ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from AI grannies taunting scammers, and Amazon shuttering freevee
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· TechRadarNews By Hamish HectorContributions from Timothy Coleman, Amelia Schwanke, James Davidson, Rowan Davies, Jamie Richards, Graham Barlow published 16 November 2024
This week we were treated to plenty of excellent early Black Friday deals, Amazon launched a new TV, and it killed freevee.
To find out more about this and other stories you might have missed, we've gathered the 7 biggest tech news stories from TechRadar.com this past week so you can catch up in no time at all.
Once you've finished here, remember to check out our picks for the 7 new movies and TV shows to stream this weekend (November 15).
1. Black Friday deals arrived in full-force
While we're still a couple of weeks from the big day itself, Black Friday 2024 deals are starting to appear across the internet.
The PS5 Pro got a surprise price drop, as did the Meta Quest 3S, even though they both released so recently. The Apple Watch 10 crashed to a stunning price, and we've seen deals across various tech sectors like savings on tablets.
As Black Friday approaches, make sure to follow our guides for help finding the best deals throughout this sales period.
2. AI grannies wasted scammers time
AI Scambaiters: O2 creates AI Granny to waste scammers’ time - YouTube
One of the most original uses we’ve seen for AI so far has to be Daisy the AI grandma. Taking advantage of the fact that telephone scammers often target senior citizens and try to get them to enter their credit card details into bogus websites, Daisy is an AI designed to keep them on the phone for as long as possible with a neverending series of meandering stories that ultimately lead nowhere.
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