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Once the information has been captured, AI Plus Mind will review and analyse the content to understand the data. The press release mentions extracting schedule details and adding them to the calendar but hopefully it will be able to handle addresses and other semi-structured data. AI Search is integrated as well so you'll be able to make natural language queries about the information stored in the Mind Space.
PCs and Laptops As with mobile devices, unless you are in the Apple camp, there are plenty of manufacturers outside of the USA to choose from. Both Acer and Asus are Taiwanese firms and from Japan there's Sony and Fujitsu. Most countries seem to have specialist PC assemblers like FiercePC in UK who tend to cater to the gamers rather than office buyers. Support a local supplier if you can. When it comes to the desktop OS, there's limited choice as Microsoft Windows is dominant. However, there are Linux variants such as SUSE which is headquartered in Luxembourg. If you are feeling brave (or mad), there's Huawei's HarmonyOS for PCs or the FreeBSD-based Kylin from China. I'll pass, thanks.
Both the US and UK governments are considering the use of copyrighted material from the creative industries in training data for AIs, particularly Generative AI. The tech companies want to do this with few restrictions and without cost, citing "fair use". As it stands at the moment, the UK Government looks to be leaning towards the tech companies but judges
The 1960s and 70s were an era of grand projects from landing on the moon to Concorde and passenger hovercraft. It was a golden age of engineering when anything seemed possible, even if projects were over budget, technically ambitious and late to deliver. Long-time readers of GNC will remember I covered France's Aérotrain, a high-speed hovertrain using aero engines to propel
OnePlus has announced the OnePlus Pad 3 tablet will be launched in Europe on 5th June '25 with a somewhat early arrival at 0730 BST. Details are a little thin on the ground but the Pad 3 will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform which will certainly give it some power under the hood. As per usual,
While the office dress code has become more relaxed since the pandemic, I still have to wear a shirt that's wrinkle-free at the beginning of the day. While my office-wear is supposed to be "non-iron", the shirts do tend to need ironing to look their best after they've been through the wash. Interestingly, a colleague (shout out to Craig) suggested
It's been awhile coming but today Roku has announced updates to its streaming product line with the new Roku Streaming Stick and the Roku Streaming Stick Plus. These will be coming to the UK in early summer which is great news for Roku fans on this side of the pond. For those who don't know about Roku, the company offers