Consumer review website Trustpilot has expressed concerns over freedom of speech after a firm of London solicitors sued someone over a bad review.
What Happened?
Philip James Waymouth, who had sought legal advice (online) from London-based…
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UK Finance and Action Fraud have both reported increases in fraud related to romance scams over the lockdown period.
What Is Romance Fraud?
Romance fraud/romance scams refers to fraudsters adopting fake personas online in order to fool…
With the news that mining Bitcoin uses more electricity annually than the whole of Argentina, we take a closer look at the carbon footprint of technology today.
Cambridge
Researchers from Cambridge recently highlighted how power-hungry…
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Zap-Map figures show that Scotland has the largest number of free electronic vehicle (EV) charging points in the UK.
More Than A Quarter of the UK’s Free Chargers
The latest figures from EV charging infrastructure trackers Zap-Maps…
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If you’d like to restore a previous version of a file in Windows 10 you can do this using File History. Here’s how:
Firstly, to enable File History:
Go to ‘Settings’ and select ‘Update & Security’ and in the left-hand-side…
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In the light of a reported recent victory by Europol in trying to stop the particularly dangerous Emotet malware, we look at what it is, how it is spread, and how to try and guard against it.
What is Emotet?
Emotet is a computer malware…
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Alphabet Inc’s (Google’s) quarterly sales for its advertising and cloud businesses exceeded expectations to hit record levels, helped by the pandemic driving retail and clients online.
Figures
Google’s advertising business, which…
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The fact that Amazon has started using AI-powered cameras in delivery vans that constantly record footage of drivers has led to accusations of mobile corporate surveillance.
Cameras
The Driveri combined video recording and AI cameras…
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Microsoft has announced the general availability of a one-of-a-kind customised, synthetic voice for brands, generated using Custom Neural Voice, the Text-to-Speech (TTS) feature of Speech in Azure Cognitive Services.
What Is It?
The…
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PDFs are really useful files for sharing and printing and one good thing about Windows 10 is that it enables you to make a pdf out of almost anything. Here’s how:
From any Windows 10 app, use the Print command.In the Print dialogue…
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In the light of the recent controversy over GameStop shares, we take a look at the growing trend for casual, amateur investing and how the Robinhood app has enabled this.
Robinhood
Robinhood is a is a free-trading app that lets…
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The LGBTQ+ dating app was issued the penalty for the alleged sharing of users’ sensitive personal data with third-party advertisers without obtaining appropriate consent. The fine is the result of a legal complaint by the Norwegian…
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A survey by Citizens Advice has found that more than one in six people are struggling to afford their broadband during the third lockdown and that poorer people are locked out altogether.
Certain Groups Worst Hit
Citizens Advice, which…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked the UK Treasury to consider increasing the maximum contactless payment to £100.
Changing Payment Behaviour
The move away from handling cash due to its potential infection-passing risk,…
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If you're having trouble seeing what's on the screen, Windows 10 allows you to apply a colour filter which changes the screen's colour palette and can help you distinguish between things that differ only by colour. Here's how to use it:
Select…
Australia’s intention to introduce a new law to make tech companies like Google and Facebook pay publishers for news content has prompted Google to threaten to withdraw its search engine from Australia.
What Law?
The proposed law is…
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With mobile computing, software-as-a-service (SaaS), and now remote working moving the focus of IT security away from the traditional perimeter, this article looks at what a Zero Trust approach is and how it can help.
More Complex Demands
The…
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Google has announced that to make it faster and easier for users to find what they are looking for, a major visual redesign of Google’s mobile search results is to be rolled out shortly.
Challenges
Some of the challenges that Google…
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Billionaire Tesla founder and SpaceX boss, Elon Musk, has pledged to give a $100 (£73 million) prize to whomever comes up with the best technology to remove carbon dioxide (which are generated from fossil fuels) from the air.
Jan 21st Tweet
In…
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If you would like a fast and easy way to describe to someone else (with pictures and steps) how you do something on your Windows 10 computer, the ‘Steps Recorder’ will record what you do and produce a file or slideshow showing those steps.
To…
Cambridgeshire County Council’s pilot scheme to allow electric vehicles to use bus lanes from December 2020 has caused safety concerns among cyclists, who also use the bus lanes.
December Decision
Under an Experimental Traffic Regulation…
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In this article, we look at not just the story of how a staggering 400,000 police records were accidentally deleted but also at the wider picture of what information is held about us UK citizens by the authorities, and what powers we have over…
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With more than 30 million people joining the non-profit, end-to-end encrypted communications app ‘Signal’ in just a few days, users of the app have (understandably) been experiencing a few technical issues.
Mass Sign-Ups
The…
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Global tech market analysts Canalys have reported that the worldwide PC market has received its biggest sales boost in 10 years as remote working fuels the ongoing digital transformation.
Highest Full-Year Growth Since 2010
Canalys reported…
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If you would like to stop Skype from opening and appearing automatically, every time you log into or start-up Windows 10, here’s how:
Go to ‘Settings’ (type ‘Settings’ in the taskbar and select it).Click on ‘Apps’.On the ‘Apps…
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In a change to WhatsApp’s privacy policy from next month, users outside of Europe will have to agree to share their personal information with WhatsApp’s owner Facebook or leave the app.
Outside Europe
From February 8, 2021, a compulsory…
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Last week, following the storming of Washington DC's Capitol building, US President Donald Trump’s ban from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (for a full list click here) has led to some questions about the legal status and regulation of social…
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In this article, we look at the rules, policies and guidance around what types of content is - and isn’t - allowed on social media websites.
Social Media Platforms
Social media platforms reflect many different views and motivations…
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Worries about the disruption of the flow of data and the effect of this on trade between the UK and EU countries with Brexit have been addressed by the granting of controversial, short-term data adequacy status to the UK.
What Is Data Adequacy?
For…
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You can make sure that you are making the best use of the space on your computer by using the Storage Sense feature in Windows 10. Here’s how:
When enabled, Storage Sense will automatically work in the background when your PC is…
New Research from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM), suggests that people who understand statistics and data are more likely to take COVID-19 prevention advice seriously.
