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How to create a screen shot in Windows 11
WINDOWS 11: Make a super speedy screenshot

In the olden days, to make a screenshot you’d have to find the ‘Print Screen’ button on your keyboard and then paste...

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Two thirds of remote workers use a faulty device so they don’t get into trouble
Two thirds of remote workers use a faulty device so they don’t get into trouble

A new report has discovered that 67% of remote workers are using faulty tech when they work remotely and often that’s...

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IT Support Process Improvement – Simplified Scheduling

One of the biggest frustrations as a client is the IT support service scheduling process. We frequently play a game of...

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How a Globalnet VCIO Can Help Your Business

A popular offering in the IT services industry is the VCIO or VCTO (Virtual Chief Information, or Technology, Officer)...

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Are Hackers Targeting Your Business for Data or Monetary Theft?

As the MD of a small business, you are under attack from hackers. Right now, extremely dangerous and well-funded...

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Our Sunday Telegraph Wildix Article

Did you miss our Wildix advertorial in The Sunday Telegraph on Sunday 8th November 2020? Read it here! Our article in...

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Zerologon bug is most severe experienced by Microsoft

News has emerged that Microsoft patched a startlingly severe bug called Zerologon that affected Windows Servers. Dutch...

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9 Million EasyJet Customers’ Data Breached in Hack

A "highly sophisticated cyber-attack" in January has affected nine million EasyJet customers. EasyJet admitted the hack...

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UK Cyber threats up 37%

Online threats have risen by as much as six-times their usual levels over the past four weeks as the COVID-19 pandemic...

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How To Quickly Shift To A Work-From-Home Business Model To Maximize Productivity In Today’s Coronavirus Environment

As a business owner today, you are now facing unprecedented challenges to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic. You are...

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5 Steps To Rise Above The Fear Of COVID-19 And Focus On Growing Your Business

In a matter of just a few short weeks, we have gone from living how we’ve always lived to changing just about everything...

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How To Stop Cyber Attacks During Lockdown

The world is slowing down during this COVID-19 pandemic. People are no longer going out. We’re told to quarantine or...

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FREE Business Solutions For Remote Working

  In the last month we have seen an increase in demand from clients for hosted desktops. With much of the UK...

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Teenager hacks Apple and steals 90 GB of Data

The world’s first trillion-dollar company, Apple, has suffered an embarrassing hack by an Aussie teen. The company is...

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Superdrug hack affects up to 20,000 customers

The details of almost 20,000 online Superdrug customers have been hacked, the cosmetics retailer has confirmed. Payment...

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UK companies may lose .eu domains

The European Commission has announced that it will cancel all 300,000 domains under the .eu top-level domain that have a...

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New sextortion phishing scam revealed

There’s a new phishing scam doing the rounds using blackmail techniques to make susceptible users hand over their hard...

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New research could propel faster batteries charging

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have identified that a group of materials called niobium tungsten oxides...

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‘SiliconX’ Next-Generation Battery Material Discovered

Norwegian scientists at IFE claim to have discovered a new wonder-material for future battery production that they have...

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Facebook Favours Free Speech Over Fake News Removal

In a recent Facebook media presentation in Manhattan, and despite the threat of social media regulation e.g. from Ofcom,...

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First Blockchain Cryptocurrency Smartphone

Taiwanese electronics company Huawei Technologies Ltd. (HTC), and Swiss-based Sirin Labs are both introducing blockchain...

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Windows 10: Fuelling PC Sales Recovery?

Reports by IDC and Gartner that shows PC sales registering their first quarterly rise in six years have led to some...

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Google Chrome New ‘Site Isolation’ Security Feature Activated

The new ‘Site Isolation’ security feature for the Google Chrome browser has been switched on, and could protect users...

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Tech Tip – Arrange Multiple File Explorer Windows Easily

If you have multiple File Explorer windows on your screen, the clutter and confusion can get in the way of the task at...

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Microsoft Launches Free Version of Collaborative Chat App ‘Teams’

Microsoft has announced the launch of a free version of its collaborative chat app ‘Teams’ which doesn’t require an...

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NHS Still Reliant On Fax Machines

A Poll by the Royal College of Surgeons using freedom of information requests has revealed that 8,946 fax machines are...

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Misleading Broadband Adverts

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has been criticised by CityFibre for a lack of regulation of the use of the term...

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Cambridge Analytica Reborn

A new offshoot of Cambridge Analytica, the disgraced data analysis company at the heart of the Facebook personal data...

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12 Russian Intelligence Officers Charged With Election Hacking
12 Russian Intelligence Officers Charged With Election Hacking

Even though, in an interview this week, President Trump appeared to absolve Russia of election interference (since...

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Tech Tip – Open Files With The Right App

Sometimes in Windows, when you double click on a file to open it, e.g. a file that’s been sent to you, the wrong app can...

