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The recent mass blackout in Spain and Portugal has raised concerns over whether something similar could hit the UK, and what the fallout would be for British businesses. Spain And Portugal Plunge Into Darkness On 28 April, large parts of Spain and Portugal lost power in a sudden, widespread outage. Train lines stopped mid-journey, airports … Continue reading Tech News : Spain & Portugal Blackout : UK Next? →

Apple has been referred for possible criminal contempt by a US judge who found it wilfully defied a court order to open its App Store to greater competition, escalating its long-running legal battle with Epic Games and raising the stakes for one of the world’s most powerful tech firms. Dramatic The ruling marks a dramatic … Continue reading Company Check : Apple Faces Possible Criminal Contempt Conviction →

Meta has changed the default settings on its Ray-Ban smart glasses, meaning voice recordings and photos may now be stored and used to train its AI, unless users take action to stop it. The update, which came into effect in late April, enables AI features by default. When triggered by a wake word like “Hey … Continue reading Security Stop Press : Meta Glasses Privacy Warning →

Google says the future of AI depends on a new generation of electricians and that’s why it’s investing massively to train them. A Different Kind of Skills Shortage As artificial intelligence (AI) systems grow ever more powerful, so too does their appetite for energy. From data centres to new-generation processors, it seems that the infrastructure … Continue reading Sustainability-in-Tech : Google to Train 100,000 Electricians For Sustainability →

You can be working on one document (e.g. a MS Word document or a spreadsheet or Powerpoint presentation) and get CoPilot to intelligently source material from another location (such as another document or online source) and embed it in your working document. Not only that, it can also auto-format it for you so that it … Continue reading Video Update : Combining Docs With CoPilot – The Smart Way! →

Your Facebook public profile info can be scraped for scams, impersonation or phishing, but with a few quick settings, you can lock things down and stay in control. Here’s how: Limit Who Can See Your Posts: – Go to ‘Settings & Privacy > Settings > Privacy’. – Under ‘Your Activity’, set ‘Who can see your … Continue reading Tech Tip – How To Tighten Your Facebook Privacy in Just a Few Clicks →