KANE'S TECH TIPS:
SUNDAY 24TH AUGUST 2025
Welcome to another low down on all the latest Tech news, Tips and Tricks to help you keep up to date with the latest from the Tech world!
You can hear the feature On Air on a Sunday with Mark, and throughout the week.
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman warns of rising cases of “AI psychosis”
There are increasing reports of people suffering "AI psychosis", Microsoft's head of artificial intelligence (AI), Mustafa Suleyman, has warned.
In a series of posts on X, he wrote that "seemingly conscious AI" – AI tools which give the appearance of being sentient – are keeping him "awake at night" and said they have social impact even though the technology is not conscious in any human definition of the term.
"There's zero evidence of AI consciousness today. But if people just perceive it as conscious, they will believe that perception as reality," he wrote.
Read More: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24zdel5j18o
Source: BBC News
UK's Equality Regulator Criticised Met Police Using Facial Recognition
The UK's equality regulator has criticised the Metropolitan Police's use of live facial recognition technology (LFR), saying the way it is being deployed is breaching human rights law.
The tech works by scanning the faces of people recorded on CCTV and then comparing them against a watchlist of people who the police are seeking.
The Met says it has made more than 1,000 arrests since January 2024 using LFR and is confident it uses it in a lawful way.
But the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says the tech should only be used in a necessary and proportionate way, and is arguing "the Metropolitan Police's current policy falls short of this standard."
The EHRC has been granted permission to intervene in an upcoming judicial review into the force's use of the surveillance tool.
Read More: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kzgx4v2pko
Source: BBC News
Drones Used By Police In Gloustershire Against E-Bikes and E-Scooters
Drones are being used more regularly by police in Gloucestershire to help confiscate illegal e-bikes and e-scooters.
The drone unit gives the constabulary a tactical aerial advantage which they wouldn't have otherwise – helicopters are used only for the most serious crimes.
Officers took 15 illegal e-bikes and e-scooters off the streets in Cheltenham and 33 in Gloucester in a recent operation.
Read More: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqyzp87dj9o
Source: BBC News
App Of The Week
This weeks app of the week is called Volv
The app claims to offer a modern reinvention of news consumption, delivering digestible, bite-sized stories that span approximately nine seconds apiece.
Volv condenses trending topics, viral social discourse, breaking headlines, and more into concise, AI-curated “bits” designed for fast consumption.
This app is free to download on Ios and Android devices
Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.volvmedia.volvapp
Apple: https://apps.apple.com/app/volv-curated-9-second-news/id1474813657
🛡️ Security Corner 🛡️
We're often told that the passwords to access our online accounts should be really strong, and not to use them anywhere else. This is especially true for the password for your email account. If you've used the same password across different accounts, cyber criminals only need one password to access all your accounts.
Always use a strong and separate password for your email; that is, a password that you don’t use for any of your other accounts, either at home or at work.