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New System Detects & Warns Of Mobile Phone Use in Cars

Norfolk-based company Westcotec is piloting new technology that can detect whether a handheld mobile phone is in use in a...

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Now You Can Search eBay Via A Photo

eBay has launched Image Search in the UK, an AI-based technology that means you can now enter a photo into the search box...

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UK Slips To 35th Place In Global Broadband Speed Table

A recent comparison of 163 million broadband speed tests across 200 countries shows that the UK has slipped from 31st to...

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£500,000 Fine For Facebook Data Sharing

Sixteen months after the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) began its investigation into the Facebook’s sharing the...

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$13.5 Million In Customer Tokens Lost To Bancor Hackers

Hackers are reported to have stolen $13.5 million of user crypto-currency tokens from the Israeli start-up and...

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Tech Tip – Create Instant Shortcuts

If you need to access certain files or folders quickly in Windows, you can help yourself by being able to easily create...

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NHS Booking App and Doc Bot

In the NHS's 70th year, and as part of the push for digitisation, the introduction of an appointment-booking app has been...

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Tech Giants GDPR Privacy Settings Unethical Says Council

The ‘Deceived By Design’ report by the government-funded Norwegian Consumer Council has accused tech giants Microsoft,...

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New, Improved Wi-Fi Security Standard WPA3 Starts Rollout

The non-profit, global trade group, the Wi-Fi Alliance, has announced the commencement of the rollout of the new Wi-Fi...

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Samsung Phones Sending Photos Without Permission

The Samsung Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ and Note 8 are all reported to have been recently affected by a bug in the Samsung...

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Submit Your Dash-Cam Footage To Police

A new website has been launched by manufacturer Nextbase allowing drivers to upload their dash-cam footage of dangerous...

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Tech Tip – Save Space By Quickly Creating Compressed Folders

If you’re running Windows and you’d like to save some space on your disk, there is a way to quickly pack files into a...

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Tesla Traps Tripp

California-based vehicle tech corporation Tesla is suing a former employee, who some saw simply as a whistleblower, over...

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Apple Offers Free Repairs On Butterfly Keyboards

After numerous complaints over the last two years and even an online petition by a customer, Apple has decided to offer...

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GDPR Exemption Sought by Financial Markets

It has been reported that financial market regulators from the US, the UK and Asia are pressing for an exemption from...

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Privacy Calls to Stop Storage of Personal Communications Data

Privacy groups have led calls to halt the blanket collection and storage of personal communications data in the EU area,...

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New ‘No Cheat’ Locked Mode For Classroom on Chromebooks

The Google Forms Quiz in its free, browser-based educational software Classroom now features a locked mode on Chromebooks...

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Tech Tip – Rename Multiple Files at Once

If you have a number of files in Windows that you want to rename but don’t want to waste time renaming them all...

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Foldable Galaxy X Smartphone Could Cost You £1,400!

After its official launch, planned for next year, it has been reported that the new Samsung Galaxy X smartphone could be...

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Trump’s Tariffs For Tech Firms With China Links

While Apple Inc has had good news that it will not face traded tariffs on its iPhones assembled in China, Intel Corp may...

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Appeal Dismissed After Asylum Seeker Data Breach

An appeal by the UK Home Office to limit the number of potential claimants from a 2013 data breach has been dismissed on...

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Bank Uses AI To Screen Job Applicants

A Singapore bank is reported to be using an AI-based system to make savings in the process of recruitment by automating...

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AI Creates Phishing URLs That Can Beat Auto-Detection

A group of computer scientists from Florida-based cyber security company, Cyxtera Technologies, are reported to have built...

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Tech Tip – Improve Phone Speed With Lightweight Apps

If your phone has limited memory storage and you regularly use Facebook and Twitter, installing lightweight versions of...

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Domain Names & GDPR

A recent ruling by a German court about GDPR also applies to personal information held in the worldwide whois service, and...

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Fruit Robots

Tests are being completed of robot fruit-picking machines that can pick strawberries as carefully and quickly as humans,...

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Smart Solar Power Savings From Google

Google, in partnership with energy supplier E.ON and with help from German software firm Tetraeder, has released an online...

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1 – 0 In England Vs World Cup Hackers

It has been reported that the England football team have been briefed before flying out to their World Cup base in St...

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Two More Security Holes In Voice Assistants

Researchers from Indiana University, the Chinese Academy of Science, and the University of Virginia have discovered two...

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Tech Tip – Alexa Skills Commands That Could Help At Work

Amazon’s Echo speakers may be used mainly in the home, but putting the listening / privacy fears aside, they can be...

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Fined For Using a Smart Watch At Traffic Lights

In a recent court case in Canada, an Apple Smart Watch was classified as being the same kind of distraction as a mobile...

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Facebook Losing the Battle For Teenage Attention

A study by Pew in the US has found that Facebook is now lagging behind YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat, as a platform...

