Tech News - Oct 2024

Set up Voice ID to make high-value payments in the ANZ App - YouTube
(you are aware that banks use voice to secure high-value payments)

AI voice-cloning scams could target millions of people, Starling Bank warns | CNN Business
(AI only needs 3 seconds of audio from an online video to mimic your voice)

Staying safe against AI voice cloning - Starling Bank
(note whats possible, AI can clone your voice using a home video you put online)

System configuration tools in Windows - Microsoft Support
(Microsoft has published a new support page on its official website listing built-in apps and utilities and giving users a brief idea of what they do and how they can be accessed).

Revealed: Text sent by 'spiteful' mother before 'faking a DNA test and lying on birth certificate to stop father seeing their children' | Daily Mail Online
(something to keep in mind I suppose)

Google Translate 2024: New Features You Need to Know - Geeky Gadgets
 

Microsoft: Word deletes some documents instead of saving them
 

Google joins Amazon and Microsoft to consider nuclear energy to power AI data centers - Neowin
 

Largest AncestryDNA Update with Enhanced Precision and Granularity
 

Is your car spying on you? | YourLifeChoices
(At end of 2023 I did a talk on 'data privacy and your car'. Presentation is available for FHWA members.)