The video from this week’s show will be uploaded later today, but here are the topics we spoke about on the segment – it’s another jam packed Cyber Wednesday schedule!
Here are the 12 topics we had up for discussion today, below the twelve, you’ll find a longer version of each topic with
1. Telstra trials Nokia cloud back-up for catastrophic outage – this ITNews article has the details, and at its Exchange blog, we see how Telstra has simulated a “temporary disaster roaming” system to show what’s possible when the tish hits the fan!
2. Apple warns not to try drying out a wet iPhone by putting it into rice, using a hair dryer or other compressed air when your iPhone says there is liquid in the charging connector, so what should you do?
3. ChatGPT’s creators have released SORA – a way to create video just by typing out what you want to see, and initial results are astounding!
4. ACMA research reveals Australian news consumption trends – Aussies are going to fewer sources to access news, and more Aussies are choosing social media are their primary source of news content.
5. Gen AI chatbots are set to cut search engine use by 25% over the next two years, according to Gartner.
6. AI can now tell your gender from brain scans with 90% accuracy, according to researchers from Stanford University.
7. Move over, Elon Musk’s Grok – there’s a new Groq AI in town – and that’s GROQ with a Q, not a K!
8. Singapore to invest $740M to boost AI ambitions – details here!
9. Last week, we reported Google was to spend €25 million in the UK, but now comes new that Microsoft is to spend €3.2B euros at German AI operations, and another $2.1 billion US dollars in Spain over the next two years
10. Apple Grossed $1.65 Trillion from iPhone Sales in the Past Decade
11. Australian cable giant Foxtel wants to help those who have “cut the cord” to save money with its new HUBBL service, to find a way to bundle several TV subscription services to save money – whether through a new stick that plugs into your TV, or through two new TVs called Hubbl Glass, one at 55-inches and the other at 65-inches. Will this really save you money, Alex?
