New LinkedIn research has highlighted a shortage within the kind of green skills that are needed to help develop green industries and help it achieve it climate ambitions.
Green Skills Shortage In The Workforce
LinkedIn’s Global…
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If you're working alone but need to brainstorm, you can use ChatGPT as an effective collaborative brainstorming tool, inspiring innovative thinking and generating fresh insights. Here's how:
Set the Context: Open ChatGPT, set 'New chat'…
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Following thousands of moderators making their subreddit communities private for 48 hours as a protest, we look at the reasons why, together with the implications for Reddit, its users, and other stakeholders.
What Is Reddit?
Reddit…
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Generative AI tools like ChatGPT plus the rapid and revolutionary growth of AI are changing the face of most industries and generating dire warnings about the future, but what about the effects on datacentres?
Data Centres And Their…
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In a recent press conference, the European Union said that to help tackle disinformation, it wants the major online platforms to label AI generated content.
The Challenge – AI Can Be Used To Generate And Spread Disinformation
In…
During his recent visit to Washington in the US, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the UK will hosts the world’s first global summit on artificial intelligence (AI) later this year.
Focus On AI Safety
The UK government…
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At midnight on June 18th, 1997, the DESCHALL Project bore fruit. The challenge had been to use ‘Brute Force’ to discover the meaning of a message which had been encrypted. Going through up to seven billion possibilities per second, the…
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Absolut Vodka has begun a 3-month trial of its first commercially available single-mould, paper-based bottle.
Trial – 22 Tesco Stores In Greater Manchester
As part of what it describes as its “journey…
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Using WhatsApp as a personal note-taking tool allows you to conveniently store and organise your thoughts, links, and important information and provides a fast and accessible way to capture and retrieve notes whenever you need them. Here’s…
An Observer investigation has reported uncovering evidence that 20 NHS Trusts have been collecting data about patients’ medical conditions and sharing it with Facebook.
Using A Covert Tracking Tool
The newspaper’s investigation…
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Hmm, where have we seen this before? Stanford University scientists have created a multi-layered, self-healing electronic skin for robots and prosthetics that has a sense of touch and can realign itself autonomously when cut.
Layered…
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With the Metropolitan Police Services’ (MPS) director of intelligence recently defending and pushing for a wider rollout of facial recognition technology, we look the current situation, the likely way forward, and its implications.
What…
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With the UK, US, and Australian military trialling the use of ‘AI drone swarms’ that can overwhelm enemy defences, we look at whether drone wars could soon become a reality.
UK Drone Swarm Trial
The first UK military trial…
In the iconic movie E.T (1982), a memorable scene shows the alien rigging up a child’s toy (Speak & Spell) with an umbrella, a record player and other paraphernalia to make a makeshift intergalactic communicator, while uttering the unforgettable…
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Japan’s Kyoto University, working with Nasa and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa), plan to launch wood (rather than metal-based) satellites into orbit from next year.
LignoSat
As part of the LignoSat Space Wood…
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If you’d like to give notifications for a certain WhatsApp group you’re in a different as tone so you know when new messages arrive there without having check, here’s how:
To set a custom notification sound for a specific group:
Open…
Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-machine interface device company has been given the green light from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a clinical study with humans as subjects.
What Is Neuralink?
Neuralink is a…
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New Sky Broadband research has revealed that the level of abuse suffered by female online gamers from male gamers has been so strong that over one-in-ten (11 per cent) have been left feeling suicidal.
Shocking Levels…
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With phishing attacks being favoured for their effectiveness by attackers and most ransomware attacks now targeting backup storage, we look at what businesses can do to protect themselves.
Spear Phishing Accounted For Two-Thirds…
In this Insight, we look at how it is possible to uncover and read deleted messages on WhatsApp, and what a number of privacy features on the app mean for business users.
Changes
WhatsApp have made changes as regards message…
On June 8th, 1978, a technological milestone was born, significantly shaping the future of computing because this was the day that marked the introduction of the Intel 8086, Intel’s inaugural 16-bit microprocessor.
In the world of computing…
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University of Cambridge researchers have developed an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into ethanol and propanol that could be used as a low-emissions petrol alternative to power car engines.
Inspired…
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If you’d like a way to create and share a WhatsApp call link so that anyone with a WhatsApp account can join your call by opening the link, here’s how:
Tap the 'Calls' tab and tap 'Create Call Link'.
Select your call type, video,…
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Here we look at most of the modern top-level domains and their uses, along with the advantages and disadvantages of choosing a newer, lesser known, or more specific TLD for your website domain name.
What Are Top Level Domains?
Top-Level…
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The Shap-E AI system from OpenAI (creators of ChatGPT) and available for open-source download, can create 3D models from text.
What Is It?
According to the Cornell University researchers behind the system, Shap-E is “a…
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Apple has reportedly banned the internal use of ChatGPT and other chatbots plus AI writers like Bard, Copilot and GitHub to prevent the sharing of sensitive company information.
Internal Document Seen
The ban came to light following…
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BT has announced that the completion of its fibre roll-out, 5G rollout, adapting to new technologies like AI, plus general cost cutting are key reasons why it will be axing up to 55,000 jobs, primarily in the UK, by the end of the decade.
40…
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Chuck Yeager (famous for being the first to break the sound barrier) mentioned in his excellent autobiography that whilst he was training Neil Amstrong in high-altitude flying, he found him a little a bit cocky. In fairness, Neil did have a…
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£22 million of the UK government’s £91 million Green Heat Network Fund will be used to build a geothermal heating network that could provide low-cost heating for nearly 4,000 homes in Cornwall.
Drilling Near Truro
The…
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If you’d like to protect your privacy and the privacy of your business in terms of what you share with ChatGPT, here’s how to delete your ChatGPT chat history:
Sign-in to your ChatGPT account and click on the three dots next to your…
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Twitter has recently added a new encrypted messaging service to its repertoire, offering end-to-end encryption for all direct messages sent across its network. This privacy enhancement ensures that only the sender and receiver can view the…
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In this article, we look at 20 handy AI sites that could help save time, make life easier and boost your business.
1. Pictory – https://pictory.ai/
Pictory offers a way to automatically create short, sharable…
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Using the right prompts is the way to quickly get the best responses from ChatGPT and here are 20 helpful ChatGTP prompts that you may want to try.
20 Productive Prompts
Here are 20 top prompts you can copy and paste into…
Here we look at what website speed means, how important it is for businesses (and why), plus how businesses can test their website speed and keep it up to scratch.
What Does ‘Website Speed’ Mean?
Website speed, also known…
In this insight, we look at the steps you can take to erase any details about yourself from Google to protect your privacy.
Why Might A Person Want To Erase Their Details From Google?
Google collects your personal information…
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On May 16th, 1960, a new kind of light existed that nobody had ever seen before. This kind of light has unique properties and doesn’t exist in nature and as far as we know, it had never existed anywhere in the universe since it began, 13.8…
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The ‘WasteShark’ solar powered aquatic drone from Dutch company RanMarine removes floating pollution like plastics, algae and biomass from lakes, ponds, waterways, and harbours.
The WasteShark
The WasteShark is a mini-robot…
If you need to complete a sentence or get creative when writing some content but don't have the time or are struggling to come up with new ideas, using the "/autocomplete" command in ChatGPT can help. Here's how:
"/autocomplete" is a command…
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Following “AI Godfather” Dr Geoffrey Hinton’s departure from Google to talk about the dangers of AI, we look at what the threats could be and what this could mean for businesses.