The Results
The research results, published…
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The value of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency has risen sharply, reaching a value of £22,000 for the first time ever.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a digital web-based currency that operates without the need for central banks and uses highly secure encryption…
In this article, we look at some of the ways that SMEs can access and use AI to improve efficiency and add value.
SMEs Optimistic About AI
Contrary to a popular belief that AI may still be a little ‘pie in the sky’ for many SMEs,…
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Tesla reached its target of producing 500,000+ vehicles in 2020, although it very narrowly missed its target of delivering that number of vehicles.
Target
Electronic vehicle company Tesla’s own target set five years ago under CEO Elon…
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If you use Gmail and if you would like to avoid sending an email to the incorrect recipients, without the promised attachments, with the wrong subject line, or worse, here’s how:
Gmail settings offer the option of pausing an email delivery…
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As 2020 draws to a close, here is look back of some of the biggest tech stories and issues in the year that was dominated by the effects of a global pandemic.
Disastrous
The shocking death toll and infection rates, the lockdowns, hardship,…
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Microsoft has announced that its new Authenticator App will also work as a password manager which will allow passwords to be synced across desktop and mobile devices (iOS and Android) as well as Edge and Google Chrome browsers.
Free Authenticator
The…
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It has been reported that Facebook’s WhatsApp will be introducing voice and video calling to its WhatsApp Web desktop version next year.
Pandemic Boosted Demand
WhatsApp, which has around 2 billion users globally, is currently used…
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A survey commissioned by PCI Pal® shows that Christmas online shoppers appear to be more concerned about prices and the speed and cost of deliveries than the security of their personal data.
Priority Ranking
The survey asked 2,002…
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In Windows 10, using Microsoft Edge, here’s how you can block annoying autoplay ads and videos on a web page:
Click on the 3 dots (top right) and select 'Settings'.Select ‘Cookies and site permissions’ (middle of the left-hand menu).Scroll…
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With Christmas just around the corner here are some suggestions for how you and your loved ones can stay safe online over this festive period and beyond.
The Shift Online
The pandemic has prompted a huge shift online this year for work…
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Doubt has again been cast on the effectiveness of HMRC’s IR35 tax status checker tool after news that it failed to provide a response in nearly 20 per cent of cases.
IR35
The IR35 tax reform legislation that is designed to stop tax…
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South Korean car manufacturer, Hyundai Motor Group, has agreed to buy a controlling stake in robot maker Boston Dynamics.
Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics, which is currently owned by Tokyo-based multinational conglomerate holding company…
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Google’s DeepMind AI machine learning program has solved a genetic protein challenge, the result will dramatically change biology and could bring many medical benefits.
The Challenge
Proteins are the building blocks of cells and, for…
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If your computer’s getting a little slow and you would like to save time by having a faster computer startup with Windows 10 by trimming down the number of programs that try to load on startup, here’s how:
Go to Settings > Apps > Startup.Look…
With the UK’s departure from the European Union set for 31 January 2020, we take a brief look at what is known about how technology and the technology sector may be affected in a few key areas.
Predictions and Warnings
Since the June…
It has been reported that UK drug company AstraZeneca has been targeted by suspected North Korean hackers thought to be looking for COVID vaccine secrets.
Used WhatsApp and LinkedIn
Over the last few weeks, attacks have reportedly been…
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A big Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage last week affected a large number of Internet services and gadgets at a time when making online sales and using cloud-based remote working platforms are vital for struggling businesses.
AWS
AWS,…
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said that Facebook and Google will face new rules next year to prevent abuse of their market dominance.
The Issues
For the CMA, the issues that were highlighted back in July and are…
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In Windows 10, if you would like a fast and easy way to stay organised by instantly getting a birds-eye view of each tab that you have open without interrupting the flow of your work this tip is for you.
Click on the tab part of the current…
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HMRC has issued a warning to those completing Self Assessment tax returns for 31 January not to be caught out by SMS messages and email scams purporting to be from HMRC.
Bogus
An upturn in scams using HMRC’s name has meant that in the…
Apple is to pay $113m (£85m) to put an end to the 'Batterygate' scandal, where the company was accused of deliberately slowing down iPhone batteries to prompt users into buying a new iPhone.
What Happened?
Back in 2017, some iPhone users…
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This article looks at the difference between cloud backup and cloud storage and how each contributes to daily business life; business continuity and disaster recovery.
The Need For Storage
Businesses not only have limited hard drive space,…
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A Financial Times report based on work by Tim Berners-Lee has highlighted how sending fewer emails could help tackle climate change by reducing carbon emissions.
Emails and Carbon Production
The idea from Tim Berners-Lee, referenced also…
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If you would like a fast and easy way to include emojis in your writing or get access to a free resource of extra graphics when using Windows 10, you may not know that Windows 10 now has an integrated emoji and Kaomoji keyboard. Here’s how…
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Google is being sued for (allegedly) secretly using Android users’ cellular data allowances without user consent, to perform “passive” information transfers.
Passive Information Transfers
The lawsuit was filed by Taylor et al v.…
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Data Breaches
A personal data breach, as defined by the UK’s data watchdog and regulator, The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), is “a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration,…
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Only a week after its WhatsApp announcement for the “disappearing messages” feature, Facebook has announced “Vanish Mode” for Messenger and Instagram to allow the sending of messages that disappear automatically.
Privacy and Secrecy
Facebook…
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With the UK facing different rules and lockdowns, there’s evidence that retailers are trying to overcome their significant challenges by becoming more agile and adapting where possible.
High Street Decline
Prior to the pandemic, those…
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In Microsoft Outlook you can delay the delivery of an individual message or you can use rules to delay the delivery of all messages by having them held in the Outbox for a specified time after you click Send. Here’s…
From the end of November, Facebook’s WhatsApp users will have the option to automatically delete chats between the sender and recipient after 7 days.
Disappearing Messages
The new “disappearing messages” feature is not going to…
A hapless scammer pretending to be from a broadband network got more than he bargained for when he accidentally called (and tried to work his scam) on the cyber-crime squad of an Australian police force.
Claimed To Be From Broadband Network
The…
An AI study of the language used on social media platform Reddit has revealed increasing levels of anxiety since the beginning of the pandemic.