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Google
Google Accused of Being Unethical Over Cryptocurrency Ad Ban

Some industry commentators have suggested that Google’s motives for introducing a blanket ban on cryptocurrency ads may...

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834% Rise in TSB Customer Phishing Attacks

Following the IT meltdown at TSB last month which led to chaos for customers who were locked out of their own accounts,...

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Visa Crash In Europe Causes Cash Only Chaos

On Friday 1st 2018 from 2.30pm, a Europe-wide system failure at Visa that left shoppers embarrassed as their card payments...

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Tech Tip – Create ‘For Follow Up’ Folder In Microsoft Outlook

If you use Microsoft Outlook and you don’t want an important email that you need to follow up with to get lost among the...

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7-Fold Rise in Mobile Phone Fraud

It seems that as we spend more time using mobile devices, the fraudsters are following us as a new RSA Security report...

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Instant GDPR Complaints For Web Giants

In an almost inevitable turn of events, the social media and tech giants Facebook, Google, Instagram and WhatsApp faced a...

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Now You Can Opt-Out Of Having Your Medical Data Shared

The introduction of GDPR on 25th May has brought with it a new national data opt-out service which enables people to use...

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Alexa Recorded and Sent Private Conversation

A US woman has complained of feeling invaded after a private home conversation was recorded by her Amazon's Alexa voice...

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92 Carphone Warehouse Branch Closures

Dixons Carphone, owners of Carphone Warehouse stores has highlighted people not renewing their handsets as frequently and...

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Tech Tip – One Handed Keyboard on an iPhone

If you’ve struggled to use the keyboard on an iPhone and found it a little unwieldy, or had difficulty reaching across...

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Discovering Business in Essex – 6th June 2018

Join Globalnet IT Innovations and 140 other Essex businesses at the Discovering Business in Essex trade show at...

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Facial Recognition For Schools and the Classroom

A school in Hangzhou, capital of the eastern province of Zhejiang, is reportedly using facial recognition software to...

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Slack Actions adds integrations with third party developers

Chat App Slack has announced the introduction of a new Actions feature that makes it easier for users to create and finish...

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Tech Tip – Enable ‘Do Not Track’ In Microsoft Edge

If you want the general added security of not being tracked when you’re browsing without having to switch to full...

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BYODs Linked To Security Incidents

A study by SME card payment services firm Paymentsense has shown a positive correlation between bring your own device...

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TalkTalk Super Router Security Fears Persist

An advisory notice from software and VR Company IndigoFuzz has highlighted the continued potential security risk posed by...

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Southend ranked as digital suburb in new report

Southend has been ranked with 15 other towns as a digital suburb in a new report outlining the current state of the UK...

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Greenwich University fined for security breach

The University of Greenwich has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a security...

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AI Drones: Smaller and Smarter

Researchers from ETH Zurich, Switzerland and the University of Bologna have built the smallest completely autonomous...

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Police Facial Recognition Software Flawed

Following an investigation by campaign group Big Brother Watch, the UK’s Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has...

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PGP Encryption Flaw Discovered in Email Security

A German newspaper has released details of a security vulnerability, discovered by researchers at Munster University of...

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Fewer Shop Visits Due To Digital. But More Spending
Fewer Shop Visits Due To Digital. But More Spending

British Retail Consortium (BRC) figures show that footfall in retail stores fell by 3.3% in April 2018 compared to last...

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Handy Location Tracker
Handy Location Tracker

A peanut-shaped, hand-held, smart, long-range tracking device called LynQ has been launched that can tell you how far and...

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Tech Tip –  Play Almost Any File Format
Tech Tip – Play Almost Any File Format

If you sometimes have trouble opening and playing certain file formats e.g. for videos, free and open-sourced VLC software...

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Twitter Says Change Your Password
Twitter Says Change Your Password

Twitter has advised all users to change their passwords after a bug caused the passwords to be stored in easily readable,...

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8 More Security Flaws Found In Processors
8 More Security Flaws Found In Processors

Following on from the revelation in January that 2 major security flaws are present in nearly all modern processors,...

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Facebook Loyalty Intact Says Survey
Facebook Loyalty Intact Says Survey

Even after all the publicity surrounding Facebook’s selling of the personal data of 87 million users to Cambridge...

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Cambridge Analytica Ordered To Turn Over All Data On US Professor
Cambridge Analytica Ordered To Turn Over All Data On US Professor

The UK data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has ordered the consulting firm Cambridge Analytica...

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Google Driverless Car Involved In Smash
Google Driverless Car Involved In Smash

A self-driving vehicle owned by Google's Waymo has been involved in a smash in Arizona when it was hit by a car that...

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Tech Tip – Get More Value From Your Gmail Account
Tech Tip – Get More Value From Your Gmail Account

If, like many people, you have a Gmail account that you regularly use and you want to improve the value you get from your...

