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This week’s Social and AI news video-update explains how to pin WhatsApp messages for convenience, which is a handy feature you may wish to try. https://videovault.vip/videos/social/2024-Apr-Pinning-WhatsApp-Messages.mp4

Accidentally closing a File Explorer window that you needed can be frustrating, especially if you were deep in a directory structure or working with multiple files. Windows allows you to quickly reopen a recently closed File Explorer window – here’s how: – Right-click on the File Explorer icon in the taskbar. – From the context … Continue reading Tech Tip – How To Restore Recently Closed Files in File Explorer →

Following a fall in Tesla EV sales and profits, Tesla boss Elon Musk has announced that he’ll be unveiling a ‘Robotaxi’ on August 8 this year. May Swap Lower Cost EV For Robotaxi  Reports initially indicated that Mr Musk’s Tesla company would be abandoning its plans to build a lower-cost EV (the Model 2) in favour … Continue reading Featured Article : Tesla Robotaxi In August →

In this insight, we look at what ‘digital mindfulness’ is, how it could help you and your business, and what challenges there are to introducing it. The ‘Digital Stress’ Problem  Although the digital age has revolutionised work in terms of levels of productivity and connectivity, it has come at a cost. A significant challenge emerging … Continue reading Tech Insight : Could ‘Digital Mindfulness’ Reduce Your Tech Stress? →

Google is reportedly considering charging for premium AI-powered Internet searches as the company fears that AI chatbots are undercutting its search engine. Advertising-Funded  Google, up until now, has relied mainly on an advertising-funded business model (Google Ads) as a way to collect data and monetise its market-leading search. However, it seems that fears around users … Continue reading Tech News : Google May Charge For AI Internet Searches →

Microsoft’s announcement that it will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally is likely to cause considerable headaches for IT departments and managed service providers. Why Unbundle?  Teams is to be unbundled and sold separately globally (it’s been unbundled in the EU since last October) in response to an … Continue reading Tech News : Headaches For MSPs As Microsoft Unbundles Teams →

As part of its compliance with EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules, Apple has announced a change in its App Store rules to allow emulators for retro console games globally. The change allows an option for downloading the titles, but Apple has warned the developers of such emulator apps that need to follow copyright rules. … Continue reading An Apple Byte : Apple To Allow Retro Console Game Emulators On App Store Globally →

A researcher from Swiss security firm, Pentagrid, has reported discovering that the self-service check-in terminal at a German Ibis budget hotel could be easily fooled into leaking hotel room keycodes. This has prompted fears that similar systems in hotels around Europe could be at risk. The researcher reported that, simply by inputting a series of … Continue reading Security Stop Press : German Hotel Check-In Bug Prompts Fears Of Wider Problem →

Space Solar’s plan is to be able to power more than a million homes by the 2030s using a mile-wide complex of mirrors and solar panels – a solar farm – orbiting 22,000 miles above Earth. Panels Must Rotate Towards The Sun  For the space-based solar farm to work effectively, the panels must be able … Continue reading Sustainability-in-Tech : Prototype Means Solar Farms In Space Getting Closer →

This week’s Social and AI news video-update explains how to stop those annoying messages where you’re included in a group mailing in Facebook. https://videovault.vip/videos/social/2024-Apr-Stopping-At-Everyone-Notifications.mp4