Vanish Mode For Messenger and Instagram Chats
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 says that the Vanishing Messages feature is particularly useful if there is??something you want to say in the moment without worrying […]
Tech Tip – Sending Delayed Emails
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 how: To Delay the delivery of a message: – When composing the message, select the?More options?arrow from the?Tags?group in […]
Scammer Accidentally Calls Cyber-Crime Squad
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 scammer, claiming to be from Australia?s National Broadband Network (NBN), which does not […]
WhatsApp Launches Self-Destruct Messages
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 be the default setting and needs to be switched on by the user in the settings (or by the Admin […]
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
n 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 owned laptops, tablets, and smartphones to work and use them to […]
Language Used Reveals Societal Pandemic Anxiety
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 processing (NLP) algorithms to characterise changes in some of the world’s largest mental health (15 groups) and […]
Which? Reveals Truth About EV Battery Life
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 2019 to February 2020 and recorded the views of 47,013 people of which 1,016 were electric car […]
PayPal To Support Cryptocurrencies
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 who use the PayPal platform will, eventually, be able to accept cryptocurrencies as a funding source. App It […]
Sanctions Hurt Huawei
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 and tech commentators are pointing to US-led sanctions against the Chinese telecoms equipment and smartphone […]
Password Security and The Road Ahead
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 ahead for them. This article looks at password security now and the progress […]