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International Airlines Group (IAG) has announced another “significant” investment in Nova Pangaea Technologies (NPT), a company that makes aviation fuel from non-food agricultural waste and wood residues. IAG & NPT  International Airlines Group (IAG) is the parent company of Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and LEVEL, and Nova Pangaea Technologies (NPT) is a Teesside-based … Continue reading Sustainability-in-Tech : Plane Power From Farm Waste →

Some HP Source… Hewlett-Packard registered HP.com back in 1986 but did you know that it could so easily have been PH.com instead? This $40 Billion brand was incorporated this month (August 18th) back in 1947. You’ll have heard of HP for their printers because the HP LaserJet series launched in 1984 rapidly became the world’s most popular. But less … Continue reading Tech-Trivia : Did You Know? This Week in Tech-History … →

In this second instalment of a three-part series, here are more ways that staff can maintain the right level of security when using their devices in the summer holidays: – Install a Reliable Security Suite. Being away from the home/office means re-installing everything on laptop for example would be a nightmare. Make sure you have … Continue reading Security (P2) : Securing Staff In Summer Holidays →

If you’d like to customise and personalise your Google home page to show your favourite photo or GIF, here’s how: – Save a favourite GIF or photo to your device (you may already favourite photos and GIFs saved). – On the Google home screen (bottom right), click on the ‘Customise Chrome’ icon (a pen symbol). … Continue reading Tech Tip – Customise Your Google Home Page With A Favourite Photo or GIF →

Elon Musk has stated that his “𝕏” social media platform will cover the legal expenses and initiate lawsuits on behalf of individuals who have been treated “unfairly “by their employers due to posts or likes on the site, previously known as Twitter. Presumably, he is trying to reinvent champion the platform as a bastion of … Continue reading Featured Article : What The XXXX Does It All Mean? →

Following warnings about threats posed by the rapid growth of AI, the US White House has reported that seven leading AI companies have committed to developing safeguards. Voluntary Commitments Made  A recent White House fact sheet has highlighted how, in a bid to manage the risks posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and to protect Americans’ … Continue reading Tech News : Seven Safeguarding SamurAI? →

MSE Chat GPT is a recently launched experimental AI chatbot that can answer money questions using MoneySavingExpert guides as its primary source. MSE ChatGPT – Get Fast Answers To Money Questions  Recently launched by TV’s consumer financial champion and founder of MoneySavingExpert (MSE), Martin Lewis CBE, MSE Chat GPT is a variant of OpenAI’s Chat … Continue reading Tech News : Money Saving Expert Chatbot →

Following the recent Nigel Farage and Coutts Bank row, we look at what a Subject Access Request (SAR) is, how to make one, and why there appears to have been an explosion of them in recent times. What Happened Between Nigel Farage and Coutts?  To summarise in a way that’s relevant this article, in a … Continue reading Tech Insight : Explosion In Subject Access Requests →

The recent announcement by Thames Water that it may restrict water flows to London data centres and charge them more at times of peak demand may be the shape of things to come. Thames Water Ltd – Considering Restrictions  The announcement follows an investigation last year into how much water was being used by London … Continue reading Sustainability-in-Tech : Data Centres May Have Their Water Restricted →

The Wonderful Wizard of Woz! Steve Wozniak – business partner of Steve Jobs and co-founder of Apple – was born on August 11, 1950. Most people know that Apple went on to become one of the most valuable companies in the world and even though Steve the company way back in left in 1985, there … Continue reading Tech Trivia : Did You Know? This Week in History … →