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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Tech Tip – Stop Password Risk From Google’s Enhanced Spellcheck
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 Google’s ‘Enhanced spell check’ copy and paste chrome://settings/?search=Enhanced+Spell+Check into the Chrome address bar...
Tech Tip – Free Online Image Editor
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 PSDs and you can export files in a number of...
Security Stop-Press : Urgent Patch Issued For Chrome
Google has rolled-out an emergency security update for its Chrome web browser to fix an exploited zero-day “confusion” flaw in in the V8 JavaScript engine, i.e. a confusion between object types in the part that executes JavaScript code. For this (seventh) zero-day in Google Chrome since the start of 2022,...
Featured Article : Twitter Takeover
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 months of negotiations, Tesla founder, Space X boss and world’s richest man Elon Musk finally...
Tech News : Overhyped And A Long Wait For 5G Benefits
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 users felt the power of 5G technology had been overstated. – Less than half...