Tech News : Meta Cuts 13% Of Its Workforce
Meta has announced that it is laying off a masive 13 per cent of its workforce globally in re-structuring following market uncertainty about the Metaverse vision. Losses Lead To Layoffs Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced the 11,000-employee layoff from Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, after Reality Labs, the division building the […]
Tech Tip – Convert Picture Of A Data Table To A Usable One In Excel
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 a cropped-down screenshot of an excel data table. […]
Featured Article : What Is Twitter’s ‘Blue Tick’ All About?
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 paid-for Blue service, launched last year, is a subscription service – $7.99 (£6.99) per month in the US, also […]
Security Stop-Press : Phishing Threat In Microsoft Customer Feedback Tool
Avanan researchers have warned that threat actors could send a phishing email through Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Customer Voice CRM tool. This could be done by disguising it as an important voicemail from the customer where the “Play Voicemail” button redirects the victims to a phishing landing page. The advice to users is to look carefully […]
Tech Insight : What Is ‘Matter’?
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 that resolves interoperability and connectivity issues between all the IoT devices in smart […]
Featured Article : Speech Recognition And Voice Commands
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 commands can be used to carry out tasks in Windows, plus Android and […]
Tech News : WhatsApp Launches ‘Communities’
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, allows users to connect multiple groups, e.g. schools, local clubs, non-profit organisations, and businesses together under one umbrella to organise group conversations […]
Do you know if anyone is snooping on your emails?
What would happen if a member of your team got their eyes on some of your private emails? Maybe they contain important financial information or key business data or even personal stuff about your life. Whatever it is, I’m sure you wouldn’t want it being accessible to your staff, unless you’ve specifically granted them access. […]
Congratulations, you have fantastic staff.
I want to praise your wonderful staff. Okay, so you may have the odd one who doesn’t really do their best, but then again I’m sure you have quite a few who are really shining stars. It’s these that I want to focus on. You know who they are, they’ll never let you down. Come […]
Tech News : ‘PimEyes’ Search-By-Photo Stalker Scare
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 engine that uses facial recognition technology to provide a reverse image search tool, and a photo search […]