John Routledge

Founder and owner of Technoshia.com - I'm an avid tech junkie, a lover of new gadgets and home automation. You will often find me reading, writing, and learning about new technologies. I've been featured in many leading technology magazines where I've written about my favorite topics.
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Microsoft is teaming up with Semafor on AI-assisted news stories
05 Feb

Microsoft is teaming up with Semafor on AI-assisted news stories

John RoutledgeLatest News
Microsoft is teaming up with media website Semafor on a new project that uses ChatGPT to aid in the creation of news stories, The Financial Times has reported. It's one of several journalistic collaborations Microsoft is set to announce today, and follows a New York Times lawsuit filed against the software giant and its partner, OpenAI, for copyright infringement.Semafor, co-founded…
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Yandex sells its Russian operations to local executives for $5.2 billion
05 Feb

Yandex sells its Russian operations to local executives for $5.2 billion

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Yandex, often described as Russia’s Google, has sold its domestic businesses at a knock-down price. Bloomberg reports the search and services giant, now headquartered in the Netherlands, has handed off its Russian operations for 475 billion rubles ($5.2 billion) in cash and shares. The new owners include the management group, as well as Russia’s biggest domestic energy company, Lukoil, and…
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Samsung chair acquitted in Korean stock manipulation case
05 Feb

Samsung chair acquitted in Korean stock manipulation case

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Samsung chairman Jay Y. Lee's legal troubles may be in the rearview mirror as a Korean court acquitted him of stock manipulation and accounting fraud charges over a 2015 merger, The Financial Times has reported. The ruling allows Lee to continue leading Samsung, which saw a sharp decline in revenue last year. Seeking a five year jail term, prosecutors accused Lee…
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The Morning After: Joe Rogan’s new Spotify deal
05 Feb

The Morning After: Joe Rogan’s new Spotify deal

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The biggest podcast in the world makes many people furious, but it’s still the biggest podcast in the world. Now, the man behind The Joe Rogan Experience has signed another deal with Spotify, worth an estimated $250 million. The deal allows the streamer to distribute Rogan’s podcasts on additional platforms, including a video version for YouTube, but it also includes…
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Scammers use deepfakes to steal $25.6 million from a multinational firm
05 Feb

Scammers use deepfakes to steal $25.6 million from a multinational firm

John RoutledgeLatest News
Bad actors keep using deepfakes for everything from impersonating celebrities to scamming people out of money. The latest instance is out of Hong Kong, where a finance worker for an undisclosed multinational company was tricked into remitting $200 million Hong Kong dollars ($25.6 million). According to Hong Kong police, scammers contacted the employee posing as the company's United Kingdom-based chief financial…
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Maliciously edited Joe Biden video can stay on Facebook, Meta’s Oversight Board says
05 Feb

Maliciously edited Joe Biden video can stay on Facebook, Meta’s Oversight Board says

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The Oversight Board is urging Meta to update its manipulated media policy, calling the current rules “incoherent.” The admonishment comes in a closely watched decision about a misleadingly edited video of President Joe Biden.The board ultimately sided with Meta regarding its decision to not remove the clip at the center of the case. The video featured footage from October 2022,…
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