Study
The study, by MIT and Harvard University researchers, sought to leverage natural language…
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In this article, we look at why bring your own device (BYOD) is still popular and we look at some of the risks businesses face by allowing BYOD.
BYOD
BYOD has been around since 2004 and essentially allows employees to bring in their personally…
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In Windows 10, if you would like to return quickly and easily to a location that you have recently visited, the ‘Jump List’ feature in the taskbar can help. Here’s how it works:
Jump list works for browsers, folders, and other programs…
MIT research has used an AI model trained on cough sounds to detect an early stage COVID cough.
Identifies Cough Pattern
Those who catch COVID-19 but remain largely or completely asymptomatic (and therefore do not get a test) are proving…
Hacking of websites, as well as devices and accounts, is all too common and this article looks at some of the tell-tale signs that your website may have been hacked, and what to do about it.
Signs
The kinds of signs that alert website…
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The move to home working has prompted more businesses to invest in more digital, online staff-monitoring tools to help with transparency and productivity.
Home Working
Working at home because of the pandemic has led to companies wanting…
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Microsoft is making its plus addressing, custom email feature available to all Office 365 users by adding it to Exchange Online.
What Is Plus Addressing?
Plus addressing allows a user to create their own custom, disposable return email…
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If you are using Windows 10 and you need to do a clean install on a PC/reset a PC, Microsoft’s ‘Cloud Download’ feature as part of the new Windows update makes it easy.
This feature means that there is no need to gather files from…
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If you like to save time while you are working with Windows 10, here is a tip to help you quickly and easily open up windows from your taskbar using ‘Windows Switch’:
Hold down the Windows key + 1 and this opens the first item that’s…
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The fact that websites continue to be hacked and passwords are frequently stolen (and that a computer recently set a record by guessing 100 billion passwords per second) calls in to question how passwords can still be used safely and what lies…
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Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.’s 9.9 per cent revenue increase in its figures for the first three quarters of 2020 shows a significant slowing in growth compared to the 24.4 per cent increase for the corresponding period of 2019.
Impact
Financial…
It has been reported that US-based payments giant PayPal is ready to allow its users to buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin BTC and other cryptocurrencies.
Millions of Merchants
The decision by PayPal will also mean that 26 million merchants…
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A recent (Which?) survey of 1,016 electric vehicle (EV) owners has revealed that worries about battery degradation should not be an issue for potential EV buyers.
The Survey
The survey by consumer champion Which? was conducted from December…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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. …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
An anonymous person living in the village of Aberhosan, Powys, was found to have caused broadband outages for the whole village for the last 18 months every time they switched on their old television.
Investigation
An exhaustive investigation…
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In an open letter to Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, MPs, academics, and campaigners have asked the big tech companies to stop targeting children with personalised advertising.
Global Action Plan
The letter has been published…
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The online environment can be a dangerous as well as a fun place for young people so here are some tips and tools to help keep kids safe online.
The Risks
Children face many risks online including seeing/watching things they shouldn’t,…
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Airbus has announced that a zero-emission, hydrogen-fuelled commercial aircraft could be a reality by 2035.
Targets
The dramatic drop in air pollution levels during the global pandemic lockdown reminded many people of the pressing need…
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If you are using Windows 10 and you want to multi-task and make the most of your single screen Snap Assist enables you to split your screen between two open windows. Here’s how:
Hold down the Windows key on the keyboard and use the…
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Amazon has announced its new ‘Printing With Alexa’ service that allows owners of Echo devices to operate their printer using voice commands.
Print What?
Printing With Alexa allows the simple “Alexa, print….” followed by what…
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An FT investigation appears to have uncovered an estimated 20,000 Amazon reviews where the reviewers were suspected of being paid to give a five-star rating.
Reviews
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK estimates that…
In a bid to raise awareness of responsible behaviour concerning COVID-19 among the younger age groups, the UK government is reported to be paying freelance social media influencers and reality TV stars to promote test and trace.
Test and…
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With a vast and growing number of business, industry, consumer and civic IoT (internet of things) devices and systems now being used, we look at their advantages, the threats to the IoT and how we move forward in a way that maximises the benefits…
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If you are using Windows 10 and need some simple, handy reminders about work, appointments, calls and more, synced across all your devices and other apps, Microsoft’s Sticky Notes app can help. Here’s how it works:
Open the Sticky Notes…
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With the internet and particularly social media awash with pictures, videos, news, and other content which may not be all that it seems, here is a guide to spotting fake news and content.
Misinformation
There are a number of sources and…
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The successful move to virtual presentations for London Tech Week Connects, back in June, inspired September’s London Tech Week to go ahead as a fully virtual event.
In June, when the country was still locked-down due to the pandemic,…
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A leaked government memo reportedly suggests that critical IT systems needed to avoid border disruption post-Brexit are behind schedule, raising the threat of border chaos for hauliers.
Memo After Meeting
The memo, reported by Bloomberg,…
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Microsoft has announced that it is ending support for the Adobe Flash Player on Microsoft Edge (new and legacy) and Internet Explorer 11 at the end of 2020.
Flash
Initially released in 1996, Adobe Flash Player is software for using content…
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On your PC, if you would like to be able to monitor how much space your apps are taking up and keep your machine running quickly by getting rid of the ones you do not need, here’s how:
To check how much space your apps are using go to…
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With your router in charge of all incoming and outgoing Internet traffic and controlling the Wi-Fi network for your devices, it makes sense to make it as secure as possible.
Routers
Your router is the device that connects your computer…
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Tesla-founder and SpaceX boss Elon Musk gave an update on the progress of his Neuralink project using live pigs with the device implanted.
What Is Neuralink?
The Neuralink idea is to create an implantable device that can act as an interface…
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Amazon’s Prime Air drone parcel delivery service has been approved by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to test autonomous delivery drones.
Prime Air
Amazon Prime Air completed its first fully autonomous drone delivery…
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Zoom Video Communications Inc has raised its annual revenue forecast by more than 30 per cent as it converts many of its vast free user base to paid subscriptions.
Pandemic Growth
Zoom’s video conferencing platform received a huge boost…
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Whilst availability of peripheral-hardware for remote-working may be less of an issue now that it was a just a couple of short months ago (when Covid-19 took off and caused a shortage of equipment) remember that if you are struggling for a…
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In the fight against COVID-19 (and as made famous by U.S. President Trump’s comments about UV light) UVC wands may kill viruses and pathogens, but are they really a safe or effective tool in the fight against COVID-19?
