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Kerry Wan/ZDNET Whether you’re conducting interviews, doing research, or otherwise need to document a conversation, there are many reasons you may want to record a phone call on your iPhone.  With iOS 18.1, Apple’s latest release, users can now record phone calls directly on their devices using Apple Intelligence, which also provides a transcription and summary in the Notes app. However, ZDNET editor-in-chief Jason Hiner notes that summarization is “still a work in progress.” Also: My biggest…

Yaroslav Kushta/Getty Images Is artificial intelligence (AI) the answer — or at least a partial answer — to nagging software quality issues? Software quality has been a challenge since the first computers were built eight decades ago, and in a world awash in technology networks and solutions, the problem has only grown more acute. A new study suggests that generative AI (gen AI) is emerging as an important step in managing quality. According to a…

oxygen/Getty Images OpenAI’s Whisper, an artificial intelligence (AI) speech recognition and transcription tool launched in 2022, has been found to hallucinate or make things up — so much so that experts are worried it could cause serious damage in the wrong context. Last week, the AP reported that a researcher at the University of Michigan “found hallucinations in eight out of every 10 audio transcriptions he inspected” produced by Whisper during a study of public…

rob dobi/Getty Images The holiday shopping season is almost upon us, and with all the great sales and promotions come the usual cyber scams. While generally quick and convenient, shopping online can leave you vulnerable to scammers if you’re not cautious. Based on a consumer survey, a new report from Norton looks at how scams are a common concern among shoppers and how to protect yourself while holiday shopping online. Also: AI scams have infiltrated the…

Old-fashioned cable is a thing of the past and is, for many people, a waste of money. But what about the live sports, movie marathons, and award events? There’s something undeniably special about sharing a live experience with the nation, from Super Bowl wins to breaking news.  Luckily, many live TV streaming services are available on platforms that you may already subscribe to. Platforms like YouTube TV and Hulu Plus Live TV allow you to…

Further, in the western world, new large-scale projects can take a decade or more to complete because of many requirements around permits, restrictions, rights of way, and environmental factors. “The central problem that should concern the leaders of tech companies is our inability to build,” noted Josh Smith, energy policy lead at The Abundance Institute. “ A cleaner future will be possible only by speeding up.” Looking to space, Lumen said it has developed a…

This new Open Cloud Coalition, whose members include Google Cloud, Civo, and ControlPlane, claims it’s all about fair competition and stronger regulatory oversight, he said, “but if this is supposed to be a truly open coalition, why aren’t other major players like Microsoft and AWS involved? How open is this coalition if key cloud providers aren’t part of it?” According to Brunkard, “if the OCC were genuinely open, they’d likely want to bring in other…

lupengyu/Getty Images Singapore will set aside SG$ 440 million ($332.6 million) to boost its deep tech startup ecosystem, hoping the funds will lure more global venture capital (VC) firms to invest in its local community.  A new “one-stop platform”, including a physical facility, will also be launched to bring together local and global tech startups under one roof. Slated for launch next quarter, the site aims to facilitate collaboration between startups, enterprises, and innovation partners,…

The server is managed by Cisco Intersight, a SaaS-delivered package that can manage a variety of systems from Kubernetes containers to applications, servers, and hyperconverged environments from a single location. Cisco expects customers will combine the new servers with its recently announced Nexus 9364E-SG2 switch. The high-density 800G aggregation box supports port speeds from 400 to 200 and 100 Gbps and includes support for high-speed optical network connections Open System Form Factor Plus (OSPF) and Quad Small Form…