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Amazon Challenges Google and Facebook For Ads Dominance
Amazon Challenges Google and Facebook For Ads Dominance

Reports that Amazon.com Inc has doubled its ad profits, is growing its ad business fast, and may be outselling ads on...

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Fake Online Reviews Investigation
Fake Online Reviews Investigation

A recent investigation as part of a BBC 5 Live programme has led to the underground trade in fake online reviews coming...

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Online Dating Via Facebook
Online Dating Via Facebook

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has announced that Facebook, the world’s largest online social network, will soon be...

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Google Chrome Leads Digital Certificate Clean Up
Google Chrome Leads Digital Certificate Clean Up

The Google Chrome Browser is being equipped with transparency logs that are designed to prevent potentially costly digital...

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TSB Computer Meltdown – Problems Nearly 2 Weeks On
TSB Computer Meltdown – Problems Nearly 2 Weeks On

Customers of TSB are reportedly still experiencing difficulties with internet and mobile banking services nearly 2 weeks...

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Tech Tip – Checking Your Facebook Connected Apps
Tech Tip – Checking Your Facebook Connected Apps

In the light of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal where a quiz app was used to share personal details without...

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GDPR: Don’t Get Caught Out By Your Logfiles
GDPR: Don’t Get Caught Out By Your Logfiles

With all the focus on the more visible elements of GDPR compliance ahead of the Regulation’s introduction of May 25th,...

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Martin Lewis Fights Facebook In Court
Martin Lewis Fights Facebook In Court

MoneySavingExpert’s (MSE) founder and TV consumer champion Martin Lewis (OBE) has commenced UK High Court proceedings...

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WhatsApp Raises Age To 16 For GDPR
WhatsApp Raises Age To 16 For GDPR

Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging service is raising its minimum age in Europe to 16 to comply with GDPR which comes into...

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Half of UK Manufacturers Hit By Cyber Attacks
Half of UK Manufacturers Hit By Cyber Attacks

A new report published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF in partnership with insurance firm AIG and the Royal United...

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New Google ‘Chat’ SMS Message Replacement Rollout Begins
New Google ‘Chat’ SMS Message Replacement Rollout Begins

Google has begun the rollout of ‘Chat’, the messaging service that, it is hoped, will replace SMS text messages on...

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Tech Tip – Send Different File Types With WhatsApp
Tech Tip – Send Different File Types With WhatsApp

These days, many of us use the WhatsApp messaging service as part of our business communications. Thanks to functionality...

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Russia Suspected of Hacking Campaign
Russia Suspected of Hacking Campaign

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the FBI and the US Department of Homeland Security have warned that Russia...

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UK Launched Major Cyber Attack Against ISIS
UK Launched Major Cyber Attack Against ISIS

GCHQ’s new director has revealed that last year, the UK has conducted a large-scale cyber-attack against ISIS that was...

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Phishing Attack Simulator: Microsoft Goodies
Phishing Attack Simulator: Microsoft Goodies

Microsoft has announced a set of business security tools, including a phishing attack simulator, that make it easier and...

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Facebook … Face Recognition Woes
Facebook … Face Recognition Woes

Facebook is in the news yet again, this time for having to face a class action lawsuit for allegedly gathering biometric...

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Google, The Law and Your ‘Right To Be Forgotten’
Google, The Law and Your ‘Right To Be Forgotten’

A businessman has won the "right to be forgotten" by Google after taking his case to the High Court, because he wanted a...

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Tech Tip – Emails: ‘Undo Send’ … !
Tech Tip – Emails: ‘Undo Send’ … !

If you use a Gmail account, and if you’ve ever sent an email and then experienced the terror of immediately wishing that...

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Facebook Notifies People Affected By Scandal
Facebook Notifies People Affected By Scandal

Facebook has begun notifying any of those users whose data is known to have been harvested and shared with data mining...

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Apple Claims 100% Renewable Energy At All Data Centres
Apple Claims 100% Renewable Energy At All Data Centres

The latest energy report from Apple has stated that the company has hit a new milestone in green energy usage by making...

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Digital Number Plates
Digital Number Plates

Dubai is once again in the news for being an adopter of new technologies after an announcement that it will be hosting a...

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1 In 10 Fooled By Social Engineering Attacks
1 In 10 Fooled By Social Engineering Attacks

A new report by security firm Positive Technologies shows that 1 in 10 employees would fall for a social engineering...

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Killer Bot Boycott
Killer Bot Boycott

Reports that the state-run university-based ‘Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology’ (KAIST) has been...

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Tech Tip – Identify Objects In Your Phone Photos With Google Lens
Tech Tip – Identify Objects In Your Phone Photos With Google Lens

If you’d like a handy way to search your photos and identify important buildings / landmarks, places, names, Wi-Fi...

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Wearable Tech Could Help Solve Murder
Wearable Tech Could Help Solve Murder

Police in Australia are reported to be using data recorded by a murder victim's Apple smartwatch to help catch her...