Departure From Google
Dr Geoffrey Hinton was dubbed…
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Google has announced the rollout of ‘Passkeys,’ which it describes as “the easiest and most secure way to sign-in to apps and websites” and a major step toward a “passwordless future.”
Working Toward A Passwordless…
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Google has announced that Gmail has introduced blue checkmarks next to select senders’ names to help users identify messages from legitimate senders.
Will Work If You’ve Adopted ‘BIMI’
The new checkmark verification symbols work…
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In this insight, we look at the new online form where customers can report online rip-offs that’s been developed as part of the new government campaign “The Online Rip-Off Tip-Off” to help shoppers spot and avoid misleading online practices.
The…
On 10th May 1954, Gordon Kidd Teal created a sensation at an Institute of Radio Engineers conference when he presented silicon transistors for the first time by announcing they were ready for production and available for sale.
Why The…
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Cloud-based CRM company Salesforce has announced the launch of its ‘Green Code,’ a new initiative which it says will help reduce carbon emissions associated with the software development lifecycle.
The Software Development Lifecycle…
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If you’d like to save time and stay organised by getting outputs from ChatGPT that are already in tabular format, here’s how:
- Ask ChatGPT to list the benefits of two or more different ways of delivering a list, and to answer…
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In the past, people have primarily focused on their physical belongings and financial assets when planning for the future. However, as more and more of our lives move online, digital assets have become just as important to consider. So, do…
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In this article, we look at the reasons for the government’s formation of the Foundation Model Taskforce, and how the DeepMind and Google Brain tie-up could solve some big issues for Alphabet in the AI world.
£100 Million Investment In…
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of US-based video game holding company Activision Blizzard over fears of stifled competition in the cloud gaming market.
What Happened?
Back…
WhatsApp has announced that it is introducing the ability to use the same WhatsApp account on multiple phones.
Message Seamlessly Across All Devices
WhatsApp says that this change gives users globally the ability to message seamlessly…
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On 6th May 1949, the Electronic Delay Storage Calculator (EDSAC) ran its first set of programs. This historic British computer calculated a table of square numbers and a list of prime numbers. It was developed by Maurice Wilkes with his…
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Dutch start-up ‘Oceans of Energy’ has been awarded the contract for installing and operating an offshore solar farm inside the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind park by CrossWind, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco.
World First
Oceans…
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If you are unsure why ChatGPT provided a certain response or want to see how it arrived at a particular conclusion, you can use the “Debug” command. Here’s how:
Using the “Debug" command followed by your question will make…
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No – it’s doesn’t mean engineers that are punctual! In this article, we will explore the role of prompt engineers in the AI industry, why the job is necessary, why it’s suddenly a sought-after role, and what the future prospects are…
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In this insight, we look at what ‘Universal Basic Income’ is, how it relates to the tech industry, its potential benefits and pitfalls, plus what similar ideas are being discussed and explored.
UBI
Universal Basic Income (UBI)…
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Following Twitter’s announcement two months ago that it will be charging a minimum of $42,000 per month to enterprise users of its API, Microsoft is dropping Twitter from its advertising platform.
What Is The Microsoft Advertising…
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A report in the Financial Times (drawing upon an internal Google Presentation) claims that Google plans to use AI to generate new advertisements, drawing upon those already created by humans.
Creates The Ads For You
The use of…
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Around this time 62 years ago (April 25th, 1961), Robert Noyce (co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor) patented his invention – a monolithic integrated circuit (IC).
Jack Kilby patented a similar invention, but his version was difficult…
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Ripple Energy has announced that it is creating the UK’s first co-owned solar park, allowing those who buy shares to benefit from green electricity and money-off bills, plus the feelgood factor of the climate/environmental benefits.
Where?
Ripple…
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If you’ve produced some content using ChatGPT and, knowing that it can sometimes generate incorrect information, would quickly like to check that the source data is from reputable sites, here’s how:
In the window below the last response…
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Amazon has announced the launch of ‘Amazon Bedrock,’ a new service which it says is the easiest way for customers to build and scale generative AI-based applications using foundation models (FMs).
What Is A Foundation Model (FM)?
A…
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A humanoid robotics company (1X Technologies) has announced that it raised $2.5m Series A2 funding led by ChatGPT’s creators OpenAI to pursue producing androids/humanoid robots at commercial scale.
Funding
The funding round…
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In this insight, we look at the ‘Jailbreaking’ concept in ChatGPT and other LLMs, and at what steps can be taken to mitigate the risks to users.
Jailbreaking
Jailbreaking, in general, refers to the process of removing restrictions…
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Following large investments in quantum computing followed by the ensuing advancement of this technology in recent years, as well as looking forward to benefits this could bring, there is also the growing threat of ‘quantum hacking.’
Quantum…
On April 23, 2005, at exactly 8:31:52 pm local time, the first ever YouTube video was uploaded. It was titled ‘Me at the Zoo’ and is a 19 second recording of the co-founder of YouTube (Jawed Karim) standing in front of an elephant enclosure.…
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The discovery of new quantum materials with magnetic properties could bring ultra-fast, more energy efficient, and sustainable computers and mobile devices.
Quantum Breakthrough In Sweden
A research team at team at Chalmers…
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If you'd like to personalise who you're chatting to by using their photo as a background in the chat, or you'd simply like to change and brighten up your WhatsApp experience, you can easily change the default background to chats. Here's how:
Within…
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One recent example of how ChatGPT may be the subject of a defamation lawsuit after it reportedly created completely incorrect (and highly damaging) content is in the case of Brian Hood, the mayor of Hepburn Shire, 120km northwest of Melbourne,…
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With ChatGPT’s makers OpenAI facing a possible defamation lawsuit from an Australian mayor, we look at the legal aspects of online writing and publishing.
Defamed?
Last November, when ChatGPT was first released for public use,…
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With deepfake images recently making the news by fooling many people, we look at the issues around fake images and how to spot them.
Recent Examples
The emergence of AI has led to an increasing output of highly convincing fake…
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Changes to Microsoft 365 could mean less OneDrive cloud storage and could lead to Outlook being disrupted.
Change
In February, Microsoft announced that cloud storage used across Microsoft 365 apps and services would include Outlook.com…
Imagine for a moment that it’s April 14th, 1912 and just moments ago you were having a pleasant evening onboard one of the most luxurious and largest ships of its time. However, you are now sitting in a tiny lifeboat, surrounded by pitch…
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A new study has shown that using underground water to maintain comfortable temperatures could reduce consumption of natural gas and electricity in this sector by 40 per cent, thereby offering a green heating and cooling solution.
The…
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If you’d like to save time when using Microsoft Office by personalising the auto-correct options so that auto-correct doesn’t try to correct even the most unnecessary things, here’s how:
For example, in Word, go to File > Options…
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With the UK government’s new ‘Emergency Alerts’ system now live, we take a look at what it is and how it will work.
What Are ‘Emergency Alerts’?
The UK government’s Emergency Alerts service, managed by the…
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There have been reports of scammers are using the latest AI deepfake voice clones to sound like family members in distress to swindle relatives out of money.
