In short: New data shows 1 in 7 people have used technology to sexually harass a colleague, with a quarter doing so to humiliate or frighten. Young people and women were particularly at risk of this kind of harassment, with work and personal emails and phones most commonly used by perpetrators. What’s next? Reducing sexual harassment in the workplace is a key element of the National Plan to End Violence Against Women but the government has not provided a specific timeline for its plan. One in seven people are using tech platforms to sexually harass their colleagues, according to new…
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Japan-AUKUS technology cooperation likely topic for Japan-US summit: US official
A senior US government official has hinted that next month’s Japan-US summit will discuss technological collaboration between Japan and AUKUS, a security framework of Australia, Britain and the United States. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo on Thursday, US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said US President Joe Biden and Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio are likely to discuss the topic at their meeting in Washington. The trilateral AUKUS partnership was launched in 2021 in the face of China’s increasing maritime activities. AUKUS currently has two pillars. One is the deployment of nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, and the other is…
OpenAI could release GPT-5 in a few months: Report | Technology News
Sam Altman-led OpenAI could release GPT-5, the next generation of its multimodal large language model, in the next few months. The company could introduce GPT-5 sometime in mid-year during summer, according to a BusinessInsider report citing two people familiar with the company. OpenAI has reportedly offered demos to enterprise customers. “It’s really good, like materially better,” said one CEO who recently saw a version of GPT-5, according to the report. Sales to enterprise customers is one of OpenAI’s main revenue streams and it makes the sense that the company is offering these features to these customers. In the meantime, the…
Drone technology helps fix power cuts across South East
A typical high voltage fault impacts 100 properties, after an initial process to restore power to as many as possible. Traditionally, engineers would walk underneath the entire length of the overhead electricity cables to try to find the fault. However, drones can be flown above and images viewed on a laptop on site. Phil Burke, an electrical engineer leading the trial at UK Power Networks, said: “Our teams face hedgerows, wire fences, ditches, woodland, fallen branches and uneven ground. “Sometimes we’ll reach an obstacle like a fence and need to walk further away from the line to return to the…