What Are UVC Wands?
UVC…
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Details emerged this week of a scam whereby a man claiming to be on a top-secret military mission contacted a lady on a dating site and encouraged her to switch to an encrypted message service in order to steal money and personal details.
Hooked
In…
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As wearable devices such as fitness wristbands and watches track signs such as body temperature, could they be used to help detect the early signs of COVID-19 infection and thereby help public health responses?
Testing
There are now many…
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Ofcom's annual report shows that a record-breaking £20.7m in compensation was paid to broadband customers under the new automatic compensation scheme in the last six months of 2019.
The Automatic Compensation Scheme
Back in November…
If you are using Word (or any Office app) in Windows 10, there is a one-click way to make sure that your messages and documents can be read by people of all abilities. Here’s how:
With your chosen document open click on ‘Review’…
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For those whose workplace would normally be the office, going 'back to work' after remote working during the pandemic has its own challenges, so here is a brief reminder and checklist for moving back to the office to work.
New Rules To Protect…
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Toyota will use Amazon’s (AWS) cloud services for a Mobility Services Platform that will upload data from Toyota cars globally that could be used for monetised services.
Data Gathering From Fleet
Toyota’s platform in Amazon’s cloud…
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Social media analytics company Graphika has reported identifying images of faces for social media profiles that appear to have been faked using machine learning for the purpose of China-based anti-U.S. government campaigns.
Graphika Detects
Graphika,…
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Some diners with bookings at the Ritz Hotel were reportedly targeted by phone scammers who posed as hotel staff to steal credit card details.
What Happened?
The ID spoofing attack involved the fraudsters pretending to be hotel staff,…
If you’re using Windows 10 and you need to quickly find a document that you’ve worked on in the past using the Timeline can help you to find it and start working where you left off.
To find files using the timeline:
Either select…
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Remote working during the pandemic has made businesses look more closely at what IT tools are best for the job. Here is a look at what Microsoft’s Office 365 has to offer.
Remote Working
ONS figures show that 53 per cent of those…
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The Trump administration’s next high-profile target in its Chinese trade-war is the hugely popular video-sharing mobile app TikTok, which has been slapped with a 45-day ban in the U.S. from 20 September 2020.
Executive Orders
Chinese…
Tokyo-based Toshiba Corporation has announced that it has now transferred the remaining 19.9 per cent of its outstanding shares in its PC business (re-branded as Dynabook Inc.) to Sharp Corporation.
Helped By Foxconn
Back in June 2018,…
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A statement to investors from Anne Boden, CEO of Starling, gives an example of how and why starter banks and Fintech have seen a rise in popularity over the period of the pandemic.
Starling
Starling is a London-based, digital, mobile-only…
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If you are using Word in Windows 10 and you would like a really fast and easy way to translate text into another language and include it in your document, here’s how.
Highlight the text in your Word document that you would like to translate.Right-mouse…
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With surveys, quizzes and polls providing some valuable insights that can be used for marketing and content creation, we look at and compare the survey solutions that Microsoft and others offer.
Surveys, Quizzes and Polls
Surveys, quizzes…
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It has been reported that due to the effects of the pandemic on the UK high street, even tech giant Apple is trying to negotiate a 50 per cent rent cut with its retail landlords.
Reports
The reports, which appeared in the UK’s Sunday…
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At a time when smaller news outlets have been forced to close and big tech companies dominate distribution, the Australian Government may make the likes of Google and Facebook pay for their news content.
What’s The Problem?
The pandemic…
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidelines to help clarify how data protection principles apply to AI projects.
The Document
The guidance document (now a pdf available online on the ICO website) was produced…
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If you’d like to give your hands a rest, if you need to quickly capture notes, or even if you’d like to take an easy written record of the information given in a phone call, try using the dictation feature in Windows 10. Here’s…
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…
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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…
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…
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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…
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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’…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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The global pandemic and news about tracking apps have put health and technology in the spotlight. With this in mind, here are some examples of medical apps for smart devices and smart health products that involve a link between smart…
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Big companies such as Google, Facebook and Netflix have committed to considerable financial support for black-owned businesses as Black Lives Matter gains momentum.
Google
In the wake of the killing of George Floyd by U.S. police, followed…
Microsoft has added custom backgrounds and live captions to Teams in its latest move in the battle between video conferencing and collaborative working online platforms.
New Features in Teams
Following on from its original announcement…
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Windows 10 users can help users to get organised with their current work by creating named Start menu folders that have a group of relevant live app Tiles in them.
Here’s how to create your Start menu folders:
Click on the Start…
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The recent killing of George Floyd by U.S. police appears to have been the catalyst for a backlash by tech companies such as Amazon and Microsoft who are banning the police from using facial recognition software until more regulations are in…
A survey has shown how the need for most people to pay using a contactless card in shops, digital/ mobile and online means for purchases during lockdown may have sped up the move towards a cashless future.
Survey
The survey of 2,000 people,…
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With businesses looking to ensure COVID-safe working conditions, the use of voice and contactless interfaces could help provide safer ways of carrying out daily work tasks.
Report
A recent report by 451 Research states that technology…
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In partnership with Visa, NatWest has added an invisible layer of behavioural biometrics as part of an authentication process that will enable compliance with a new EU regulation.
Which Regulation?
The Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) regulation,…
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If you’ve got a screen full of windows open on Windows 10 and you need to unclutter your screen so you can concentrate on just the one you’re working on, the old ‘Aero Shake’ trick still works and can save time. Here is how to use…
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If you would
like to improve your video conference calls in terms of how things look, sound
and operate, here are a few tips:
Consider using a webcam rather than the built-in laptop cam. It may be better quality (picture and sound) plus…
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7 million electric vehicles are already on the world’s roads and it is predicated that 31 per cent of the overall car fleet will be electric by 2040 (i.e. 58% of all vehicles sold). How these vehicles are powered by (or can store) renewable…
Google Maps is now issuing COVID-19 related alerts to those looking for public transport directions in cities, looking for medical facilities and testing centres, and for those crossing borders.
