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BMW UK is now offering ConnectedDrive owners Front Seat Heating for a £15 per month or £150 per year subscription. BMW ConnectedDrive Services  BMW ConnectedDrive Services use the smart / Internet connected element of the car to enable owners to use software to activate more services in the car by paying a subscription for each, … Continue reading Tech News : Heated Seats ‘as a Service’ →

Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 have announced that their customers will be joining both Three and EE’s customers in having access to high-speed mobile connectivity on London’s Tube network, including within the tunnels. Joined BAI  As confirmed by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 have joined BAI Communications’ 4G and … Continue reading Tech News : Subway Surfing : Tube Talk →

In this article, we look at what eyestrain is, what causes it, and the many measures you can take to prevent it. What Is Eyestrain?  Eyestrain is eye fatigue, caused by intensely focusing the eyes during a task, such as staring at a computer screen (or phone screen) for extended periods, driving, reading, or engaging … Continue reading Featured-Article : Avoid Eyestrain →

With some research now showing that rental escooters haven’t reduced carbon emissions in cities, we look at whether they are as green an option as you may think. US Research  2019 US research (Hollingsworth, Copeland, Johnson) showed that shared, dockless stand-up rental electric scooters produce 202 grams of CO2 per passenger mile over their lifecycle, which is actually … Continue reading Sustainability : Is Renting An Escooter Really A Green Option? →

Microsoft’s 365 Defender Research Team has warned that a flaw in macOS coupled with Microsoft Word’s backward compatibility could allow the circumvention of App Sandbox rules. This could enable potentially malicious macros to run in Word, leading to users downloading malware, or ransomware. The advice is for macOS users to install the security updates released … Continue reading Security Stop-Press : Threat From Exploiting Macros In Microsoft Word Due To macOS Flaw →

If you are reading a web page or blog in Google Chrome and come across a term you’d like to know about, Google has a built-in way to search for that term simply as a result of when you highlight the text with your mouse. Here’s how it works: – In Google Chrome, find a … Continue reading Tech Tip – Instant Google Search From Highlighted Text →

Following recent security concerns about Amazon’s plans to enable Alexa to mimic voices, we look at how easy it is to do, what the benefits are, and what risks it poses. Alexa The Mimic  Recently, Amazon announced that it was working on technology to enable its Alexa digital assistant to take on the voice of … Continue reading Tech-Insight : How To Fake Someone’s Voice →

Following a recent Intellectual Property Office (IPO) consultation, it has been decided that AI will not be allowed to patent inventions. What’s The Issue?  As highlighted by a legal battle dating back to 2018, some people believe that if AI systems invent something, they should be granted the status of being listed as the inventor … Continue reading Tech News : Why AI Systems Can’t Patent Inventions …Yet →

Rising electricity prices, energy-hungry crypto mining operations and falling cryptocurrency prices are thought to be behind a significant decrease in the amount of electricity being used for crypto mining. What Is Crypto Mining?  Crypto mining, such as Bitcoin mining, uses specialised computers that are constantly powered-on and connected to the cryptocurrency network to verify transactions … Continue reading Tech News : Dramatic Decrease in Crypto Consumption of Power →

In this article, we take a brief look at the relative merits of Office 365 compared to Google Workspace and how Google’s recent introduction of features and greater integration have been aimed at challenging Microsoft 365’s dominant position. Google Workspace  Many of us are likely to have started with a Gmail account and witnessed how, … Continue reading Featured-Article : Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365 →