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How to improve sound quality on your Android phone during calls
Android users can significantly improve call sound quality through several built-in phone settings and features, addressing a common frustration with unclear audio during calls. The article provides step-by-step guidance on enabling these improvements without requiring hardware changes or professional assistance. The main techniques include enabling VoLTE (Voice over LTE), which routes calls through faster 4G…
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Microsoft adds usage charges for Copilot’s advanced tools
Microsoft has introduced a Copilot “super app” spanning chat, Office, coding and autonomous agents, alongside a pricing model that combines monthly user subscriptions with usage-based charges. The subscription covers everyday features such as Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps, while more advanced, compute-intensive tools require extra payment as they are used. The additional charges depend on…
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Affordable alternatives to Apple’s AirPods Pro
Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 offer iPhone users features and close integration that rival earbuds do not fully match, but their $249 price makes alternatives attractive. Other brands can provide strong sound, active noise cancellation and useful extras for less, though buyers may give up some Apple-specific convenience and features. The article highlights Bose’s QuietComfort Earbuds,…
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AI adoption drives demand for experienced accountants, says Mavi
Mavi, an AI-focused talent marketplace founded in 2023, has emerged from stealth, aiming to help US companies hire global finance and accounting professionals. Its founders argue that AI adoption is increasing demand for experienced accountants who can apply judgement and oversee automated work, while the US profession faces a shrinking talent pool. The company says…
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Sony abandons CES appearances as entertainment becomes its priority
Sony has announced it will not have a presence at the 2027 Consumer Electronics Show, breaking with a decades-long tradition of holding press conferences at the annual event. The move reflects Sony’s strategic shift away from consumer electronics and towards entertainment properties, intellectual property, and technologies that support creators, including games, anime, films and music.…
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How to stop AI companies from training on your data
All major AI companies including OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Anthropic and X use consumer conversations to train their models by default, though users can opt out of this practice within each platform’s settings. The process typically takes about a minute per service and allows users to prevent their future conversations from being used for training purposes,…
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Hinton and Bengio urge governments to prepare for rapid AI advances
Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio and more than 20 other researchers and technology executives have urged governments to prepare for a possible AI “intelligence explosion”. They describe this as AI-driven research accelerating so sharply that years of progress could be compressed into months or less, with major consequences for human control and the balance of power.…
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Founder creates on-device tool to detect deepfake voices after family scam
After her grandfather fell victim to a deepfake voice scam involving an AI-generated imitation of his brother’s voice—resulting in a ransom demand—Tarini Padmanabhuni founded DetectifAI to help prevent similar deceptions. The problem is substantial and rapidly growing, with Americans losing close to $900 million to AI-driven scams last year, a 24% increase from 2024, with…
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Andy Burnham’s deputy insists Manchester City trophies aren’t ‘tainted’ and club should keep hold of ‘hard fought for’ titles despite being found guilty of 114 rule breaches
Lucy Powell, Labour’s deputy leader and a Manchester City season ticket holder, has defended the club’s trophy wins against criticism following their guilty verdict on 114 of 115 Premier League financial rule breaches. Speaking at a Labour conference event, Powell insisted that City’s titles were not “tainted” and that the club should retain their silverware,…
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Europe’s AI expansion depends on foreign chips, servers and cloud infrastructure
Europe is a major market for AI data centres, but overseas companies supply most of the chips, servers and cloud infrastructure used there. A Global Electronics Association report says this leaves Europe capturing little of the economic value and creates a strategic dependence in infrastructure that supports essential services and industry. EU-headquartered firms account for…