New Alerts
Google has announced on its…
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With phone cameras, surveillance cameras with facial recognition seemingly everywhere and the world entering a new phase of social change, many people are looking at how they can take simple steps to retain and protect their privacy rights.
Faces
Enshrined…
German vertical take-off air taxi start-up company Lilium has just received a major funding boost from Baillie Gifford, the second-biggest shareholder in Tesla.
Additional Funding
Lilium had already raised $340 million, $240 million…
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Here’s how to stop background apps from running in the background on Windows 10 as they can use up more of your battery power and data.
Go to: Settings > Privacy > Background apps.To stop all from running, toggle ‘Let apps run…
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Cookies perform functions and provide information that helps website users, businesses, publishers, and advertisers. This article looks at what cookies are, what they do, and the legislation that affects how they are used.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies…
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Just as you thought that cybercriminals had exploited every aspect of the pandemic, there are now warnings to beware of fake contact tracer messages.
Contact Tracing in the UK
Here in the UK, NHS contact tracers are now contacting…
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Google has removed an app from its Play Store that was designed to help users to detect and delete apps that were made in China.
More Than 1 Million Downloads
The Remove China Apps, which is reported to have been downloaded by more than…
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We show you how to bulk-delete or hide old Facebook posts based on a variety of filters, using Facebook's new ‘Manage Activity’ tool.
Change
With so many subscribing to Facebook over the last 15 years it is likely that over time,…
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Here is how to change the background in Zoom to something that is a little more interesting than an overcrowded bookshelf:
In the Zoom app, click your profile (at the top right), and then click Settings. On the left-hand menu, click…
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‘Vishing’, or ‘phishing over the phone’ is on the rise and in this article, we look at what vishing is, and the techniques used. We show examples and explain how to guard against it.
What Is Vishing?
The word Vishing is a combination…
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The idea of using facial recognition for Covid-19 "immunity passports" has been suggested by Andrew Bud, chief executive of iProov. The company behind the NHS app.
App
The NHS app system is for Android and iOS and not to be confused with…
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Reports that eBay has been running port scans against the computers of visitors to the platform have caused alarm over potential security issues.
Port Scans
Port scanning is something that many people associate with cyberattacks…
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Researchers from Australia’s Monash, Swinburne, and RMIT universities claim to have set a new Internet speed record of 44.2 Tbps.
Fibre Connection
The claim, which is featured in the ‘Nature Communications’ journal (https://www.nature.com/)…
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In this week's edition of Tech Tips we look at 3 different ways to help you to speed up your Windows 10 PC:
1. Change Power Settings
If you are using a power saver plan, you can
change your power settings to “Higher Performance” or…
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Have you have ever wondered "does my phone have a virus?", if so read on. This article looks at how to tell if your phone has a virus, what to do if you think it has, and how to protect your phone. Phones are essentially powerful mobile computers…
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Fuel engine car sales fall faster then electric cars as Bloomberg NEF (BNEF) forecasts that sales of combustion engine cars will drop 23 per cent in 2020. Compared with worldwide electric car registrations being set to fall by only 18 per…
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The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick, recently announced a virtual restart for the housing market. Furthermore, technology such as virtual viewings looks set to play an important part.
Hard…
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As questions about the continued use of potentially unreliable and unregulated live facial recognition (LFR) technology continue. Masks used to protect against the spread of coronavirus may be presenting a further challenge to the technology.
Questions…
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This week we show you how to access all your OneDrive files without having to download them and use storage space on your Windows device. We also display how it is possible to have certain files and folders available on-demand locally on your…
If you’ve heard about (or already use) ‘dark mode’ for apps and devices but don’t know much about it, here’s a look at why it has been introduced, whether it delivers real benefits, and how to turn on dark mode in different operating…
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A robotic dog maintains social distancing in a trial in a park in Singapore. The robot called SPOT warns visitors to observe social distancing measures.
Sign
The 2-week trial in Singapore’s Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park is a collaboration…
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More scam warnings for Zoom, Teams and Meet users as reports show hackers still use domains related to popular collaborative platforms to target remote workers with phishing scams during lockdown.
Domains
Almost as soon as the lockdown…
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Virgin Media and O2 are merging to compete against BT in a £31 billion deal. The aim is to create an entertainment and telecoms company that can provide some serious competition to telecoms giant BT.
Mobile & Broadband
O2, owned…
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A state of lockdown has increased our reliance on technology to help us meet our needs and to reduce our stress.
Here are some of the many ways that technology has helped us to look after our mental health in these challenging times.
Apps…
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Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc (Google) have both announced that they will not use GPS location tracking as part of the COVID-19 contact tracing app that they are jointly developing.
Contact Tracing Apps
With contact-tracing and testing believed…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has given UK businesses an extra 6 months to reach compliance with the new Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) rules for secure payment processing.
What Are the SCA Secure Payment Processing Rules?
The…
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Technology is playing an important role in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic with adapted facial recognition cameras and super-computers now joining the battle to help beat the virus.
Adapted Facial Recognition
Facial recognition camera…
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Google has entered the video conferencing market fight with the likes of Zoom and Facebook Messenger as it announces that its ‘Google Meet’ premium video conferencing service will soon be free for everyone.
Google Meet
Google Meet…
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Matthew Gould, Chief Executive of the National Health Service’s technology group NHSX has announced that a COVID-19 contact-tracing app for the UK could be ready “in the next couple of weeks”.
Bluetooth, Short-Range
Most countries…
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Delivery robots from U.S.-based company Starship Technologies have come into their own during the lockdown as a way of delivering food to the residents and workers of Milton Keynes.
First Commercial Deployment in the UK
The autonomous…
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When our PCs, laptops, phones, and other devices need to be replaced, disposing of them in a way that does not pose a data security risk is especially important. Here are some tips on how to dispose of devices securely.
Backup
Before…
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Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has announced that the UK’s Department for Education will be providing disadvantaged children across England with a supply of laptops and tablets to help them study at home during the coronavirus outbreak.
Those…
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Google is reported to have been blocking 100 million phishing emails per day and 18 million email scams relating specifically to coronavirus.
