Featured Article : WhatsApp’s UK Threats Over Online Safety Bill
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 of Meta’s WhatsApp is its end-to-end encryption. This ensures that only the intended recipient […]
Tech News : Business ChatGPT API Launched
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 software applications that specify how software components should interact with each other. In simpler terms, an […]
Security Stop-Press : Multi-Factor Authentication Limitations Highlighted
It has been reported that although Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) has long been a standard security practice for guarding against account takeover it does have limitations. For example, as highlighted by The Hacker News, MFA solutions don’t offer protection to remote command line access tools like PsExec, Remote PowerShel. This means that even though a fully functioning […]
Tech News : HSBC Buys Collapsed Tech Bank
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 analysts believe to be SVB making some bad investments and betting (badly) on interest rates, […]
Tech Tip – How To Add Emphasis To Your Words In WhatsApp
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 or phrase e.g., *text* – To put a […]
Featured Article : Netflix Plans To Tackle Password Sharing
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 recent years, and particularly during the pandemic, Netflix has faced the issue of password sharing, […]
Tech-Insight : What Is OLED?
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 used in many modern electronic devices such as smartphones, televisions, and wearable devices. […]
Tech News : Could ‘Organoid’ Computers Be Next?
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 Is A Brain Organoid? Computers powered by brain cells could use ‘brain organoids’, which are (pen) dot-sized clusters of cell cultures made […]
Security Stop-Press : Failure To Update Plex Was Behind LastPass Hack
It’s been reported that a LastPass engineer failing to update Plex with a patch for a nearly three-year-old flaw on their home computer enabled the massive LastPass hack where a “threat actor” obtained “encrypted backups from a third-party cloud storage service” relating to its Central, Pro, join.me, Hamachi, and RemotelyAnywhere products. The threat actor also […]
Tech Tip – How To Annotate PDFs In Google Drive On An Android Device
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 need to annotate. – Tap the annotate button (bottom […]