AI Voice Technology
The kinds of artificially generated voice technology…
Embattled Chinese owned short-video-sharing platform TikTok has received a £12.7m fine from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for breaching UK data protection law by failing to protect children’s privacy when using the TikTok…
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Following the news that a student made a successful appeal against a parking ticket by using a letter written by the ChatGPT chatbot, we look at how it happened, how to get the best results from ChatGPT, and we look at some of the recent concerns…
Bill Gates originally wanted to become a lawyer, like his father, when he was a young child.
However, as he grew up he discovered computers and on this week in history (4th April back in 1975) he, along with his school-friend Paul Allen…
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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden say that if an electric car charges while driving, the size of the battery can be reduced by up to 70 per cent.
Aim Of The Study?
The aim of the Chalmers University study…
If you'd like a way to share experiences, celebrate milestones, conduct a poll, propose ideas, and discuss your interests with people across your organisation directly from Microsoft Outlook, try Storyline Posts. Here's how.
In Outlook,…
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Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel Corp, predictor of home computing, and the creator of ‘Moore’s Law’ has died at the age of 94.
Intel Corporation
In July 1968, Gordon Moore famously co-founded Intel Corporation with…
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Conversational chatbot ChatGPT’s creators OpenAI have announced that ChatGPT will now be able to use plugins to improve its capabilities and outputs.
Plugins Coming To ChatGPT
It’s been announced that OpenAI will be “gradually” enabling…
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In this article, we look at how generative AI could change work and jobs going forwards, plus how it could help businesses adopt new work trends such as a 4-day week.
The Rise Of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – A Timeline
AI…
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World Backup Day founder, Ismail Jadun, has said that March 31 will “will make everyone think about their situation, learn about the various options and get their files backed up”.
World Backup Day
World Backup Day, first…
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Further to the news that Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, died last week, it’s a reminder that also last-week-in-history (22 March 1993), Intel announced it would be shipping its Pentium microprocessor. This was the successor to the Intel…
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Equinix, the largest global data centre and colocation provider for enterprise network and cloud computing, has installed a rooftop farm at one of its sites that uses waste datacentre power to grow fruit and veg.
Paris Rooftop Greenhouse
As…
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WhatsApp can use up a lot of space and mobile data by automatically downloading some large photos, videos, and voice messages. Here's how to limit the types of media that are automatically download and the amount of mobile data WhatsApp calls…
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Microsoft has announced that it is to help users save time and increase productivity by embedding its AI chatbot ‘Copilot’ into popular Microsoft 365 apps.
Embedded In Popular Apps
Microsoft says that the Copilot chatbot…
Following the news that Microsoft will soon be integrating Copilot, an AI large language model (LLM) like the one behind ChatGPT, into Microsoft 365, we look at how this will help businesses, what OpenAI’s GPT-4 will bring, and Google’s…
The UK government Department of Health (DOH) is facing criticism over a report that says it spent more on new Apple iPhones than it did on defibrillators last year.
£1.5 Million Spent On iPhones For Whitehall Staff
The report…
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In this insight, we look at what GPL is, how it relates to the right to repair, and how businesses can be affected if other businesses don’t fulfil their obligation under GPL.
General Public License (GPL)
The General Public…
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On 14th March 1950, the first prototype of the silicon transistor was demonstrated by researchers at Bell Labs, the company spawned from its eponymous founder Alexander Graham Bell (i.e. the person widely accredited with inventing the telephone).
This…
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UK data centre startup Deep Green is using servers submerged in mineral oil as “digital boilers” to turn server heat into free heating for hot-water for swimming pool owners, distilleries, and large apartment blocks.
Digital Boilers
Harnessing…
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In addition to Windows Defender, Windows 10 has a Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) that's designed to remove hidden malware from your device, and normally receives regular updates and runs itself in the background. However, if you're…
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There was some relief from UK businesses hoping for government help following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) after HSBC rescued the UK arm of the bank by buying it for £1.
What Happened?
Due to what many financial…
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Here we look at how popular streaming service Netflix has faced a user backlash on social media after it accidentally posted what appear to be some unpopular plans to tackle password sharing on its platform.
What’s Been The Problem?
In…
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The boss of WhatsApp, Will Cathcart, has said he would rather stop users in the UK from using the app than lower its security, as suggested by the UK’s Online Safety Bill.
End-to-end Encrypted App
One of the key security features…
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OpenAI has announced the general release of API access to ChatGPT and their ‘Whisper’, which is an automatic speech recognition (ASR) AI model.
What Does This Mean?
An API is a set of protocols, routines, and tools for building…
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In this article, we look at how slimming-down and optimising websites is yet another way that businesses are helping to cut their carbon emissions.
Websites And Carbon Emissions
According to the Eco-Friendly Web Alliance, the…
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If you’d like to be able to add a bit more emphasis to some of your messages in WhatsApp, here are some fast and easy manual ways to add bold, italic, or strikethrough.
To make word or phrase bold, put asterisks either side of the word…
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A recent US research paper entitled “Opted Out, Yet Tracked: Are Regulations Enough to Protect Your Privacy?” highlights how, in many cases, user data is still being collected, processed, and shared, even when users opt out through…
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With TikTok announcing new features for teens and families, including a 60-minute daily screen time limit, we look at the issue of social media addiction and ideas for tackling it.
TikTok Time Limit
(Short) video sharing app TikTok…
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In this article, we look at what OLED is and its advantages, and we take a brief look at the other types of LED displays available.
What Is OLED?
OLED stands for Organic Light Emitting Diode. This is a display technology that’s…
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Researchers from the John Hopkins University working with Dr Brett Kagan (chief scientist at Cortical Labs in Melbourne) have reported that brain ‘organoid’ biocomputing devices could be the next ‘big thing’ in computing.
What…
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With eco-friendly packaging being considered as part of the green product decision-making process of today’s customers, here we look at food packaging that could save on plastic waste because it is edible!
Edible Food Packaging
The…
Google has announced that you can now use a stylus or your finger to annotate PDFs in the Google Drive app on your Android device. Here’s how:
On the Android Device, open the Google Drive app.
To enter preview mode, open the PDF you…
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Following the banning of Chinese short video sharing app TikTok from EU and US government devices, plus more trouble on the way in Canada, we look at some of the reasons why.
Banned From EU Government Devices
The European Commission…
Meta has announced it’s launching its own version of Twitter’s Blue Tick called ‘Meta Verified’ for Facebook and Instagram where users pay a monthly subscription to be verified on the platforms.
Announcement
On February…
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With OpenReach now ‘throttling’ broadband speeds and limiting phone calls as measures designed to gently “nudge” customers to upgrade as the “Big Switchoff” approaches, we look at exactly what’s happening, why,…
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A Mimecast spokesman has warned that in a labour market already stretched by shortages, Dutch digital resilience could be threatened if more attention isn’t paid to the mental well-being of cyber security professionals.
Wanting To…
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Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a way for using a 3D-printing ink that contains calcium carbonate-producing bacteria, giving a result similar to mollusc shells or bone.
‘BacktoInk’…
If you’d like a way to send web pages you find interesting to your inbox rather than bookmarking them in Chrome and forgetting about them, the "InboxThis" extension may be helpful. Here’s how to use it:
Go to the Google Chrome Web Store…
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Green distributed computer network heating company Heata is offering to provide up to 4.8kWh of free hot water per day in exchange for installing a business cloud server in your home.
