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Tech News : AI Saves Police Admin Time – A Lot

It’s been reported that the UK’s Minister of State (Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire), the Rt Hon Chris Philp MP, has urged UK police forces to follow Bedfordshire’s example of using artificial intelligence (AI) to save time and money in carrying out admin tasks. Which Admin Tasks?  The main task that Mr Philip was […]

An Apple Byte : Push Notification Policy Change

Following U.S. Senator Ron Wyden revealing that governments can secretly force Apple and Google to hand over the contents of push notifications sent to customers’ phones, Apple has said it’s changed its policy and will no longer do so without a valid judge’s order. This will be either a court order or a search warrant. […]

Security Stop Press : Microsoft Disrupts Major Cybercrime Gateway Service

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has reported disrupting the activities of major cybercrime-as-a-service provider Storm-1152. Microsoft says Storm-1152 has created for sale approximately 750 million fraudulent Microsoft accounts, earning the group millions of dollars in illicit revenue, and costing Microsoft and other companies even more to combat their criminal activity. Fraudulent online accounts of the type […]

Tech Tip – Voice Typing In Windows

If you don’t want to type but need to produce some written content (e.g. dictate something for an email message or an offer) the Windows ‘voice typing’ feature easily and quickly transcribes your speech to text. If you haven’t yet tried it, you may find it fun as well as useful. Here’s how it works: […]

Your Email Is Not Safe – Understanding DMARC: Strengthening Email Security

In recent times, email security has taken center stage, and for a good reason. Email remains one of the most common communication channels for businesses, but it’s also a prime target for cybercriminals. Recognizing this, major email service providers like Google and Yahoo have made significant strides in bolstering email security through a protocol called […]

Featured Article : Google Launches Gemini AI Studio

Following on from Google’s recent launch announcement for Gemini (its new super-powered foundation model family), Google has now announced the launch of AI Studio to enable the development of apps and chatbots using Gemini. Gemini (Pro)  Google recently announced the introduction of its largest and most capable AI model, Gemini. The three sizes of the […]

Tech Insight : Cyber Criminals With A PR Department

A whitepaper by researchers at Sophos highlights how, rather than remaining anonymous, ransomware gangs now engage with the media to shape the narrative around a hack and gain a tactical and strategic advantage. The Ransomware Threat  Ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system or data (typically by […]

Tech News : EU’s AI Regulations Agreed

Following 36 hours of talks, EU officials have finally reached a historic provisional deal on laws to regulate the use of artificial intelligence. The Artificial Intelligence Act  The Council presidency and the European Parliament’s negotiators’ provisional agreement relates to the proposal on harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (AI), the so-called artificial intelligence act. The EU […]

Tech News : Google’s Ultra-Powerful Gemini AI

Google has announced the phased rollout of its new ‘Gemini’ family of large language models with the Ultra version said to rival the abilities of OpenAI’s GPT-4. What Is Gemini?  Gemini, which Google describes as its “newest and most capable” large language model (LLM) and representing a “new era” for AI, is a highly advanced and multimodal AI model. […]

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