Millions of Scams and Spam Messages Daily
On its Cloud blog on 16th April, Google reported that…
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After the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) worries last May, the CMA has now announced that Amazon can invest in food distribution company Deliveroo.
Last May
Last May, Amazon was a leading investor in a funding round of $575…
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Last week it was David Icke and this week it’s TV presenter Eamonn Holmes who’s given media momentum to the conspiracy theory that suggests a link between the emergence of COVID-19 and the use of 5G. What’s going on, why, and how?
The…
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Amazon is reported to have sacked three employees, two of whom had recently made public statements questioning Amazon’s pandemic safety measures and one who had tried to organise better working conditions.
User Experience Designers
The…
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The value of drone delivery services appears to have been realised now that the world’s population centres are in lockdown, with Alphabet’s (Google’s) drone deliveries doubling in test areas in the U.S. and Australia.
What Drone Delivery…
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YouTube has launched YouTube Video Builder, a free tool that enables businesses to easily make short video adverts.
Easy To Use
The new free (beta) Video Builder tool enables users to create video animations from static elements such…
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Following recent Wall Street Journal reports that phone data from tech companies and data providers is being used to track the movements of Americans in order to better understand the spread of COVID-19, here’s a look at how data and apps…
Search terms relating to popular collaborative working tools such as ‘Zoom’ (the most searched for), GoToMeeting, WebEx, Slack and Microsoft Teams have also seen huge search volumes in Google in recent weeks.
Facebook has launched a…
After a recent live-streamed interview with David Icke linked the introduction of 5G technology to the emergence of the COVID-19 the pandemic, Google’s YouTube has now banned all 5G conspiracy videos.
5G Theory Far-Fetched
Mr Icke’s…
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London-based security company Redscan has reported that recent Google searches reveal how businesses are focused on how they can adapt to the security and technology challenges posed by remote working.
Not Prepared
This does appear to…
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When employees leave (or are asked to leave) or retire from businesses and organisations, those entities still have a legal responsibility to ensure that security levels are maintained with regards to data security.
Laws For Data
The…
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With many people working from home due to coronavirus, research by Check Point indicates that cybercriminals may be targeting the video conferencing app ‘Zoom’.
Domains
Cybersecurity company ‘Check Point’ reports witnessing a…
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Google has warned businesses that are tempted to disable or temporarily close their online business website during the coronavirus outbreak not to do so, as this could have a lasting, detrimental effect on its (SEO) search engine rankings.
Why…
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The UK government has announced that the UK’s big ISP’s are removing caps on data for fixed-line broadband during the coronavirus pandemic.
Fixed-Line Broadband
The joint announcement by the companies, government and Ofcom will affect…
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Microsoft’s collaborative working platform ‘Teams’ is reported to have seen a massive 12 million user boost in one week as a result of remote-working through the coronavirus outbreak, and through Microsoft making the platform generally…
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Robots armed with UV-C ultraviolet light beams that can effectively disinfect surfaces in a hospital room in 10-20 minutes are helping in the fight against COVID-19.
UVD Robots, Denmark
The robots, which are reported to have been shipped…
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Facebook and Instagram have reduced the quality of videos shared on their platforms in Europe as demand for streaming has increased due to self-isolation.
Lower Bitrate, Looks Similar
The announcement by Facebook that a lowering of the…
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It has been reported that the surge in the use of streaming music and video services has been accompanied by a surge in the number of user accounts being taken over by cybercriminals.
Entertainment During Isolation
Self-isolation and…
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The current global health crisis may bring many different IT security challenges to businesses and organisations and this article highlights some of the ways that you can prepare to keep IT security covered as best you can at this difficult…
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Some cybercriminals have already taken advantage of the fear surrounding the Covid-19 outbreak by sending out phishing emails that promise cures, seek donations, or heighten panic in order to extract personal data and money.
Phishing For…
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The need for people to work from home during the Covid-19 outbreak is reported to have led to a huge increase in the downloads of business teleconferencing apps and in the use of popular cloud-based services like G Suite.
Surge In Downloads
Downloads…
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Apple has announced that due to the global spread of COVID-19, it will be closing all of its retail stores outside of Greater China until March 27.
Flexible Working
A statement on the Apple website (Newsroom) highlighted how Apple is…
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With the number of countries and cities on lockdown
increasing daily more and more organisations are looking to remote working
solutions to keep working during the current pandemic.
The nature of many tech industry jobs means that
working…
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To have access to Google’s many features and services, as with other platforms, we need to give some personal information and then sign-in, but have you ever wondered just how much information Google keeps about you and your activities?
Google
This…
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A survey by ContractorCalculator has revealed that many private sector companies may be at risk of legal action through misinterpreting the new IR35 tax reforms.
What Is IR35?
The IR35 tax reform legislation, set to be introduced this…
Six years after the personal data of 87 million users was harvested and later shared without user consent with Cambridge Analytica, Australia’s privacy watchdog is suing Facebook for an incredible £266bn over the harvested data of its citizens.
What…
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A security threat to devices, Wi-Fi access points (APs), and routers that comes from the Kr00k Wi-Fi chip vulnerability could affect billions according to security researchers.
Kr00k
The existence of Kr00k, also known by the catchy name…
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Coronavirus is firstly a threat to public health but the impact of the virus hitting the Chinese economy (a centre for tech goods), the threat of widescale illness among workers, the effects of measures to contain the virus and other factors…
Virgin Media has announced that in the UK’s largest gigabit switch-on to date, it is launching its next-generation Gig1 Fibre Broadband services for 1 million+ homes in Birmingham, Coventry and surrounding areas across the West Midlands.
Speed
Virgin…
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A free, basic AI skills course, funded by Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (MEAE), is being made available to citizens across the EU’s 27 member states.
Success in Finland
The decision by the Finnish government…
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Redcar Council Victim
Of Major Ransomware Cyber Attack
A Northern England
Borough Council has been reduced to using pen and paper to deliver key
services. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council has struggled to counter a
Ransomware attack…
5G (fifth generation) is essentially the next step up and the replacement for your current 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) connection. The main benefits that this new generation of mobile broadband should bring are faster upload and download…
ABC News in Australia has reported how a Melbourne dentist has convinced a Federal Court Judge to order tech giant Google to produce identifying information about a person who posted a damaging negative review about the dentist on Google’s…
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A journalist has reported on Twitter that WhatsApp groups may not be as secure as users think because the "Invite to Group via Link" feature allows groups to be indexed by Google, thereby making them available across the Internet.