Green Distributed Compute Network
Heata,…
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Although Openview’s recent second report shows that most SaaS companies used usage-based pricing last year, many are now moving to hybrid models.
What Is Usage Based Pricing?
Usage-based pricing (UBP) is a pricing model where…
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Twitter-owner Elon Musk’s latest decision to turn off SMS 2FA after 20 March unless you pay for Blue Tick has caused another storm of criticism.
What And Why?
On 15 February, Twitter announced that: “starting today, we…
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In this insight, we look at the popular email authentication protocols SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, how they work, why they’re important, and what happens if they’re not set up properly.
What Is SPF?
SPF, or Sender Policy Framework,…
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With the integration of large language models (LLMs) into search engines, some people are predicting that the massive increase in computing power needed could mean huge carbon emissions.
What Are Large Language Models?
Large language…
If you'd like a fast and easy way to navigate within YouTube, here are some top keyboard shortcuts.
While watching a YouTube video, use the following letters on their own on the keyboard (no need for shift) for the following functions:…
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Kaspersky research has shown that hackers are now being recruited with dark web job ads offering huge salaries and benefits!
What?!
According to Kaspersky’s analysis of more than 200,000 employment ads posted on the dark…
Following anecdotal reports that some users can’t turn off the strict SafeSearch settings when searching using Bing, we look at what SafeSearch is, and how to control it.
What Is SafeSearch?
SafeSearch is a setting in Microsoft’s…
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$100 billion/£82.7bn is reported to have been wiped off the value shares in Google’s parent company Alphabet following a rather public error made by Bard, Google’s new answer to ChatGPT.
Bard
Originally called ‘Apprentice…
Researchers from the University of Sussex and Universal Quantum have announced that they have made a major breakthrough in quantum computing that could help solve the most complex real-world problems.
What Are Quantum Computers?
Quantum…
Hull-based company iHelios has developed a system of using temperature controlled, energy-efficient electric infrared ‘wallpaper’ to heat homes and businesses which may have the potential to replace traditional central heating systems.
Heating…
If you don't want to drain your Windows 11 laptop's battery while out and about, Firefox can show you how much power specific websites use up. Here's how it works:
In Firefox, go to the website you want to measure and click the three dots…
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The inevitable monthly subscription for ChatGPT is a step closer following the introduction of a trial ‘ChatGPT Plus’ service in the US priced at $20 (circa £16) per month.
Just The US For Now
OpenAI say that the new…
Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichia, has announced that Google will be launching its rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT called ‘Bard’ “in the coming weeks” following its final testing stage.
What Is Bard?
Referred to as ‘Apprentice…
Following news that hackers have stolen encrypted backups from the parent company of popular password manager LastPass, we look at what password managers are, plus the implications of the attack for businesses.
Password Challenges
We…
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In this insight, we look at what a virtual machine is, where to get one, what it can be used for, plus a few of the main pros and cons.
What Is A Virtual Computer?
A virtual machine/virtual computer is a software-based simulation…
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Engineers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) say they have modified a conventional diesel engine to run (mostly) on hydrogen which could lead to CO2 emissions being cut by up to 85 per cent.
Engine Converted
The UNSW…
If you’d like a fast method of highlighting paragraphs of text (e.g. for copying and pasting) without having to click and drag your mouse to a specific point, here’s how to do it.
To quickly highlight a paragraph/several paragraphs of…
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Facebook, Instagram, and other social media sites may soon face lawsuits alleging that the way their algorithms work may be a factor in causing mental illness in some users.
A Defective Product?
In the US, a reported consolidation…
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With OpenAI’s ChatGPT making the headlines and quickly becoming a useful tool for many businesses, here we look at some of the more novel ways to use this innovative technology.
20 Ways
Here are 20 ways to use ChatGPT that you…
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OpenAI and Microsoft have announced that they are extending their partnership to work on more AI research and development.
What Is Open AI?
OpenAI is a San Franciso based research organisation/capped-profit company that develops…
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In this article, we look at how significant job cuts and other factors are evidence of a tech recession, what the causes are, plus what tech businesses can do to survive and move forward.
Tech Recession Evidence – Job Cuts
Much…
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a zero-energy condenser that can harvest drinking water from the humidity in the atmosphere 24/7.
Could Solve Shortage Challenges
In some parts of the world, fresh drinking water is scare.…
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If you’d like to avoid accidentally moving the cursor around while typing on your Windows 11 laptop, here’s how to disable the touchpad:
On the taskbar, right-click the Windows start button and select ‘Settings.’
Left-hand sidebar,…
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Blockchain data platform Chainanalysis has reported that cybercriminals have seen a 40 per cent fall in their earnings as more people have refused to pay the ransom following ransomware attacks.
More Strains With Shorter Lifespans
However,…
22 passengers experienced the UK’s first full-size autonomous bus for the first time as part of a testing process by Stagecoach, the UK’s largest bus and coach operator.
Trial Over The Forth Bridge
The ground-breaking…
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Here we look at the trend of ‘job boomeranging’, the reasons why the trend occurred, and why businesses may choose to re-hire boomerangers.
What Is It?
Job boomeranging refers to when an employee leaves a company and then returns…
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In this feature, we look at what is known as ‘Davos’ is, why it exists, plus how it can help the worlds of business and technology.
What Is It?
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an annual meeting held in Davos, a small ski…
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CumulusData has announced the completion of a key milestone in the construction of Phase 1 of its 475-megawatt zero-carbon “Susquehanna” data centre that’s directly connected to 2.5-gigawatt nuclear power stations.
First Phase…
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You can use a hyphen after a search term to exclude words that you don’t want Google to search for. For example, the search may be for a mustang horse rather than a mustang car. Here’s how it works:
In the Google search box type mustang…
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This second part of ‘Why Use Outsourced IT Support?’ focuses on what kind of questions to ask when looking for your ideal outsourced IT support company.
10 Important Questions
Here, we’ll focus on 10 important questions…
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Following a recent case where a remote worker was fined for ‘time theft’, we look at what it is, the legal and ethical aspects, and how it relates to employee monitoring software.
What Is Time Theft?
‘Time theft’…
A new AI feature for Nvidia’s Broadcast client will overlay your eyes with some deepfake ones which are always looking at the camera.
Eye Contact Feature
The ‘Eye Contact’ feature has been designed to make users/content…
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Consumer champion Which? says that high-end smart products may lose features and functionality, or become a hacking risk, after as little as two years because manufacturers may stop tech updates.
Stopping The Smart Updates Limits Lifespan
Which?…
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Scientists from Kyung Hee University in Seoul have developed a clear window film that can cool the inside of buildings, thereby reducing the energy consumption from air conditioning in hot cities.
Why?
Cooling buildings in hot…
If you need to research competitors (for example) and look at similar websites, or you need relevant search information about something but may not know the exact words to type in, here are two small Google tips that could be a big help:
Searching…
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In this feature, we look at some of the most prominent tech trends for 2023 and how businesses could benefit from them.
A Dozen Key Tech Trends
Here are as dozen key tech trends to watch this year.
1. Satellite mobile…
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Although figures show no bank robberies last year in Denmark, it appears online banking fraud and other forms of digital crime are now replacing the traditional ‘hold-up’.
Why No Bank Robberies?
