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In this Insight, we look at how it is possible to uncover and read deleted messages on WhatsApp, and what a number of privacy features on the app mean for business users. Changes   WhatsApp have made changes as regards message deletion that focus on giving users more control, such as: – Delete messages for everyone. … Continue reading Tech Insight: Viewing Deleted WhatsApp Messages →

University of Cambridge researchers have developed an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into ethanol and propanol that could be used as a low-emissions petrol alternative to power car engines. Inspired By Photosynthesis  The ‘leaf,’ made from thin-film metal oxides and materials known as perovskites and including multiple layers including … Continue reading Sustainability : Artificial Leaf Makes Petrol Alternative →

For a Few Bits More On June 8th, 1978, a technological milestone was born, significantly shaping the future of computing because this was the day that marked the introduction of the Intel 8086, Intel’s inaugural 16-bit microprocessor. In the world of computing and microprocessors, the term “bit” signifies the basic units of data a processor … Continue reading Tech Trivia : Did You Know? This Week in History … →

ESET researchers have reported finding mic-snooping hidden malware in the legitimate Android iRecorder – Screen Recorder (screen-and-audio recorder) app while it was still available in the Google Play Store. The malware was added as an update, and it’s thought that tens of thousands of people may have downloaded the app before Google was alerted and … Continue reading Security Stop-Press : Mic-Snooping Malware Added To Legit Google Play App →

If you’d like a way to create and share a WhatsApp call link so that anyone with a WhatsApp account can join your call by opening the link, here’s how: – Tap the ‘Calls’ tab and tap ‘Create Call Link’. – Select your call type, video, or voice. – Tap ‘Copy Link’, and send the … Continue reading Tech Tip – Creating and Sharing WhatsApp Call Links →

Here we look at most of the modern top-level domains and their uses, along with the advantages and disadvantages of choosing a newer, lesser known, or more specific TLD for your website domain name. What Are Top Level Domains?  Top-Level Domains (TLDs) are the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System (DNS) structure of … Continue reading Featured Article : Want A .Dad Domain For Father’s Day →

The Shap-E AI system from OpenAI (creators of ChatGPT) and available for open-source download, can create 3D models from text. What Is It?  According to the Cornell University researchers behind the system, Shap-E is “a conditional generative model for 3D assets” which, unlike other 3D generative models “generates the parameters of implicit functions that can be rendered as … Continue reading Tech Insight: New AI That Generates 3-D Models From Text →

Apple has reportedly banned the internal use of ChatGPT and other chatbots plus AI writers like Bard, Copilot and GitHub to prevent the sharing of sensitive company information. Internal Document Seen  The ban came to light following a report by the The Wall Street Journal, which said it had seen internal documents informing Apple employees of … Continue reading Tech News : ChatGPT Banned At Apple →

BT has announced that the completion of its fibre roll-out, 5G rollout, adapting to new technologies like AI, plus general cost cutting are key reasons why it will be axing up to 55,000 jobs, primarily in the UK, by the end of the decade. 40 Per Cent Of The Workforce  The massive 40 per cent … Continue reading Tech News : AI Contributes To 55,000 BT Jobs Cuts →

£22 million of the UK government’s £91 million Green Heat Network Fund will be used to build a geothermal heating network that could provide low-cost heating for nearly 4,000 homes in Cornwall. Drilling Near Truro  The government-funded project by Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL), “The Langarth,” at Langarth Garden Village (near Truro), Cornwall, will involves drilling … Continue reading Sustainability : Low-Cost Underground Heating For 4,000 Cornish Homes →