Links…
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Security fears about Huawei products being used in the new 5G networks are still being expressed by the Trump administration, while Google has clarified its position on the matter.
What’s So Bad About Huawei?
Back in July 2018, …
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The disruption and damage caused by weather events affect businesses across the UK but having the benefit of early and detailed insights provided a by a new supercomputer system could enable businesses, organisations, agencies, local authorities…
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It has been reported that Google is in talks with publishers with a view to buying in premium news content for its own news services to improve its relationship with EU publishers, and to combat fake news.
Expanding The Google News Initiative
Reports…
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A little later than its original planned date of April 1st 2019, a recent test-run has seen Russia successfully ‘unplug’ itself from the Internet and prove that it can create its own state-controlled Intranet.
Successfully Creating The…
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New research conducted by Censuswide on behalf of Tableau Software has revealed that half of UK job candidates would reject a job offer from a company that offered no digital and data potential.
Training
The research results, which…
The spread of misinformation/disinformation/fake news by a variety of media including digital and printed stories and deepfake videos is a growing threat in what has been described as out ‘post-truth era’, and many people, organisations…
The French competition and fraud watchdog DGCCRF has fined tech giant Apple €25 million (£21 million) for slowing down some old iPhones and not telling people how to fix the problem.
What Happened?
Back in 2017, some iPhone users were…
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In a trend that appears contrary to popular perceptions, the latest Malwarebytes (annual) State of malware report has revealed that the growth in attacks on Apple endpoints is outpacing the threats targeting Windows machines.
11…
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Amazon’s AWS is offering a new ‘Brand Voice’ capability to companies which enables them to create their own custom voice for Alexa that replaces the default voice with one that reflects their “persona”, such as the voice of Colonel…
This is the time of year for looking ahead to how technology could be affecting business and hopefully, enhancing our lives over the coming year and here is a selection of just some of the possible game-changing technological innovations that…
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Google Assistant is now supporting Tile’s Bluetooth tracker which means that Tile customers can use a simple voice command to enlist the help of Google Assistant in finding their lost keys, wallet, TV remote control and more.
What Is Tile?
Tile…
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WhatsApp has announced that its messaging app will no longer work on outdated operating systems, which is a change that could affect millions of smartphone users.
Android versions 2.3.7 and Older, iOS 8 and Older
The change, which took…
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The Open University’s new ‘Leading in a Digital Age’ report highlights a link between improved business performance and leaders who are equipped, through technology training, to manage digital change.
Investing In Digital Skills Training
The…
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Microsoft has announced that it is introducing a “push-to-talk experience” to its ‘Teams’ collaborative platform that turns employee or company-owned smartphones and tablets into walkie-talkies.
No Crosstalk or Eavesdropping
The…
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The UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), has announced that it will soon be preparing new legislation to enforce new standards that will protect users of IoT devices from known hacking and spying risks.
IoT…
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Pressure from die-hard and disgruntled Windows 7 users may have been a factor in Microsoft issuing a second update to its old Windows 7 Operating System, only two weeks after the official end-of-life date of Wednesday 14 January.
(Almost)…
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There have been calls for government intervention after it was alleged that South Yorkshire Police shared its images of serious offenders with a private landlord (Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield) as part of a live facial recognition…
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Avast, the Anti-virus company, has announced that it will not be providing any more data to, and will be commencing “a wind down” of its subsidiary Jumpshot Inc after a report that it was selling supposedly anonymised data to advertiser…
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Over the last couple of weeks, there have been reports of a new type of ransomware known as ‘Snake’ which can encrypt all the files stored on your computer network and on all the connected devices.
Discovered
Snake ransomware is so-called…
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Recent research by BUPA has highlighted how many UK workers don’t take a proper lunch break each day and end up risking their health and happiness and reducing their productivity by eating at their desks.
The Number
The research, which…
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It has been reported that the European Commission is considering a ban on the use of facial recognition in public spaces for up to five years while new regulations for its use are put in place.
Document
The reports of a possible…
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It has been reported that since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018, £100m of data protection fines have been imposed on companies and organisations across Europe.
The Picture In The UK
The…
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Following on from last weeks’s featured article about email security (part 1), in part 2 we focus on many of the email security and threat predictions for this year and for the near, foreseeable future.
Looking Forward
In part 1 of…
Last week, at the giant CES expo in Las Vegas, the latest technology from around the world is on display, and here are just a few of the glimpses into the future that are being demonstrated there, with regards to business-tech.
Cyberlink…
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Researchers at Good Health have created an AI program which, in tests, has proven to be more accurate at detecting and diagnosing breast cancer than expert human radiologists.
Trained
The AI software, which was developed by…
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New research results from the University of Manchester suggest that the popularly accepted wisdom that the sharp blue light emitted by our smartphones and laptops is harmful to our health and disruptive to our sleep may be wrong.
Blue…
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In this week's featured article, which is the first of two parts on what is a huge subject for businesses to tackle, we take a look at some of the important issues of email security and how businesses can try to strengthen this crucial area…
Microsoft is launching a new "campaign views" tool in Office 365 that is designed to offer greater protection from phishing attacks by enabling businesses to be able to spot the pattern of a phishing campaign over individual messages.
Context…
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Google has announced real-time phishing protection with the help of improvements to 'Safe Browsing' which allow Chrome to check each new site you visit against a safe list stored on your computer and with Google, so that Chrome can issue an…
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Google has announced the roll out of its "interpreter mode" real-time translator on Assistant-enabled Android and iOS phones worldwide.
A Back and Forth Conversation
Google says that interpreter mode means that you can now use your mobile…
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Encryption comes from the age-old science of cryptography. In the digital world of today, encryption refers to using electronic devices to generate unique encryption algorithms which essentially scramble messages and data, making them…
Facebook has announced that it is releasing a data portability tool that will enable Facebook users to transfer their Facebook photos and videos directly to other services, starting with Google Photos.
Why?
Facebook acknowledged in its…
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The results of a survey by Talend show that 58% of businesses worldwide fail to address requests from individuals for a copy of their personal data within the one-month time limit as required by GDPR.
