Antitrust and Big Tech
With U.S. Congress members grilling the bosses of the big tech companies this week with a view to deciding if their companies have become too big and powerful, in this article we take a look at the Antitrust laws and issues.
Antitrust Laws
In…
Face Masks Beat Facial Recognition
New research has shown that even the most advanced facial recognition algorithms can only identify as little as 50 per cent of faces when masks are worn.
Test
Although necessary in the pandemic, mask-wearing appears to be posing a serious…
Remote Working Means Public Cloud and DaaS Spend Increase
Gartner has forecast continued spending on the public cloud and particularly desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) through 2020, fuelled by remote working during the pandemic.
Growth
The Gartner market watcher’s global public cloud services market…
Free Delivery of Amazon Groceries
Amazon is now taking on the supermarkets and Ocado in the UK with free grocery deliveries from its Amazon Fresh service.
Amazon Fresh
The Amazon Fresh grocery service enables Amazon Prime customers, firstly in London and parts of the…
Tech Tips – Getting Organised Using Microsoft Edge
If you are using Microsoft Edge in Windows 10, here’s a way that you can organise multiple browser tabs that you need to have open for a job or project into a ‘Collection’ that you can easily access later.
To make a ‘Collection’…
1,000% More Gold In E-Waste Than Gold-Ore
With 50 million tonnes of electronic waste produced each year and enterprises having policies in place for its disposal, there is still the problem in many countries of too much of it ending up in landfill or being informally disposed of.
What…
Test and Trace Breaks GDPR Say Campaigners
The Open Rights Group (ORG) has said that England’s COVID-19 Test and Trace programme is in breach of GDPR.
Test and Trace
The COVID-19 test and trace system requires people to share personal data such as their name and date of birth,…
Celebrity Twitter Accounts Hacked For Bitcoin
Twitter accounts of celebrities including Barack Obama and Bill Gates were hacked and used to operate a scam, asking people to donate bitcoin.
What Happened?
Hackers used the tools that were normally only available to Twitter staff to…
Lockdown Has Promoted Digital Learning Among Adults
Research by techUK with Ipsos MORI and Cisco has revealed that almost 60 per cent of UK adults are interested in developing their digital skills following lockdown.
A Thirst For More
The research has revealed that, following the experience…
Tech Tips – How To Lock Your Screen
If you’re using Windows 10 and you’d like to prevent others from seeing what you’re working on, if you need to walk away from your device, here’s a quick and easy way to lock your screen:
Press the Windows logo key + L.Or, if you’re…
LinkedIn Sued Over Clipboard-Reading Allegations
An Apple iPhone user in the U.S. has sued LinkedIn over allegations that its app was reading the contents of an Apple device user’s clipboard without their knowledge.
Spying Complaint
The complainant, Adam Bauer, alleges that LinkedIn’s…
UK Rejects Huawei Equipment For 5G Infrastructure
The UK government has gone back on its original decision to use some Huawei equipment in non-core parts of the UK’s 5G network and has opted to remove all Huawei kit by 2027.
The Waiting Is Over
For the last couple of weeks, Huawei,…
Free Cybersecurity Testing Module For Remote Workers
A new penetration testing module as part of the National Cyber Security Centre’s Exercise in a Box toolkit will help remote workers of SME’s to improve their cybersecurity. The free cybersecurity testing module for remote workers is the…
Digital Addiction
Digital Addiction
'Digital addiction' is a controversial term that is used to broadly describe sets of compulsive behaviour which relate to the use of digital technology mobile phones, social media, and the Internet.
It is thought that…
Tech Tips – Slide To Shutdown
If you’d like to create a fast, easy, and decorative way to shut down your Windows 10 PC, creating a ‘slide to shutdown’ shortcut allows you to simply pull down an on-screen picture blind to turn off your PC. Here’s how to set…
Huawei – A Ban in the Balance
North America has already banned US companies from working with Huawei so with that in mind and with a decision by the UK about Huawei’s involvement in the country’s 5G infrastructure due very soon, we take a closer look at the issues involved.
5G
The…
Twitter to Replace “Master”, “Slave” and “Blacklist”
Twitter has announced that it will be replacing programming language terms such as “master”, “slave” and “blacklist” with more inclusive ones.
Programming Language
Those familiar with programming language and email terms will…
Police Crack Encrypted Network To Reach Crime Gangs
An international law enforcement operation has led to the cracking of the EncroChat Android phone network and the arrest of criminal gangs.
The Network
The France-based EncroChat network, which was discovered by the French National…
Competing Against Huawei
President Trump’s administration is reported to have met with major US communications networking companies in a bid to address the need for improved competition with Huawei globally.
Huawei Issues
Many of the issues and incidents that…
Tech Tips – Open A Link In A New Browser Tab With Just One Click
If you would like to know how to save time and easily open a link in an online document in its own new browser tab using one just click, here’s how:
If you are browsing an online document that has a link in it, click the ‘middle’ button…
Why Big Brands Are Boycotting Social Media
Large, mainly U.S.-based companies (many of which are household names) have said that they will be boycotting Facebook and Instagram in terms of paid advertising in July over concerns about the moderation of content and hate speech on the platforms.
“Stop…
New Edge Browser To All Windows 10 Users
The new, improved version of Microsoft’s Edge browser has been launched in an update to all Windows 10 users in a move that will give Google’s Chrome some competition.
Available To Millions of Users
In being made available via update…
New “Watch Party” Feature For Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime subscribers can be part of 100-viewer "Watch Party" groups and enjoy access to thousands of movies and films as well as chat between group members.
Watch Party
The Watch Party feature, which is similar to that of Netflix,…
New Windows File Recovery Tool Resurrects Deleted Files
Microsoft’s own Windows File Recovery tool allows users to use a command line app to resurrect or restore a variety of file-types that may have been mistakenly deleted, formatted, or have become corrupt.
File Recovery
Microsoft’s…
Tech Tips – How To Keep Your Wi-Fi Connection Secure
A good,
secure Wi-Fi connection is often the backbone of many peoples' day-to-day
online business and is a key-component of data security, so, here are a few
tips for making sure that your wireless connection is secure:
Make sure that your…