Featured Article : 3000% Increase in Deepfake Frauds
A new report from ID Verification Company Onfido shows that the availability of cheap generative AI tools has led to Deepfake fraud attempts increasing by 3,000 per cent (specifically, a factor of 31) in 2023. Free And Cheap AI Tools Although deepfakes have now been...
Tech Insight : A Dozen Ways Copilot Can Help Your Business
With Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant now embedded within the Microsoft 365 apps and services to help users save time and increase productivity, we look at a dozen things you can do with Copilot to help your business. Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot fuses ChatGPT...
Tech News : Amazon’s Satellite Broadband : 100% Success
Amazon’s ‘Project Kuiper’ satellite broadband moved one step closer following a reported 100 per cent success rate for its first two prototype satellites. Project Kuiper Like Elon Musk’s SpaceX, with Project Kuiper, Amazon hopes to set up its own low Earth orbit...
Tech News : Warning Over Lessening Of AI Facial Recognition Supervision
Computer Weekly recently reported that in an interview with the outgoing England and Wales biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner, Professor Fraser Sampson, he warned of the declining state of oversight in AI facial recognition surveillance deployment by UK...
An Apple Byte : Apple Gets 36 Per Cent Of Google’s Ad Revenue
During a recent court hearing where Google was trying to defend itself from monopoly claims, it was revealed that Google sends 36 per cent of the advertising revenue it makes on Apple’s Safari web browser to Apple. The figure, which was revealed by an expert...
Security Stop Press : Google Workspace Vulnerabilities Uncovered
Researchers at Bitdefender have reported discovering vulnerabilities in Google Workspace and Google Cloud Platform which, after first compromising the local machine, could allow threat actors to extend their activities to a “chain reaction” network-wide breach,...
Tech Insight : Avoid Getting Stung With Roaming Charges
In the wake of the recent news that Scotland’s Health Secretary, Michael Matheson, received an £11,000 roaming charges bill from his holiday, here we look at some of main ways you can keep data roaming charges down. What Are Data Roaming Charges? Data roaming charges...
Featured Article : OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman Fired (But Will Return)
Following the shock announcement that the boss of OpenAI (which created ChatGPT) has been quickly ousted by the board and replaced by an interim CEO, we look at what happened, why, and what may be next. Ousted 38-year-old Sam Altman, who helped launch OpenAI back in...
Tech News : Musk Launches Preview of Grok AI Chatbot
Elon Musk’s ‘xAI’ company has launched the preview of ‘Grok’, a new and rebellious AI chatbot that’s modelled after the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Grok Grok is Musk’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard. Musk was a co-founder ChatGPT’s OpenAI before...
Tech News : New Wearable Smartphone AND Virtual Assistant
Humane has announced the release of its Apple-style AI-powered badge/pin wearable that combines a smartphone with virtual assistant capabilities for when you’re on the move. Humane Humane, a startup founded by ex-Apple design and engineering team Imran Chaudhri and...
An Apple Byte : Battery Drain Complaints Around Apple Watches
Recent user reports indicate a perplexing battery drain in Apple Watches, affecting even the robust Apple Watch Ultra. The problem, linked to the WatchOS 10.1 update, has raised alarm among consumers and professionals who rely on the device’s longevity for daily...
An Apple Byte : Minor Stroke For Apple Legend
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, known for his revolutionary work in personal computing, was briefly hospitalised after a health scare in Mexico City. At 73, Wozniak suffered a fainting episode caused by a minor stroke last week while preparing to speak at the World...
Security Stop Press : Unsecured Printers A Cause Of Cyber Attacks For SMBs
Research from Sharp shows that unsecured printers have been the cause of cyber-attacks for one-fifth of European SMBs, and for one half of public sector organisations. Despite the office printer being an under the radar weak spot for cyber-attacks like phishing,...
Sustainability-in-Tech : London Data Centres To Heat New Homes
A new £36 million UK government project is to use data centre waste heat to provide heating and hot water to 10,000 new homes and 250,000 square metres of commercial space in London. Using Heat From Data Centres Data centres in our digital society and cloud-based...
Tech Tip – Use Google Translate To Check For Mistakes In Your Content
If you’ve written content such as blog posts, articles etc that you’d like to check thoroughly for any mistakes and hear more clearly how it sounds being read back, try using Google Translate. Here’s how. - Go to Google Translate. - Copy and paste your content (up to...