Bad, But Better Than Last Year
The…
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The Global Carbon Project reports that carbon dioxide emissions, which are linked to climate change, extreme weather events and rising oceans haven reached record-breaking high levels this year.
Emissions High But Rate of Growth Slowing
New…
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We’re all familiar with the value of making a backup of business data, but how does this fit with ‘Disaster Recovery’ and ‘Business Continuity’ strategies? This article takes a brief look at how these elements fit together to…
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A website (and its supporting infrastructure) which sold a variety of hacking tools to other would-be cybercriminals has been closed down after an investigation by agencies from multiple countries including the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA).
IM-RAT
The…
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With Microsoft’s announcement that it's Teams product has 20 million daily active users (and growing), sending Slack’s share price downwards (Slack has 12 million users), the battle is well underway in the $3.5 billion chat-based collaborative…
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Amazon has announced the introduction of a ‘smart’ office essentials re-ordering device called Dash Smart Shelf which uses a weight-sensing, Wi-Fi-enabled smart scale to re-order products when they’re running low.
Why?
According…
With the UK’s General Election due to take place on 12 December, many issues have been covered in the media. One key area of interest for businesses is technology, and for those of you who may not have time to plough through the manifestos…
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Researchers at Checkmarx say they have discovered vulnerabilities in Google and Samsung smartphone apps that could allow hackers to remotely spy on users, using their phone’s camera and speakers.
Study
The proof-of-concept (PoC) study…
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A decision by Transport for London (TfL) means that ride-hailing service Uber has lost its licence to carry passengers in London over safety and security failures.
Why?
According to TfL, it had identified a pattern of failures by Uber,…
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Tests by Ookla, the developer of Speedtest.net, are reported to have shown that the new 5G mobile network is 450% faster than 4G.
Speed
According to the Speedtest.net website, the results of the testing of 5G in 29 UK cities during Q3…
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Tesla’s Elon Musk proudly launched the new ‘Cybertruck’ in front of the world’s media last week, only to find that the distinctly breakable difficult-to-break windows were the main focus of media reports.
Cybertruck
The new Tesla…
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Shopping
online is appealing, not only do you save time avoiding trying to park in a
full car park, or queuing to pay in crowded, and very hot store, but you do
need to navigate an increasingly dangerous cybersecurity minefield. It's…
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Microsoft’s Windows 7 Operating system, introduced in 2009 and only intended to upgrade windows in the wake of the much-disliked Windows Vista finally reaches its end of life date on 14 January 2020. Looking back, it was an unexpected success…
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Tech giant Google is crossing over into the banking world by partnering with Citigroup to offer 'smart checking' accounts (bank current accounts) next year as part of its ‘Cache’ project.
Partnering, Not Self-Branding
Google is reported…
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The new 1.0 browser from Brave removes ads and ad trackers and pays users through a reward system for viewing the ads that Brave presents.
Brave?
Brave is a San Francisco based start-up company, founded in 2015 and led by CEO Brendan…
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The New York Times has reported that despite Intel issuing patches for security flaws (that were discovered last year) in its processors, security researchers are alleging that the processors still have some serious vulnerabilities.
What…
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Researchers from the University of Delaware have concluded that when it comes to authentication for logins, Memes may be one of the strongest techniques to distinguish between a human and a bot.
The Bot Challenge
One of the great challenges…
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The latest news from the sector finds worrying Amazon’s IoT technologies with big cyber security flaws, could Microsoft be in trouble thanks to GDPR, and is Simjacking the next big cyber security threat?
Ring Doorbell Tech
Leaves Door…
A Freedom of Information (FoI) request made by think tank Parliament Street has revealed that 237 serving officers and members of staff have been disciplined for computer misuse in the last two financial years.
Sackings and Resignations
The…
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The popularity and influence of two YouTube celebrities making their boxing event an all-time global Top 20 pay-per-view phenomenon and splitting a $20 million prize is a reminder of the magnifying value of online PR.
What Happened?
Two…
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Two years on from its first incarnation, Google has announced the introduction of its ‘Teachable Machine 2.0’, a no-code custom machine learning model generating platform that can be used by anyone and requires no coding experience.
First…
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Many tech commentators have noted a stagnation or slow-down period in computing related to ‘Moore’s Law’ being challenged, but has the shrinking of transistors within computer chips really hit a wall and what could drive innovation further?
What…
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Billed as “the browser and search engine for business”, Microsoft’s new Chromium-powered version of Edge (and now more serious competitor to Google’s Chrome) is set to be released in January with new business-focused capabilities.…
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Microsoft has announced that it is working towards the launch of its ‘Office’ mobile app (currently only available in public preview) which integrates Word, Excel, and PowerPoint mobile apps into a single app.
The ‘Office’ Vision
Microsoft…
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Security company McAfee has reported observing a phishing scam which uses a fake voicemail message to lure victims into entering their Office 365 email credentials into a phishing page.
How The Attack Works
According to McAfee’s blog,…
The BBC has announced that it is making its International news website available via the ‘Tor’ browser (usually associated with the ‘dark web’), in order to get around censorship in other countries.
Blocking by Some Countries
The…
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A poll by recruitment firm Hays appears to show a lack of awareness about preparedness for next year’s new IR35 tax reforms for medium-to-larger private sector organisations.
What Is IR35?
The IR35 tax reform legislation, set to be…
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In a recent blog post, Elizabeth Denham, the UK’s Information Commissioner, has said that the police need to slow down and justify their use of live facial recognition technology (LFR) in order to maintain the right balance in reducing our…
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Before releasing Office 365 to the public, Microsoft recognized the advantage--to both users and the company--of migrating to Exchange Online. Exchange Online offers the ability to access email from anywhere on any device and much more. Exchange…
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Kaspersky researchers have reported a 35 per cent rise in the number of people who have encountered the use of so-called ‘stalkerware’ or ‘spouseware’ software in the first 8 months of this year.
What is Stalkerware?
Stalkerware…
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Some Google employees have accused the company’s leadership of
developing a browser-based file extension for all of Google’s in-house computers that could flag-up
signs of workers trying to organise meetings and protests.
Google Employees
The…
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