Streaming services, also known as over-the-top (Ott) services, recorded huge popularity, growth, and possible saturation during Covid-19, as people spent more time at home on the sofa than ever before. However, heading into 2023, there is a new frontier in the streaming wars as consumers become pickier about the services they subscribe to. A global recession is looming, consumers are feeling the pinch, and many will look to cut down on expenses, which includes additional streaming services. Acc

Big Tech companies are releasing open-source terrorism-tackling software, allowing smaller companies to moderate content more effectively. These Big Tech companies are in the best possible position to build content moderation tools and tackle terrorism as they have the necessary rich datasets, expertise, and available investment. Content moderation is a slippery and difficult challenge. Online extremists and terrorists hide in echo chambers on the internet, radicalizing vulnerable people. Even

Tech titan Apple is reluctantly releasing its monopoly on the App Store marketplace on iOS. According to Bloomberg, Apple will allow third-party app stores on iOS due to the new EU Digital Markets Act (DMA), which targets “digital gatekeepers” and aims to open up markets for smaller players. Apple is notorious for taking a large cut of commissions on an app, with no alternative marketplace options for developers. Third-party app stores will change the entire app store and iOS business model and

Easing accessibility to verification and rolling back content moderation will dramatically change Twitter. It could allow damaging phishing scams, with trolls posing as verified celebrities with more freedom over the content they produce. Musk’s plans could devalue Twitter as a mainstream social media platform and put users at risk.

Last week, UK National Health Service (NHS) service provider Advanced experienced a ransomware attack. The attack affected the NHS’ 111 service and the Caresys and Carenotes software used for patient notes and visitor booking.

The largest NHS trust in London has been forced to cancel operations and appointments as it battles IT problems following two data centre outages caused by soaring temperatures in this week’s UK heatwave. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust has confirmed some of the systems which went down on Tuesday have yet to be restored.

Data centers are the hardware that underpin organizations’ IT infrastructure. GlobalData forecasts that the data centers market will become a $948 billion industry by 2030, up from $466 billion in 2020.

The government wants to transform the UK into an “AI and science superpower”. It has now unveiled a new policy aimed to make that vision a reality. However, analysts criticise the proposals for “appeasing Big Tech” and for being too ambiguous to work in the long run.

Following a Japanese court ruling that restaurant review platform Kakaku.com unfairly altered AI-driven restaurant scores and should disclose part of its algorithms

No company is safe from attempted cyberattacks, but sports organizations are more vulnerable than most. Sports teams, federations, broadcasters, and sponsors are at risk due to the revenues, exposure, and data available—as well as the multiple entry points from distributed communications and operations.

The UK Information Commissioner Office (ICO) recently fined Clearview AI just over GBP7.5 million ($9.4 million) for breaching UK data protection laws. Clearview AI’s facial recognition law enforcement platform includes over 20 billion facial images scraped from public websites, including social media. Public bodies then use this database to identify potential suspects using facial recognition technology.