It is believed that the recent…
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Looking at this question in two parts, here we’ll be firstly looking at the pros and cons of opting for outsourced IT support.
The Popularity Of Outsourced IT Support
A considerable number of businesses in the UK now use…
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Iridium, a satellite phone company, and Qualcomm, a chip manufacturer, are partnering to bring satellite connectivity to premium Android smartphones later in the year.
Connect To Satellites
The Partnership will mean that…
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Here we look at the new technologies which could lead to a more environmentally friendly and ‘cleaner’ shipping industry, plus we look briefly at promising clean tech innovations for air freight.
The Challenge
With 90…
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If you have a Google account, you can use Google Drive to open and edit a PDF. Here's how:
Right click on the PDF in Google Drive and select 'Open With > Google Docs'.
Edit the PDF.
To re-save it as a PDF, go to 'File' (top left),…
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In this article, we look at what ChatGPT is, what it can do, and what type of businesses could get the most out of it.
What Is ChatGPT?
Released by OpenAI in November 2022, ChatGPT is a free, text-based AI Chatbot that can answer…
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It’s been reported that global logistics firm DHL used “a good number” of leased robots to help it deal with high demand over the Christmas period.
What For … And Where?
The Wall Street Journal reported that…
Microsoft has retained the No.1 spot in Drucker Institute’s annual Management Top 250 ranking for the best-run companies in the U.S. for the third year in a row, while rankings for some other tech companies have slipped.
Top…
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US scientists have announced a major breakthrough in their efforts to create nuclear fusion energy after they were able to produce more energy from a fusion experiment than was put in, for the first time, ever.
What Is Nuclear Fusion?
Whereas…
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Google’s Image Search allows you upload an image (or paste in the URL) to identify what a product is and where it can be found on the Web. This could be very useful when searching for presents. Here’s how it works.
Go to Google and…
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As part of Project Gigabit, the UK government has announced a trial of Starlink satellite broadband in the Lake District as part of wider plans to connect highly remote areas.
What Is Starlink?
Starlink, operated by billionaire…
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Here, we look at more of the rapid changes at Twitter, what the reaction has been, how this has affected the platform, plus the wider implications.
All Change
The beginning of Twitter’s (current) saga was when the world’s richest…
The Government’s decision to amend the Online Safety Bill to allow ‘legal but harmful’ content has received a mixed reaction with criticism coming from The Samaritans.
What Is The Online Safety Bill?
The UK government’s Online…
With the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launching India’s first pilot for a retail digital rupee (e₹-R/eINR/E-Rupee) this month, we look at what this means and what the benefits could be.
Why?
The pilot will help to decide…
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FlyZero’s and UK Aerospace Technology Institute’s (ATI) study has concluded that green liquid hydrogen powered aircraft could deliver the net-zero 2050 target for aviation.
Two Technologies
The 12-month study results suggests that…
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If you need to quickly find images on any subject which already have a transparent background, there’s a quick and easy way to do it with Google’s Image Search. Here’s how:
Go to Google and click on ‘Images’ (top right) for Image…
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The announcement by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors to allow the city’s police to use robots that can deploy “deadly force” in the fight against crime has been met with concern.
What Killer Robots?
According to a…
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A report from Seagate has highlighted how the rising costs of storing and managing data is hitting businesses hard.
One-Third Of Company Budgets
The report highlights how up to a third of company IT budgets are being eaten up…
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In this insight, we look at what ‘quiet quitting’ is, what its causes are, together with what could be done to prevent it.
Quiet Quitting?
Quiet quitting is a term commonly associated with employment where it refers to how…
Following news of the collapse of FTX, we look at what it was plus the events leading up to its demise and the effects going forward.
FTX
FTX, until very recently, was a Bahamas-based cryptocurrency exchange, founded…
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A report which shows huge sales of EVs in the US only resulted in only a 0.54 per cent fall in gasoline consumption in 2021 has led to disappointment and questions about the beneficial impact of EVs so far.
EV Sales
A recent Argonne…
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Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud storage system at Onedrive.com allows you to share files and folders with other members of your team, control who has permission to just view or to edit files and folders, and work together on them at the same time.…
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In this insight, we take a closer look at the new alternative positioning system to GPS that is accurate to within an incredible 10 centimetres.
Issues With Current GPS System
Society heavily relies on Global Navigation Satellite…
A Helsinki startup has developed a ‘Medicine-as-a-Service’ system where drugs can be 3D printed to exactly match the needs of the patient in terms of their size, physiology, species, plus any allergies.
CurifyLabs
According…
Following the UK government’s decision back in June 2020 to remove all Huawei Equipment From 5G Network Cores, the deadline has now been pushed back to December 2023.
Why Remove Huawei Equipment?
The decision to remove the equipment…
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Following a copyright lawsuit against an AI code generator and industry questions about who actually owns images made by AI text-to-image generators, we look at the legal issues (and others) surrounding generative AI.
The Issue
The…
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The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) in the US has unveiled the first 3D-printed house made entirely with bio-based materials.
BioHome3D
The 600-square-foot prototype ‘BioHome3D’ has 3D-printed…
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If you’d like a quick way to share a page from any website, Google Chrome gives you the option to share a QR code for any page. Here’s how it works:
After making sure that your Google Chrome browser is updated to the latest version,…
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WhatsApp has given a progress update on new business-focused features that can embed the entire shopping experience directly into the WhatsApp chat.
Find A Business – Browse Businesses By Category
WhatsApp says that it is launching…
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Speaking in the House of Commons, UK chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt said that Brexit “freedoms” could be leveraged to “turn Britain into the world’s next Silicon Valley.”
How?
Mr Hunt highlighted…
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Following the roll-out of a range of new features for Google’s Maps, Search and shopping, we take a look at what they are and what benefits they could bring to users.
Two New Features For Shopping
It’s the ideal time of year…
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After a new report published which says that most business leaders plan to increase investment in sustainability initiatives to protect against disruption, we look at what this means.
Report
A recent Gartner report highlighted…
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A feasibility study is to be carried out into whether solar powered data centres could be put into orbit to reduce their carbon footprint.
Who And What?
The European Commission has chosen Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between…
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If you'd like to save time by making your most often used and/or favourite pages load automatically whenever you open Google Chrome, here's how:
In Chrome, click on the three dots top-right and select 'Settings'.In the left-hand menu select…
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Following announcements that Twitter under Musk will generate revenue by blue tick subscriptions, we look at what this means and at the blue tick chaos that followed the announcement.
What Is this ‘Blue Tick’ ?
Twitter’s…
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Meta has announced that it is laying off a masive 13 per cent of its workforce globally in re-structuring market uncertainty about the Metaverse vision.
Losses Lead To Layoffs
Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced the 11,000-employee…
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Amazon is reported to be testing the machine learning ‘Sparrow’ robot arm that could handle 65 percent of its 100+ million diverse parcels.
Challenge
Although Amazon already uses robot arms called ‘Robin’ and ‘Cardinal’…
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Zoom has announced that its new (beta) productivity tools, Zoom Mail and Calendar (clients and Services), combined with its existing features will mean that workers will have everything they need in one app.
Give Workers A ‘Toggle…
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With lab-grown, cultivated meat looking as though it could tackle environmental and animal welfare issues, we look at the Dutch origins of this new produce, its benefits, and how tech has played an important role in creating the product.
