AI Image Captioning Gives More Accurate Descriptions Than Humans
Microsoft has announced that in tests, its new, AI-based, automatic image captioning technology is better than humans at describing photos and images.
Part of Azure AI
The new automatic image captioning model is available via Microsoft’s…
‘Hum to Search’ Songfinder
Google has introduced a new feature to its search that enables it to identify a song that a user hums or whistles.
What’s This Song?
Serving the same basic purpose a the Shazam app, for example, users can now ask the Google app, Google…
Desktop Screen Recording Software
Recording your screen can be useful for training, marketing and communications and there are many different free and paid-for services available for recording desktop activity. This article takes a brief look at several different examples.
Recording…
Tech Increasing Domestic Abuse
With domestic abuse on the rise, particularly since the pandemic lockdowns, we look at some of the chilling ways that smart devices and other technology are being used as a tool by abusers.
Rise In Reports
A BBC Panorama and Women’s…
Tech Tips – Using New Privacy Controls on Amazon Echo
If you have an Amazon Echo smart speaker at home or in the office (which could be both if you are working at home) here’s how to protect your privacy using the newly introduced privacy controls.
Amazon’s smart speakers take voice recordings…
Learning From the WisePay Attack
In the wake of the recent attack on the WisePay website which saw some parents unwittingly making school payments to cyber-criminals, we look at how to spot whether personal data may have been compromised and how to protect personal information…
New ‘Breakout Rooms’ For Google Meet Users
Users of the Google Meet, Enterprise for Education video-communication service (formerly part of G Suite) will soon be able to divide meeting participants into Breakout Rooms.
Greater Engagement
The feature, which started its gradual…
Buy Products Directly From YouTube
It has been reported that YouTube (owned by Google) is testing a feature that will enable viewers of YouTube videos to directly purchase products that they see featured in the video they are watching.
Back in 2015
The idea was originally…
Recycling Your Jumper
Swedish clothing retailer, H&M, in conjunction with the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) has introduced the first jumper-cycling machine to one of its Stockholm stores.
Environmental Impact
Reducing the…
Tech Tips – Tracking Prevention With Microsoft Edge
If you use the Windows 10 Microsoft Edge browser and you’d like to improve your security and privacy by blocking potentially harmful trackers, here’s how:
In Microsoft Edge, select Settings and more > Settings > Privacy and services.Set…
Are You Being Tracked By WhatsApp Apps?
A recent Business Insider Report has highlighted how third-party apps may be exposing some data and details of the activity of WhatsApp users.
WhatsApp – Known For Encryption
Facebook-owned WhatsApp is known for its end-to-end encryption. …
Most People Happy With Virtual Doctors’ Appointments
A recent survey from Visionable has shown that 73 per cent of people are happy with the idea of having video consultations with their GP.
Pandemic Strengthens View
The survey, which originally took into account the views of 1500 people…
Facial Recognition, Facial Authentication and the Future
Facial Recognition and facial authentication sound similar but there are distinct differences and this article takes a broad a look at how both are playing more of a role in our lives going forward. So firstly, what's the difference?
Facial…
Google To Pay Publishers $1 Billion
Alphabet Inc.’s CEO, Sundar Pichai has said that Google will pay $1 billion to publishers globally for their news over the next three years.
Fight
The fight to get Google to pay publishers for content has raged for years and there was…
Tech Tips – Reading Articles That Are Behind Paywalls
If you find an article that you’d really like to read but it’s behind a paywall and you don’t want to sign-up to the online publication just to read one thing, here’s how to read the whole article:
Go to https://outline.com/ Copy…
Uber Reclaims London Licence
A year after Transport for London (TfL) stopped ride-hailing service Uber’s London operating licence over safety concerns, an appeal has led to the company being granted a further 18-month licence.
What Happened?
Back in November 2019,…
Privacy Campaigners Challenge Government Over Test and Trace
Privacy campaign groups Big Brother Watch and The Open Rights Group have voiced their concerns that there is a lack of clarity from the government about how the data of users of the new NHS contact tracing app will be protected.
Concerns
The…
Cybersecurity Top of List for Digital Transformation
A recent survey appears to have shown that changes brought by the pandemic have meant that IT buyers from companies working on digital transformation now value cybersecurity the most.
Survey
The survey, conducted among IT business leaders…
The Challenge of User Access Permissions
Employees being given too much access to privileged, sensitive company data can put an organisation in danger. In this article, we explore the issues around this subject and how businesses can minimise the risk.
Survey
In a recent…
Tech Tips – Matching Displays
If you need to use 2 or more monitors to help you to get more things done and multi-task, here are some tips for making sure those monitor displays match up.If the monitors are the same make/model Windows may be able to automatically extend…