Barry Collins
Host and Producer at The Internet Report
Senior Contributor at Forbes
Reporter and Editor at Freelance
Co-Editor at The Big Tech Question
Senior contributor for @Forbes, columnist/features editor for @PCPro, podcast host and producer for @thousandeyes and chair of @lewessupporters.
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1 week ago |
forbes.com | Barry Collins
Google Pixel owners are struggling to wake their phones AFP via Getty ImagesGoogle’s Android 16 update is causing serious issues for some owners of Google Pixel phones, with people struggling to wake their handsets. The new operating system was released last week, with Google’s own Pixel handsets the first to receive the update. But it seems some Pixel owners have become the canary in the coal mine, with many reporting problems with the update.
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1 week ago |
forbes.com | Barry Collins
Online Scrabble is a crowded field gettyIt looks like it hasn’t been updated since 1996. It has sound effects that you’ve not heard since the glory days of AOL. Yet the Internet Scrabble Club puts the game’s official apps to shame. Created by a Romanian player called Florin Gheorghe, according to the site’s Wikipedia page, the Internet Scrabble Club is all about the game – there are no ads, no in-app purchases, no distractions.
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2 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Barry Collins
Dia is putting AI front and center in the web browser The Browser CompanyThe Browser Company has released Dia, arguably the first web browser to fully embrace AI. Dia is the successor to the short-lived Arc browser, which The Browser company has sidelined to focus on Dia. It’s released in beta form today and will be made available to all Arc members, with others having to join a waitlist.
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2 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Barry Collins
It's been a dark day for ChatGPTdpa/picture alliance via Getty ImagesChatGPT is suffering from a prolonged outage, which has seen the service disrupted for more than eight hours. The OpenAI service status page reported that “some users are experiencing elevated error rates and latency across the listed services.” from around 4am ET.
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2 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Barry Collins
Users are struggling to use Slack this morning Getty ImagesSlack is investigating problems that are preventing some people from loading content in the corporate communications app this morning. DownDetector is reporting a sharp spike in Slack problems as Europe logs on for work on Monday morning. DownDetector shows a sharp increase in Slack outagesDownDetectorSlack’s own Status page has also acknowledged issues with the service.
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