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Half Of Households Have Broadband Problems
Half Of Households Have Broadband Problems

A survey by consumer watchdog ‘Which?’ has revealed that more than half of UK customers across 12 providers, are...

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Robots Not Coming For Your Job Just Yet, Says Report
Robots Not Coming For Your Job Just Yet, Says Report

A report by OECD says that previous forecasts may have exaggerated the impact of automation on jobs because the forecasts...

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Apple Hires Google’s AI Chief To Help Boost Siri
Apple Hires Google’s AI Chief To Help Boost Siri

In a bid to develop Siri and catch up with competitors in the digital assistant battle, Apple has hired Google’s top AI...

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UK Universities Are Cryptojacking Targets
UK Universities Are Cryptojacking Targets

The latest attacker behaviour industry report by automated threat management firm Vectra shows that UK higher education...

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Tech Tip – Track Changes To Your Word Documents
Tech Tip – Track Changes To Your Word Documents

If, as so many businesses do, you use Microsoft Word, and you have shared documents that others can make changes to, you...

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‘See In The Dark’ Phone Camera
‘See In The Dark’ Phone Camera

Chinese electronics company Huawei is heading to the European market with a smartphone that uses a long exposure and AI to...

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Contactless ‘Pay to Pray’
Contactless ‘Pay to Pray’

The Church of England has announced that it will be able to accept contactless card payment for donations at 16,000...

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£870 Million Super-Cyber-Crook Captured
£870 Million Super-Cyber-Crook Captured

The suspected leader of the criminal gang behind the Cobalt and Carbanak malware campaigns that targeted banks and netted...

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Facebook Revamps Privacy Settings
Facebook Revamps Privacy Settings

In a move that Facebook says was due to happen before the recent personal data harvesting scandal, the social media giant...

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Your Computer Data Stored … On DNA?
Your Computer Data Stored … On DNA?

British scientists believe they have developed a technique that will enable them to store computer files in DNA...

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Tech Tip – Google Keep
Tech Tip – Google Keep

If you need to jot down ideas and to-dos and share them with team members, you may find ‘Google Keep’ a useful...

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50 Million Facebook User’s Data With Cambridge Analytica
50 Million Facebook User’s Data With Cambridge Analytica

Facebook is at the heart of a storm after a whistleblower alleged that the data analytics firm that worked with Donald...

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Camelot Hack – ‘It Could be You!’
Camelot Hack – ‘It Could be You!’

Lottery operator Camelot has announced that 150 customer accounts have been affected by a hack that took place prior to...

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Huge UK Increase In Demand For AI Professionals
Huge UK Increase In Demand For AI Professionals

A study by job website 'Indeed' based on job postings on its site since 2015 has found that demand for skills in AI and...

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First Direct Customers Can Pay By Siri
First Direct Customers Can Pay By Siri

First Direct customers can now make voice-activated payments to existing payees or mobile contacts via the Siri tool on...

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Fighting Exploitation Via Blockchain and Coke
Fighting Exploitation Via Blockchain and Coke

Coca-Cola, the US State Department, and 2 other companies are working on a project to used blockchain to fight forced...

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Tech Tip(s) – Browser Security
Tech Tip(s) – Browser Security

Your Internet browser is one of your most-used applications, so it makes sense that you should make yours as secure as...

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Voice Recognition ‘Sexist’
Voice Recognition ‘Sexist’

Delip Rao, CEO and co-founder of start-up R7 Speech Sciences has brought the issue back into the spotlight that voice...

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Accountants To Use AI For The ‘Boring’ Stuff
Accountants To Use AI For The ‘Boring’ Stuff

A study by Sage that identified how 83% of clients would like their accountants to extend their services has seen 50% of...

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Eight New Cyber Threats Every Second
Eight New Cyber Threats Every Second

The latest McAfee Labs threat report shows that in the last quarter of 2017, organisations faced 8 new cyber threats a...

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New Threat From Fileless Powershell Exploits
New Threat From Fileless Powershell Exploits

Businesses now face the growing threat of fileless hacking and fileless malware attacks facilitated by the PowerShell...

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UK Economy Could See £26bn From Rural Digital Investment
UK Economy Could See £26bn From Rural Digital Investment

A study has revealed that greater investment in digital technologies and connectivity in rural parts of the UK could add...

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Tech Tip – Windows 10 – Using The ‘My People’ Feature
Tech Tip – Windows 10 – Using The ‘My People’ Feature

The ‘My People’ feature in Windows 10 provides a handy way for you to access all your favourite contacts from your...

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Facebook Ads That Target Your Beliefs
Facebook Ads That Target Your Beliefs

In a new trial involving a small number of users in the UK, Facebook has said that it will be testing the targeting of...

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Location Based Marketing … Creepy?
Location Based Marketing … Creepy?

