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Pixel Watch v Galaxy Watch: Is Google about to make a costly mistake?

During Google I/O 2022 the Pixel makers confirmed one of the industry's worst kept secrets - that it was working on its very own wearable called the Pixel Watch. As expected, the long-rumoured device will boast a classic and minimalistic circular design, and it will also be powered by Wear OS 3 and have Fitbit fitness tracking features built-in. It looks like there will be plenty to love about the Pixel Watch, but there's one thing that could hold it back from challenging other wearables like Samsung's Galaxy Watch range…

AI Makes the Recruitment Mistake and Humans Face Legal Challenges

New York City sanctioned a law that prohibits employers from availing AI hiring tools Artificial intelligence is all the rave now. As we are living in a technology-driven world every day we come across something exciting about AI on the internet. New York City to require bias audits of AI-type HR technology is the trending news internet has. New York City has sanctioned a first-of-its-kind law that prohibits employers from availing AI and algorithm-based technologies for recruiting, hiring, or promotion without these AI…

Your iPhone can help you avoid making an embarrassing mistake on Gmail

Have you ever hit 'send' on an email in Gmail and immediately wished you hadn't done it? If you know that sinking feeling all too well then Apple has got some great news for you. The iPhone makers this week rolled out its iOS 16 update which adds a brand new feature that lets you undo sending an email.This feature is available in Apple's very own Mail app, and it's easy to take advantage of.After sending an email in the Mail app you'll see an 'Undo Send' button appear right at the bottom of your screen.Simply tap that to…

The Morning After: Crypto.com refunded someone $7.2 million by mistake

If you ever want a reminder of how hard it is to run a financial institution, check out this unfortunate error made by Crypto.com. It accidentally refunded one of its customers around $7.2 million, rather than the $68 she was expecting. Even worse, the company didn’t discover the expensive snafu until nearly seven months after the transfer. Given the basic tenets of crypto-libertarianism and its philosophical resentment of institutions, you might have expected the site to just write-off the loss. But the platform has…

Prey Director Says Bethesda Forced Arkane To Use That Name, Calls Decision A “Gross” Mistake

When Arkane Studios' Prey was first announced, it was met with confusion over whether the game was a follow-up to 2006's Prey, a critically-acclaimed first-person shooter developed by Human Head Studios. After it was revealed that the two games shared no connection, some speculated as to why Arkane would choose to title its upcoming game the same name. However, as revealed by former Arkane director Raphaël Colantonio, the development studio had no say in the matter.As reported by Kotaku, Colantonio has…

Crypto.com refunded someone $7.2 million by mistake

When Australian woman Thevamanogari Manivel put in a refund request last year, she got far more than she bargained for. Manivel asked for a refund of $100 AUD (now worth around $68 USD). Instead, seemingly due to an employee entering her account number into a payment section of a refund form by mistake, the company dropped $10.5 million AUD ($7.2 million at current exchange rates) into her account instead. According to a report from (by way of ) Crypto.com made the overly generous refund in May last year. However, it…

Hyperautomation Over Automation: Is Your Business Making a Big Mistake?

Automation and hyperautomation are more advanced offshoots of robotic process automation technology Automation and hyperautomation are cut from the same cloth. Hyperautomation is the next level of the digital transformation process that enables the automation of several complex business processes. Hyperautomation is not only to save costs, boost productivity and gain efficiencies through automating automation but also to capitalize on the data collected and generated by digitized processes. Hyperautomation looks to…

Some Pixel owners are getting an update for Android 12 instead of 13 by mistake

Google started updating supported Pixels to Android 13 yesterday, but that’s not what some users are seeing – several users from the r/GooglePixel subreddit are reporting that they got an Android 12 based update instead. It’s not a small update either but a fairly hefty 2GB download. It appears to be a recent update (early July, going by the version) that includes the July security patch and a fix for a GPS issue. Some Pixel owners are getting an Android 12 update instead of 13 (image credit:…