What…
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Microsoft Excel is still one of the world's most widely used data tools and a new feature (for desktop), 'Data from Picture', means that you can now import a picture of a data table and convert it into a usable one within Excel. Here’s how:
Save…
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Privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch has filed a complaint to the ICO that the face recognition search engine PimEyes may be unlawful, plus it could be enabling surveillance and stalking.
What Is PimEyes?
PimEyes is a search…
Meta’s WhatsApp has announced the global rollout of it ‘Communities’ feature along with in-chat polls, 32-person video calling, and groups with up to 1024 users.
Communities
The Communities feature, for iOS and Android,…
In this insight, we look at how you can use voice commands to carry out tasks in Windows, plus how speech recognition technology can be used for voice control of different systems and devices.
How Does Speech / Voice Recognition Work?
Voice…
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Here we look at what Matter 1.0 is, its advantages for the IoT and setting up a smart home (or office), and what its current limitations are.
What Is Matter?
Released just recently this October, Matter 1.0 is the new open standard…
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A prototype of an award-winning robotic fish design that filters water to trap microplastics has now been tested in lakes as well as the lab.
Gilbert Wins
Eleanor Mackintosh’s design for the glow-in-the-dark, water-filtering…
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It’s been reported that if you have Google’s Enhanced Spellcheck enabled, it could be sending everything you type to Google’s servers, including passwords. Here’s how to stop that from happening:
To check if you have enabled…
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Microsoft’s Social media platform LinkedIn has announced the introduction of new security features to help verify, identity, detect, and remove fake accounts, all aimed at boosting authenticity.
Problem With Fake Accounts
Back…
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A recent Uswitch.com study has concluded that 5G connectivity has been overhyped, with many users yet to experience any real improvements in mobile speed or reliability.
Overstated
The study found that:
One in six mobile…
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In this insight, we look at what a ‘Discord server’ is, how to set one up, and the pros and cons of Discord servers.
What Is It?
Launched in 2015, ‘Discord’ (https://discord.com/) is a (free to access) voice, video and…
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After finally buying Twitter, firing the CEO, dissolving the Board, plus naming himself sole director and “Chief Twit,” we look at what’s happening at Twitter and where it could be heading.
Twitter Takeover
Following many…
In what could be a huge step forward for environmental clean-ups, a team of researchers from the University of Washington has created a new technique for destroying so-called ‘forever chemicals’.
What Are Forever Chemicals?
‘Forever…
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If you’re looking for a free, online image editor with plenty of functionality, you may want to try Photopea.
With Photopea, you can edit photos, apply effects, filters, add text, and crop or resize pictures in your browser. It supports…
Following a BBC report which suggested that TikTok was making money from families in Syrian camps begging for donations on its platform, we take a closer look at what’s happened and what’s being done about it.
The Report
The…
(ISC)2’s 2022 Cybersecurity Workforce Study has highlighted how the workplace skills gap, particularly the gap in the number of cyber security professionals, has grown by 26.2 per cent in the last year.
All Time High – But Still…
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New research from Gartner suggests that companies may be planning to increase their IT spend to help them meet the challenges of a recession.
The Recession
Following the worst bout of inflation for 40 years and a shrinking economy,…
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Concordium Blockchain, COBRA, Aarhus University, the Alexandra Institute, and the IT University in Greenland have been given DKK 3.6 million (by DIREC) to research a blockchain-based online voting system for Greenland.
What Is Blockchain…
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The ‘Powerfoyle’ mini, screen printable solar cells produced by Swedish startup Exeger could be a breakthrough in providing a renewable, sustainable, potentially endless power source for all kinds of gadgets and devices.
What Is…
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If you've ever given your Gmail address for access to any third-party website, app, or game, there's a way check which apps you've given access to, clean up any apps you no longer use, and keep your account safe. Here's how:
Go to…
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Dr Brett Kagan, of Cortical Labs, claims not only to have grown the first 'sentient' lab-grown mini-brain in a dish, but also that it can play vintage 1970s video game’ Pong’… albeit badly.
What??
Believe it or not, as…
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After 30 years of Microsoft Office, a major re-branding will see it being re-named as Microsoft 365 as part of Microsoft’s expansion of its productivity suite.
What, Who, And How?
Microsoft has announced that starting in…
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After PayPal first announcing that it would fine customers for using its services to spread misinformation and then, following a backlash, saying this had been an error, we look at what happened and why.
Policy Update – Fines for…
In this article, we look at the features, pros and cons of the business-focused version of WhatsApp.
Launched in 2018
The business-focused Android version of ‘WhatsApp Business’ was launched in January 2018 in the UK, and…
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Glasgow arts venue SWG3’s innovative new heating and cooling system uses the captured body heat emitted from its visitors to provide a renewable energy source.
The BODYHEAT System
As part of its drive to become a net zero…
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If you regularly use Gmail, switching-on ‘Smart Compose’ in your Gmail settings can enable time-saving predictive writing suggestions to appear as you compose an email. Here’s how to switch it on:
In Gmail, top right, click on…
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A new AI-based 60-second retina scanning tool can predict a person’s risk of heart disease by looking at the veins and arteries in their eye.
Level Of Risk Revealed by Looking at Blood Vessels
The test findings of the new ‘Quartz’…
Following a provisional agreement in June, the European Parliament has voted in favour of a law to ensure that all devices have a single universal charger.
Why?
Back in June, the EU Parliament highlighted the following reasons why…
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In this article, we look at the many different ways we are being tracked online, plus which measures users can take to avoid being tracked.
Why Are We Being Tracked?
Internet tracking is used for a number of reasons, including:
Improving…
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In this insight, we look at what BEC campaigns are, their characteristics, together with what businesses can do to protect themselves from the threat of BEC campaigns.
What Is A BEC Campaign?
A business email compromise…
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The release of Firefox 104 in August gave users the ability to annotate PDFs, e.g., sign PDFs directly in the browser and save them. Here’s how:
Open a PDF in Firefox, i.e., drag it into the Firefox Window, or right click on the file…
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Gregory Micallef Associates Limited (GMA) announced this week that it has signed on as Champion for Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022.
What Is Cyber Security Awareness Month?
Founded in 2004, Cybersecurity Awareness Month, held each…
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A new set of European Commission rules, called the AI Liability Directive, could make it easier for people injured in AI accidents to sue.
Why?
The European Commission says that the new proposals, which could become the first-ever…
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Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk has introduced a prototype humanoid robot named Optimus to attendees and the cameras at Tesla’s recent AI Day 2022 event.
Useful Humanoid Robot
Mr Musk told the audience that the idea behind…
After a recent Medix report noted the widescale adoption of “low-code” by business, we look at what it is, the reasons for its growth, and the pros and cons of using it.
What Is Low Code?
Low code applications are those built…
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In this insight, we look at a dozen Microsoft products / apps that you may not know much about, but which could be helpful to your businesses.
1. MS Dynamics CRM. Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 a flexible, customisable pay as you…
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The development of a battery-free, wireless underwater camera by MIT engineers could help to build more accurate climate models and help scientists to better understand how climate change impacts the underwater world.
Challenges
A…
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The combined address bar and search box in Google Chrome has been improved to allow you to search your bookmarks, history and tabs, as well as the Web. Here’s how to do it:
To activate this new feature in Chrome 105 (released in September):
Type…
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With the news that as of 20 September 2022, the new Windows 11 update started its rollout in 190+ countries, we look at what it includes and how these elements could benefit your business.