MoviePass CEO, Mitch Lowe, has caused controversy by telling the Hollywood audience at the Entertainment Finance Forum...

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One Hour To Take Down Illegal Content
One Hour To Take Down Illegal Content

New measures by the EU will mean that technology companies will have as little as just one hour to take down illegal and...

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Dropbox Integrates With Google Cloud and G-Suite
Dropbox Integrates With Google Cloud and G-Suite

Dropbox has announced that it is now one step closer to delivering a unified home for work by forming a new partnership...

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Blockchain Used To Reduce Child Labour
Blockchain Used To Reduce Child Labour

Blockchain Used To Reduce Child Labour Blockchain, the same technology that powers the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, is being...

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Tech Tip – Prevent Travel Bag Laptop Battery Wake-Up
Tech Tip – Prevent Travel Bag Laptop Battery Wake-Up

Sometimes your laptop can spring into life while still in your travel bag. This can drain the battery. Here’s how to...

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Amazon’s $1 Billion ‘Smart Doorbell’ Purchase
Amazon’s $1 Billion ‘Smart Doorbell’ Purchase

Amazon has paid $1 billion for ‘Ring’, a smart doorbell company, so that it can improve how it delivers parcels, and...

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Facebook Shooting Game Gaffe
Facebook Shooting Game Gaffe

Facebook has faced criticism this week after news that it promoted a virtual reality shooting game set in a public train...

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Intel Didn’t Reveal Chip Flaws To Authorities First
Intel Didn’t Reveal Chip Flaws To Authorities First

It has been revealed that US authorities found out about the Spectre and Meltdown chip flaws from media reports rather...

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Fight For DPOs With Introduction of GDPR
Fight For DPOs With Introduction of GDPR

Technology and employment commentators are predicting that with the already high demand for skilled and talented Data...

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Google Acted On Less Than Half Of Requests To Remove URLs
Google Acted On Less Than Half Of Requests To Remove URLs

Google’s latest Transparency Report reveals that of the 2.4 million requests made since 2014 to remove certain URLs from...

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Tech Tip – Find Files By Date
Tech Tip – Find Files By Date

If you have produced and stored many files on your computer over time, in multiple folders, it can sometimes be difficult...

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A Quarter Of Councils Have Been Hacked
A Quarter Of Councils Have Been Hacked

The ‘Cyber Attacks In Local Authorities’ report from Big Brother Watch shows that local governments are subject to...

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GDPR Extortion Prediction
GDPR Extortion Prediction

A report by Security Company Trend Micro has predicted that, as cyber-criminals are now focusing more on maximising...

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Belgium Says No To Facebook Tracking Code
Belgium Says No To Facebook Tracking Code

A court in Belgium has told Facebook to stop using tracking code to follow and record internet use by people surfing in...

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Postcards To Combat Election Interference
Postcards To Combat Election Interference

Following disclosures of how Facebook was used by advertisers who may have been seeking to influence the US election...

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Facebook In Authentication Spamming Row
Facebook In Authentication Spamming Row

Facebook is facing criticism for allegedly using sign-ups to 2 factor authentication as an opportunity to send spam SMS...

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Tech Tip – Windows 10: Near Share
Tech Tip – Windows 10: Near Share

One helpful feature to look out for in the Windows 10 update this Spring will be ‘Near Share’ whereby nearby Windows...

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Adopt ‘HTTPS’ Or Face Being Penalised by Google
Adopt ‘HTTPS’ Or Face Being Penalised by Google

Google has announced that websites without ‘HTTPS’ in front of their domains will be labelled as ‘Not Secure’ in...

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UK Government Unveils Online Extremism Blocker
UK Government Unveils Online Extremism Blocker

Home Secretary Amber Rudd has unveiled the UK government’s new tool for detecting and blocking online extremist and...

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Cryptojacking Discovered On Government Websites
Cryptojacking Discovered On Government Websites

A UK security researcher has discovered that cyber criminals have been using public sector websites, including that of the...

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X-Day February 15th – Prepare For GDPR
X-Day February 15th – Prepare For GDPR

Network services provider EfficientIP has warned businesses that, in reality, February 15th is the last day that...

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10 Gbps Home Broadband Speed Achieved In Test
10 Gbps Home Broadband Speed Achieved In Test

Broadband operator Hyperoptic is reported to have achieved home Broadband speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second (Gbps) in...

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Tech Tip – Windows 10: Keep Unwanted Software Off Computers You Support
Tech Tip – Windows 10: Keep Unwanted Software Off Computers You Support

If you help support your business and / or home computer, and you want to keep things secure and tidy by stopping other...

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Technostress
Technostress

The results of a survey by Microsoft indicate that constant contact with technology such as emails, messages and...

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Firefox Users Advised To Update
Firefox Users Advised To Update

Cisco’s security team has advised Firefox users to install Mozilla’s latest update for its web browser after a...

