Featured Article: How Good Are Chatbots Now?
Following the recent story about how a Google Bot was reported to have said things that a sentient being may say, we take a brief look at how good chatbots are now. What Happened? Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, recently reported that The Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA ) AI system bot may have feelings […]
Tech Tip – YouTube Navigation Keyboard Shortcuts
Here are some fast and easy keyboard shortcuts to save time in navigating YouTube videos: – To pause or play a video, press the space bar. – Press m to mute/unmute the video. – Move 10 seconds forwards by pressing L, and 10 seconds back by pressing j. – Press f for full screen and […]
Security Stop-Press : Snake Keylogger Malware Being Spread In PDF Files
Online security experts are warning people to take extra care when downloading PDF files after PDFs were recently used in campaigns to deliver Snake Keylogger malware. Snake Keylogger, which is eighth place in Check Point’s Global Threat Index, records a user’s keystrokes and transmits the collected data to cybercriminals. The advice is to use a […]
Featured Article : What Happened Recently With The ICO?
Following news of a Freedom of Information (FOI) disclosure revealing a lack of public reprimands issued over GDPR breaches in the public sector, we take a closer look at the FOI, what it can be used for, and how it’s linked to the ICO. What Is The Freedom of Information Act? The Freedom of Information […]
Tech-Insight : What Is Shopify?
In this insight, we take a look at Shopify, what it offers, and how it has grown to become a major e-commerce platform. Where And Who? The Canadian-based Shopify Inc. is a multinational e-commerce company founded in 2006 by Tobias Lütke and Scott Lake after they tried to set up an online store for snowboarding […]
Tech News : UK Not Adopting EU’s Universal Charger
Following the recent news that the EU plans to introduce a single, universal charger for all devices, it has been reported that the UK has said that it is not currently considering copying the idea. Just One Universal Charger Cable A week ago, the EU parliament announced that by autumn 2024, USB Type-C will become […]
Tech News : Russia Cautions Cyber Attacks May Start Military Confrontation
The growing number of cyber-attacks since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine have led The Russian Foreign Ministry to warn that more western cyber-attacks on its infrastructure could lead to a direct military confrontation. Housing Ministry Website Hack The warning followed an apparent cyber-attack on the Russian housing ministry website which led to a […]
Tech Tip – Identify Objects In Photos Using Google Lens
If you have the Google Photos app, you can use ‘Google Lens’ to identify a picture and show search results about the objects featured in a photo, e.g. an animal, a plant, or a building you took a photo of on holiday. Here’s how it works: – Open the Google Photos App. – Open one […]
Security-Stop-Press : Microsoft Office Users Warned About Word Malware Scam
Cybersecurity expert, Kevin Beaumont, has warned Microsoft Office users about a scam that uses a hole in a Microsoft Word. The scam, dubbed “Follina”, involves cybercriminals leveraging a Windows utility called msdt.exe to cause victims to download a malware-loaded Word file. The malware could allow attackers to run arbitrary code, install programs, change or delete […]
Featured Article : US Supercomputer Breaks The ‘Exascale’ Barrier
The world’s first ‘exascale’ computer, called the ‘Frontier’ computing system (i.e. a supercomputer) from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, has smashed the exascale computing speed barrier. What Is The Exascale? The exascale is a computing system threshold / level of computing performance of a quintillion calculations per second, i.e. a computer that’s capable of […]