The Focus
Microsoft says that the new…
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Following the announcement by the USB Promoter Group of the imminent arrival of the new USB4® Version 2.0 connectivity standard, we look at what is, and what advantages it offers.
What Is USB4 Version 2.0?
USB4® Version 2.0…
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UK communications regulator Ofcom has announced that it will soon be launching a market study under the Enterprise Act 2002 into competition in the UK’s cloud sector and its ‘hyperscalers’.
What Is The Enterprise Act 2002?
The…
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Following a move by the Iranian government to restrict access to Meta’s WhatsApp, the company has said in a tweet that it “will do anything” within its technical ability to keep its service up and running for Iranian users.
What…
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With the UK’s ban on fracking for shale gas in England that has been in place since 2019 now formally lifted, we look at the technology involved and how fracking fits in with the idea of sustainability.
What Is Fracking?
Fracking is…
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If you’re using Microsoft Word and you need to put a list in alphabetical order based on the second word in each list entry, e.g. by surname in a list of names, here’s how:
Highlight the text list.Click on the A-Z button in the top menu…
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Arguably no phrase has dominated the tech world the last 24 months more than the term “data breach.” From breaches that have impacted critical infrastructure like the Colonial Pipeline to hackers compromising healthcare records at UC San…
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A new study by 1Password has revealed that almost half of employees put their companies at risk by using risky online habits to avoid difficulties logging in and out of apps at work.
Taking Risks With Company Security
The study,…
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Google has been given the largest ever anti-trust fine of 4.125 billion euros from the EU, following an unsuccessful appeal.
What Was The Anti-Trust Issue?
The European Commission (EC) originally fined Google in 2018 for breaching…
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The most popular altcoin and second-largest cryptocurrency by volume, Ethereum, has switched to a new operating model which uses 99.95 per cent less energy!
The Merge
‘The Merge,’ which the change is being called, and which…
If you’d like to customise and personalise your Chrome browser, including changing the colour, the theme, and the avatar, here’s how:
Click on the three dots (top right) and click on ‘Settings.’Click on ‘You and Google.’Pick…
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Ahead of the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, we look at the technology the monarch was known to use during her reign.
Embracing Technology?
Queen Elizabeth II very much embraced and enjoyed technology and the Queen’s reign of 70…
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In this insight, we take a look at some of the many options available for sharing files that self-destruct.
Why?
Many business IT users have occasions where they need to send sensitive information, e.g. passwords and other private work…
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With Google announcing that Android 13 gives businesses using Android Enterprise new ways to get more out of their devices, we take a look at what the more business focused OS offers.
Simplifying The Separation And Management of Personal…
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The Candela P-12 Shuttle electric ferry, recently unveiled and due to enter service in between Stockholm city and the Ekerö suburb next year, can dramatically cut journey times.
Faster Than Stockholm’s Cars and Subway?
The makers of…
If you’re working with lots of tabs open but want to be able to quickly locate essential web pages in your Google Chrome browser, try pinning important tabs to the left-hand side. Here’s how:
Right-click on the tab and select ‘Pin’.The…
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In this article, we compare the TikTok and YouTube platforms and take a look at some of the pros and cons of each.
Similarities
There are several important similarities between YouTube and TikTok. For example:
Both are…
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In this insight, we look at what Softaculous is, what features it offers, and how it can be used to help businesses.
What Is It?
Softaculous is a time and hassle-saving, open-source app, auto-script installer that enables the…
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Cruise company Royal Caribbean Group has announced that it will be using Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Starlink satellite Internet for broadband connections aboard its ships.
What Is Starlink?
Starlink, operated by billionaire Elon…
The UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has proposed a new set of rules to tighten up network security against cyberattacks in broadband and mobile carriers.
Amongst The Strongest In The World
The…
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A study by the University of South Australia’s Future Industries Institute has revealed that with no plans in place for the recycling of end-of-life wind turbines has meant that they are causing a waste problem that looks set to get worse.
What’s…
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If you’d like a really fast way to sketch out your creative ideas on a digital canvas and quickly download or share the image, try Google Canvas. Here’s how it works:
Go to https://canvas.apps.chrome/.Choose a pen, pencil, crayon, eraser,…
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In this article, we look at how the risks to businesses posed by pirated software can far outweigh the benefits of using it, and how you can protect your business from the true costs of pirated software.
Benefits
On the surface,…
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Thames Water has said that it wants to work with data centres in its jurisdiction to enable them to use raw water rather than drinking quality water for cooling.
Switching To Raw Rather Than Drinking Quality Water
Just as the…
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With the world facing a considerable semiconductor microchip shortage, we take a look at the causes and effects of the shortage plus some potential solutions.
Why Is This Important?
Microchips are now included in virtually everything…
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Following an experiment by Bristol and Cambridge Universities, Google has announced that it plans to run adverts on YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Facebook, educating users about how to spot disinformation and misinformation.
‘Pre-Bunking’…
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French company Alstom has announced a renewable energy world-first by operating a 100 percent hydrogen train which only emits steam and condensed water while operating with a low level of noise.
Replacing Diesel Trains
The train…
If you’d like to improve your productivity and focus on daily tasks, but in a way that works with your existing behaviour patterns, and doesn’t create ever-longer to-do lists, ‘My Day’ in Microsoft's ‘To Do’ cross-platform app may…
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In this article, we look at what ‘job phishing’ is, how it works, and how you can protect yourself from this type of fraud.
What Is Job Phishing?
Job phishing refers to recruitment/employment scams where fraudsters pose as…
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In this insight, we take a brief look at Calendy contrasted against Microsoft Bookings and highlight some of the pros and cons of each.
Calendy
Founded in 2013, Calendy is a SaaS meeting and event scheduling app for website, Chrome…
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Microsoft Excel’s new @mentions feature allows users to create, assign, and track tasks in a workbook, thereby making collaboration in Excel easier.
Added To Roadmap 2020
The @mentions feature, which was added to Excel for the…
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A Google data centre going offline in July due to a cooling related failure is just one of a slew of challenges posed by climate change that the big tech companies are facing.
Heatwave Knocks London Data Centre Offline
The heatwave…
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Researchers from US Carnegie Mellon University have concluded that quadcopter drones produce much less greenhouse gas emissions than traditional alternatives for last-mile delivery.
The Problem
The point of the research was to…
Here’s a simple tip using Notepad to check if your antivirus is working as it should:
Open Notepad.Type X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* into notepad.Save the file as either e.g., test.exe or test.bat…
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In this insight, we look at what Microsoft Azure is, plus what it offers businesses.
Azure
Microsoft Azure (formerly Windows Azure) is Microsoft’s public cloud computing platform. Public cloud refers to cloud computing services…
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Advanced, an IT supplier to the NHS, has been hit by a ransomware attack that could take a month to recover from.
What Happened?
Birmingham-based ‘Advance’ provides digital services to the NHS such as patient check-in and…
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New privacy features being rolled out this month mean that WhatsApp users can now leave group chats silently.
Three New Privacy Features
WhatsApp has announced the introduction of three new privacy features: Leave Groups…
Communications regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation to make sure that telecoms providers are complying with rules to ensure that there is always uninterrupted access to 999 calls.