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Bitcoin Battered
Bitcoin Battered

Cryptocurrency Bitcoin’s value has now dropped to $6,000, a fall of $13,000 since November 2017. What Is...

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Virgin Credit Cards: No To Crypto
Virgin Credit Cards: No To Crypto

Shortly after Lloyds Bank announced that it would be banning customers from buying crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin using...

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Facial Recognition Arrest Claims Via Twitter

South Wales Police have taken to social media to announce news of the latest arrests made using Automated Facial...

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Tech Tip – Timeline For Windows 10
Tech Tip – Timeline For Windows 10

Currently being tested and likely to come out soon in an update is a browser history for your Windows desktop known as...

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UK Most Targeted Region For Cyber Threats
UK Most Targeted Region For Cyber Threats

The Malwarebytes annual State of Malware report has revealed that the UK is now the most targeted region in the world for...

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Military Bases Exposed By Fitness App
Military Bases Exposed By Fitness App

A user activity ‘heat map’ published by fitness tracker Strava has unwittingly revealed the location and structure of...

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UK’s Digital Snooping Powers Illegal
UK’s Digital Snooping Powers Illegal

A legal challenge by Labour MP Tom Watson against the UK government’s own digital mass surveillance legislation laws...

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Facebook Pushes Local News
Facebook Pushes Local News

In a move to improve the quality and trustworthiness of content, and to increase civic engagement, Facebook has announced...

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Amazon Announces SMS Messaging Via Alexa
Amazon Announces SMS Messaging Via Alexa

Amazon has announced that it is introducing a service that will allow users of Alexa devices to send text messages to any...

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Tech Tip: Malware Protection With Windows 10
Tech Tip: Malware Protection With Windows 10

As the Malwarebytes annual State of Malware report shows, malware is a popular tool used by cyber criminals. With this in...

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Tech Tip: Windows 10 – Create Multiple Desktops
Tech Tip: Windows 10 – Create Multiple Desktops

If your work involves having different jobs that need different sets of apps, or if you need to have lots of different...

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Nominet To Walk Away From Own Charitable Trust
Nominet To Walk Away From Own Charitable Trust

Questions about Nominet Trust’s direction and accountability have led to Nominet announcing that it is withdrawing from...

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10% of Cryptocurrency ICOs Are Stolen
10% of Cryptocurrency ICOs Are Stolen

A report by Ernst & Young has highlighted the fact that 10% of all funds raised through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)...

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WhatsApp For Business Launches in UK
WhatsApp For Business Launches in UK

The new business-focused version of WhatsApp for Android is now available for download in the UK. Small Business...

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Amazon’s ‘No Checkout’ Grocery Store Opens

Amazon has opened a revolutionary checkout-free, bricks-and-mortar grocery store called ‘Amazon Go’ in Seattle, after...

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HP Worldwide Recall of ‘Fire Hazard’ Laptop Batteries

HP has announced that it is launching a worldwide voluntary safety recall and replacement program for certain notebook...

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Licence Plate Recognition -1 Million Mistakes a Day!
Licence Plate Recognition -1 Million Mistakes a Day!

Concerns over the possible misreading of hundreds of thousands of vehicle licence plates each day have led to calls for...

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Ford Doubles Investment in Electric Cars
Ford Doubles Investment in Electric Cars

The Ford Motor Co has announced its plans to more than double its previously announced target of $4.5 billion investment...

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OnePlus Accused Of Credit Card Fraud
OnePlus Accused Of Credit Card Fraud

Chinese Android Phone company OnePlus is at the centre of a storm of complaints after many customers said that their...

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New macOS Too Secure?
New macOS Too Secure?

The new security called 'System ‘Integrity Protection' (SIP) behind macOS High Sierra is proving so secure that it...

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New Law Tackles Digital Ticket Touts
New Law Tackles Digital Ticket Touts

The UK Government has announced that cyber touts caught using specialised software called ‘bots’ to purchase tickets...

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Tech Tip – Windows 10: “Print” Documents Straight To PDF
Tech Tip – Windows 10: “Print” Documents Straight To PDF

Windows 10 finally lets you “print” documents to PDF, which means that you no longer need to install a third-party app...

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All iPhones, iPads and Macs Affected by 2 Major Bugs – Meltdown and Spectre
All iPhones, iPads and Macs Affected by 2 Major Bugs – Meltdown and Spectre

Two major security flaws which are present in nearly all modern processors / microchips mean that most computerised...

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‘Ripple’ Takes Second Place To Bitcoin
‘Ripple’ Takes Second Place To Bitcoin

As investors look for alternatives to the volatile bitcoin bubble, crypto-currency Ripple has become the second most...

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Dodgy Apps in Google Play
Dodgy Apps in Google Play

Security researchers have discovered 36 fake and malicious apps for Android that can harvest your data and track your...

