First responders battle mobile communications issues. Hashtag Trending, Monday April 29, 2024

93% of first responders experience issues with their mobile devices, New York state mandates $15.00 a month internet for those with low incomes, Google issues a warning to update Chrome for Windows, a new study that indicates Canadians are increasingly demanding better online government services and is the “dumb-phone” making a comeback? All this and […]
New York mandates 15 dollar broadband plans for low-income consumers

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit has overturned a previous ruling, thus allowing New York to enforce a law that mandates Internet service providers (ISPs) to offer $15 broadband plans to low-income consumers. This development reverses the 2021 decision by a U.S. District Court judge, who had declared […]
Tests unable to distinguish AI from human reviews

AI-generated restaurant reviews can now pass the Turing test, successfully fooling both human readers and automated detectors, according to a new study conducted by Yale School of Management professor Balázs Kovács. This groundbreaking research, published in the Springer journal *Marketing Letters*, exposes a significant vulnerability in the trustworthiness of online review systems, which are integral […]
Google Chrome update essential for Windows users

The latest Chrome update has just been rolled out, bringing the version up to 124.0.6367.78/.79. This update is critical, especially for Windows users, as it addresses a significant vulnerability in Chrome’s graphics engine that could potentially allow attackers to execute code on a user’s machine. While there are no reports of this vulnerability being exploited […]