Investigation Into Compliance With General…
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Apple’s Vice President of the environment, Lisa Jackson, has announced that all iPhones will be powered by renewable energy by 2030.
Acquiring Renewable Energy From Wind Farms
The announcement was made in Australia while celebrating…
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With so many of us using WhatsApp for important business matters, it makes sense to backup chats either on Google Drive or iCloud Drive. Here’s how:
To make a Google Drive backup:
Open WhatsApp and Tap More options (the three dots).Select…
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While some people are busy asking whether we’re seeing the death of cryptocurrencies, a new report says 60 percent of us will be using digital wallets by 2026.
Digital Wallet Usage Driven By ‘Superapps’
A Juniper Research…
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With the Online Safety Bill threatening to undermine end-to-end encryption, we look at the strengths and weaknesses of this security trade-off.
Encryption
Encryption comes from the science of cryptography. In today’s digital…
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Google has made it easier to do quoted searches by adding snippets to search results to help users save time in locating a phrase in a web page.
Quoted Searches
Quoted Searches are searches where the search term is placed within…
In this insight, we take a look at what GitHub and GitLab are, and why they are important in the world of software development.
GitHub, from GitHub Inc., is a not-for-profit website and cloud-based hosting service for open-source development…
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In this article, we look at how super-strong Graphene can be used to make projects and products more environmentally friendly.
What is Graphene?
Graphene is a one-atom-thick layer of carbon atoms arranged in a two-dimensional…
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If you need to instantly deliver important and time-sensitive information to contacts and groups in WhatsApp, you could use ‘voice messages.’ Here’s how to use this feature:
To send a voice message
Open an individual or group…
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Following Amazon suing the admins of more than 10,000 Facebook groups over an alleged co-ordinated fake reviews campaign, we look at how to spot fake reviews and dubious ratings on Amazon.
Why Use Fake Reviews?
On the site of…
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A 1976 Apple-1 prototype, believed to have been owned by Steve Jobs and hand-soldered by Steve Wozniak is being auctioned and is expected to fetch around $500,000.
At $400,000+ Already!
The prototype is essentially a broken circuit…
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A new Oxford University study involving 38,935 video-game players overs six weeks has concluded that there is little to no evidence for a causal connection between game play and well-being.
Why Do We Believe Spending Time Playing Video…
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Google has announced that due to the need for more time to evaluate alternatives, it is delaying (by nine months) its plans to rid Chrome of third-party tracking cookies.
Third-Party Cookies
A cookie is a piece of code (used for…
Researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder have developed a net carbon neutral (or even carbon negative) method of producing Portland cement by substituting quarried limestone with limestone produced by microalgae.
The…
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One way to get more organised when using Google Chrome is to group open website tabs together with a click to keep related pages together in one workspace. Chrome’s ‘Group tabs’ lets your give the groups a label/name and colour. Here’s…
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With an ONS survey showing that from October to December 2019 and January to March 2022, homeworking in the UK more than doubled from 4.7 million to 9.9 million people, we take a closer look at the figures and what’s behind them.
COVID…
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With young people now unlikely to read newspapers or watch the TV news, and following the latest Ofcom report, we look at which channels people get their news from.
Decline of Printed Newspapers
Newspaper readership has been declining…
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Google has sacked senior software engineer Blake Lemoine, who made the news after saying that Google’s LaMDA chatbot’s responses to questions showed that it was a sentient being.
What Happened?
Back in June, Google engineer…
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For those who have so many apps open that they run out of space on the taskbar, Microsoft is adding an overflow button where the excess ones can be accessed.
Overflow – Button With Three Dots
For those who need it (i.e. those…
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Finnish engineers, Markku Ylönen and Tommi Eronen have made a giant battery which stores heat from green energy within sand that can be used as an all-year-round energy supply.
Sand Battery
The Finnish engineers’ company, Polar…
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Save both time and effort with this ever-so-easy way to copy web data into excel. Instead of copying and pasting chunks of data at a time, e.g. from a table on web page, simply copy the URL of the page you’d like to get the data from. Here’s…
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In this tech-insight, we look how extreme heat can affect IT hardware and what measures you can take to keep the equipment cool and prevent damage.
High Temperatures
Hot weather UK-style is not normally a problem. With an average…
BMW UK is now offering ConnectedDrive owners Front Seat Heating for a £15 per month or £150 per year subscription.
BMW ConnectedDrive Services
BMW ConnectedDrive Services use the smart / Internet connected element of the car…
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Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 have announced that their customers will be joining both Three and EE’s customers in having access to high-speed mobile connectivity on London’s Tube network, including within the tunnels.
Joined BAI
As…
In this article, we look at what eyestrain is, what causes it, and the many measures you can take to prevent it.
What Is Eyestrain?
Eyestrain is eye fatigue, caused by intensely focusing the eyes during a task, such as staring…
Nipping along the road on an EScooter sounds like a perfect way to get around which is touted as being easily-accessible, cheap and pollution-free. So, it should be a no-brainer, right? However, with some research now showing that rental Escooters…
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If you are reading a web page or blog in Google Chrome and come across a term you’d like to know about, Google has a built-in way to search for that term simply as a result of when you highlight the text with your mouse. Here’s how it works:
In…
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Following recent security concerns about Amazon’s plans to enable Alexa to mimic voices, we look at how easy it is to do, what the benefits are, and what risks it poses.
Alexa The Mimic
Recently, Amazon announced that it was…
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Following a recent Intellectual Property Office (IPO) consultation, it has been decided that AI will not be allowed to patent inventions.
What’s The Issue?
As highlighted by a legal battle dating back to 2018, some people believe…
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Rising electricity prices, energy-hungry crypto mining operations and falling cryptocurrency prices are thought to be behind a significant decrease in the amount of electricity being used for crypto mining.
What Is Crypto Mining?
Crypto…
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In this article, we take a brief look at the relative merits of Office 365 compared to Google Workspace and how Google’s recent introduction of features and greater integration have been aimed at challenging Microsoft 365’s dominant position.
Google…
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Tata Chemicals Europe has opened the UK’s largest industrial-scale carbon capture facility at its chemical plant in Cheshire to convert carbon dioxide into food and pharmaceutical-grade sodium bicarbonate.
Capturing 10% Of The Carbon…
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If you’re off on your holidays and days out to enjoy the warm weather, there’s an audible speed trap feature in Google Maps can help you monitor your speed and avoid a getting a ticket. Here’s how to use it:
In Google Maps, tap on…
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The new Privacy Auditing feature in Windows 11 allows users to see a list of which apps have accessed their microphone or camera recently, plus details of any other suspicious activity.
See Which Apps Have Accessed Your Microphone…
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Social media app Instagram has announced that it is testing new methods for age verification of users, including the use of a video selfie.
What Are The Issues?
This latest announcement by Meta’s (Facebook) Instagram is an extension…
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With identity theft and the resulting identity fraud becoming more widespread, we look at how to spot the signs that you may be a victim, the effects on victims, plus how to reduce the risk of having your identity stolen and used for fraud.
What…
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In this tech-insight, we look at what Wi-Fi 5 And 6 are including their differences plus the improvements that Wi-Fi 6 offers.
Wi-Fi Standards
Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 6 are the names of the most recent Wi-Fi standards. Wi-Fi standards…
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