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Cloud Companies The Next Big Target For Ransomware
Cloud Companies The Next Big Target For Ransomware

The latest Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Review has predicted that ransomware targeting cloud services will...

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Are Screens Causing Short-Sightedness In Young People?
Are Screens Causing Short-Sightedness In Young People?

With increasing levels of short-sightedness among young people, some experts have concluded that a young life spent...

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Tech Tip – Currency Converter In The Calculator
Tech Tip – Currency Converter In The Calculator

If you haven’t already spotted it, the Windows 10 Fall Creators update from last year means that a helpful currency...

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iPhone Deliberate Slowdown: Apple Apology
iPhone Deliberate Slowdown: Apple Apology

Tech giant Apple has apologised after it confirmed that long-held customer suspicions that it deliberately slowed down...

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Lie Detector App
Lie Detector App

A UK company has developed a lie-detecting app that could be used interviews or other situations where high levels of...

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Amazon Accused In Birkenstock Misspelling Advert Row
Amazon Accused In Birkenstock Misspelling Advert Row

German sandal maker Birkenstock has successfully brought an injunction against Amazon to prevent internet shoppers from...

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Extremism Tax
Extremism Tax

UK Minister of State for Security, Ben Wallace, has said that Britain may impose new taxes on tech giants like Google and...

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Justice Too Slow With Data Requests Says ICO
Justice Too Slow With Data Requests Says ICO

The UK’s Secretary of State for Justice has been hit with an Enforcement notice by the Information Commissioner’s...

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Tech Tip – Battery Saver In Windows 10
Tech Tip – Battery Saver In Windows 10

If you need to squeeze the most out of the battery charge of your laptop or tablet, try the Battery Saver feature in...

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Beware Android Phone-Melting Malware
Beware Android Phone-Melting Malware

A type of crypto-currency mining malware has been found to overload an android phone with so much constant traffic that...

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Kaspersky Tries To Overturn U.S. Directive
Kaspersky Tries To Overturn U.S. Directive

Embattled Moscow-based cyber security firm, Kaspersky Lab, is appealing against a U.S. Government’s ban on its software...

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No More Chrome Apps From Next Year
No More Chrome Apps From Next Year

Google has announced that Chrome apps for Mac and Windows will no longer be available from the Chrome Web Store by early...

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School Heating Hack Risk
School Heating Hack Risk

Cyber-security Company, Pan Test Partners, have warned that schools with building management systems that are linked to...

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Tech Tip – Storage Sense
Tech Tip – Storage Sense

If you want to make sure that you don’t start running out of space on your device, Windows 10 includes the Storage sense...

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Southend … The ‘Smart City’

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is reported to have signed an agreement with tech company Cisco to deploy its ‘Kinetic...

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Unlimited Streaming Deals Contributing To Piracy?

As Three becomes the first network provider in the UK to launch a tariff that lets its customers use unlimited streaming...

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News Bots to Flood UK with 30,000 Articles a Month

Google’s has awarded €706,000 ($800,000) to the UK’s Press Association (PA) so they can develop robot reporters or...

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US Laptop Bans Lifted on Kuwait Airways and Royal Jordanian

After security inspections of Kuwait Airways by US officials and the implementation of new security measures for US-bound...

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40% Of London Public Transport Customers Now Using Contactless Cards

The latest Transport for London (TfL) figures show that 40% of public transport customers in London are paying for their...

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Smart Pest Control System Outsmarts Rats

Computer mouse and mousetrap isolated on white background A smart new system from Swedish company Anticimex is now...

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Hologram Phone Launch

Hollywood-based, high-quality camera manufacturer ‘Red’ has surprised the tech world by producing a holographic,...

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Fibre Broadband, Government’s Scheme Launched With £400m
Fibre Broadband, Government’s Scheme Launched With £400m

The long-expected launch of the UK government’s plans to improve broadband speeds for homes and businesses by replacing...

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Rogue Drone Over Gatwick
Rogue Drone Over Gatwick

It has been reported that a drone being flown dangerously close to Gatwick airport was the reason why four Easyjet and one...

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Charity Challenges (Snooper’s) Charter
Charity Challenges (Snooper’s) Charter

The human rights charity has been given the go-ahead by the UK High Court to make a legal challenge against the so-called...

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NHS Sharing Data With Google Not Compliant Says ICO
NHS Sharing Data With Google Not Compliant Says ICO

A deal which led to the sharing of healthcare records of 1.6 million patients in the UK with Google’s AI company...

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AA Website Shop Data Breach
AA Website Shop Data Breach

Reports have surfaced of a data breach in April this year in the website shop of motoring / breakdown company the AA...

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EU Roaming Charges Finally Finished

After a decade of campaigning by EU citizens and after 2 years of preparing the mobile networks for the change, The...

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WannaCry Came From North Korea Say Experts

  The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) led investigation into the origins of the WannaCry ransomware...

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