny to keep phone scammers on the line for hours
British carrier O2 created Daisy (dAIsy), a chatbot with the personality of a grandma who wants to keep phone scammers on the line.
bgr.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Clever - but in time the scammers themselves will be AI also, so AI will wrestle with AI in a lethal embrace until the end of time #AI #tech
bgr.com/tech/brillia...
bgr.com/tech/brillia...