Google will delete all information about places you have previously visitedA year after promising to store less personal data about its users, the company announced it was backtracking. The company’s “Timeline” feature (previously called Location History) will still work for users who want it, letting them scroll through decades of travel history to see where they were at any given time. But all of the data needed to make it work will be stored locally on users’ phones and tablets, and never on the company’s servers. The Guardian
A group of British retailers is suing Amazon The company is seeking damages of up to £1.1 billion, alleging that the data was misused to inflate its own profits and pushed people out of the market. British Association of Independent Retailers (Bira) Mr Bila said it was the largest class action lawsuit brought by a British retailer. The suit was filed on behalf of British retailers in a specialist court in London on Thursday. Mr Bila claims Amazon’s UK marketplace illegally used competing sellers’ data to sell rival products at cheaper prices. The Standard
Over the past few days, I’ve been using the latest gadget that’s touted to rival smartphones. Rabbit R1. I wanted to imagine a day when this portable, artificial intelligence (AI) digital assistant would become as indispensable as my phone is now. The idea behind it is clear from the millions of people who have played with AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. Given their success with software, the next big move for tech giants seems to be to do the same with hardware and find a way to physically embed AI tools. BBC
British tech mogul Mike LynchLynch has been cleared of fraud charges over the multi-billion dollar sale of his software company Autonomy. A San Francisco jury acquitted Lynch on Thursday, a surprising relief for the entrepreneur who has been dogged by legal troubles since selling the company 13 years ago. The verdict came after an 11-and-a-half-week trial. Jurors heard that Lynch orchestrated a “multi-year, multi-layered fraud” to inflate the value of Autonomy before it was sold to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion (£7 billion) in 2011. The Telegraph
Bang & Olufsen teams up with TIDAL Exclusively offering a high-resolution music experience Bang & Olufsen CustomersStarting today, the Bang & Olufsen App provides full integration and easy access to TIDAL’s high-resolution, lossless, immersive spatial audio format, with even more features and experiences. TIDAL offers the majority of its content in lossless quality, with over 100 million studio-quality songs in FLAC available directly in the Bang & Olufsen App, including a selection hand-picked by TIDAL’s editorial specialists. Bang & Olufsen branded playlist Available directly in the app. Tech Digest
SpaceX’s Starship makes a “soft landing” The test, carried out in the Indian Ocean, was a success after a previous attempt ended in a spectacular explosion. Elon MuskThe company upgraded its software and made other changes for this fourth attempt to fly halfway around the globe from Texas. The billionaire posted on social media that “Despite many tiles lost and damaged flaps, Starship made a soft landing in the ocean!” Sky News
Slow-motion launch of Starship Flight 4 pic.twitter.com/9itFbrfxW7
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