Featured Article : Major Upgrades To ChatGPT For Paid Subscribers
One year on from its general introduction, OpenAI has announced some major upgrades to ChatGPT for its Plus and Enterprise subscribers. New Updates Announced At DevDay At OpenAI’s first ‘DevDay’ developer conference on November 6, the company announced more major...
Tech Insight : New £1 Billion Cheltenham Tech Campus
Plans have been submitted for a new £1 billion development in Cheltenham that will include one of Europe’s largest tech campuses and will house the National Cyber Innovation Centre. Cheltenham’s Golden Valley Development Planning has been submitted for what will be...
Tech News : Cyber Attacks Burn Out Security Experts
A new survey from CyberArk has revealed that increased workloads caused by a surge in cyber threats and attacks has led to 59 per cent of UK senior cyber security professionals facing burnout. Cyber Crime Levels High The results of the survey highlight the growing...
Tech News : New Sub-60cm GPS Accuracy
US Startup Zephyr’s claim that it has solved smartphone GPS positioning problems through a network and software-based solution with sub-60cm accuracy has attracted $3.5 million seed funding. The Issue Even though consumers have been putting growing demands on GPS...
Tech-Trivia : Did You Know? This Week in Tech-History …
November 10, 2004 : What's In a Name? On November 9th 2004, the well-known web-browser ‘Firefox’ was released, although it had earlier been called something entirely different altogether. Originally created in 2002 by members of the Mozilla community, the browser had...
Security Stop Press : ChatGPT Release Linked To Massive Phishing Surge
Threat Detection Technology SlashNext has reported that in the 12 months that ChatGPT’s been publicly available, the number of phishing emails has jumped 1,265 per cent, with credential phishing, a common first step in data breaches, seeing a 967 per cent increase....
Sustainability-in-Tech : New AI Model Classifies Energy-Wasteful Homes
A new deep-learning AI algorithm, developed as part of a study by the University of Cambridge, can identify and classify ‘Hard to Decarbonise’ houses (energy-wasting homes) with 90 per cent accuracy. What Are ‘Hard-to-Decarbonise’ Houses? Hard-to-Decarbonise (HtD)...
Tech Tip – Enhance Password Security with Emojis
If you'd like to fortify your passwords to make them exceptionally challenging to crack, incorporating emojis can prove remarkably effective. It might come as a surprise to many users but, as highlighted recently by Kaspersky, some popular apps and online platforms...
Featured Article : UK Proceeds With iPhone ‘Batterygate’ Case
The so-called ‘Batterygate’ iPhone throttling case has been given the go-ahead by UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal which could mean a near $1 billion (£853 million) damages payout to affected Apple customers. What Is ‘Batterygate’? Batterygate refers to a 2017...
Tech Insight : UK’s AI Safety Summit : Some Key Takeaways
Following the UK government hosting the first major global summit on AI safety at historic Bletchley Park, we look at some of the key outcomes and comments. Summit The UK hosted the first major global AI Safety Summit on the 1 and 2 November at Bletchley Park, the...
Tech News : UK Joins Amazon’s Fast Drone Delivery Expansion
Amazon has announced that it will be expanding its ultra-fast Prime Air drone delivery operations to the UK, Italy and also to an as yet unnamed US city by the end of 2024. Prime Air Drone Delivery Amazon Prime Air is a service is intended to (safely) deliver packages...
Tech News : Copilot Can Attend Meetings For You
Following trials, Microsoft’s AI assistant ‘Copilot’, which can even attend meetings for you, will be generally available to all Microsoft 365 Enterprise customers from 1 November. Copilot First introduced in March 2023 and rolled out as part free update to Windows...
Tech-Trivia : Did You Know? This Week in Tech-History :
November 2, 1936 : BBC Basics “Gentlemen, you have now invented the biggest time-waster of all time. Use it well.”, said Isaac Shoenberg, head of the EMI research team that developed the first fully electronic television system to be used in regular broadcasting. On...
Security Stop Press : Booking.com Customers Targeted By Phishing Emails
It’s been reported that following a hack of online travel agency Booking.com’s email system, customers have been receiving phishing emails asking for their bank card details to avoid cancellation of their hotel booking. The emails, which have been reported to come...
Sustainability-in-Tech : Fossil Fuels Peak as Solar & Wind Rise
Independent energy thinktank Ember’s Global Electricity Review 2023 reports that fossil fuel power generation has peaked for the half the world and that clean energy sources now account for nearly 40 per cent of the world’s electricity supply. Five Years Ago Ember’s...
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