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The most innocent of mistakes online can have the most disastrous effects on your business. From just one accidental click, your staff – from trainees to heads of departments – can all cause a cybersecurity nightmare. Here are some tips on how to ensure your staff are aware of the dangers faced. Don’t blame your … Continue reading Cybersecurity: Training your staff to avoid scams →

The new Privacy Auditing feature in Windows 11 allows users to see a list of which apps have accessed their microphone or camera recently, plus details of any other suspicious activity. See Which Apps Have Accessed Your Microphone and Camera  David Weston, Microsoft’s VP for Enterprise and OS Security, highlighted the new privacy feature in … Continue reading Tech News : New Windows Feature Displays Which Apps Have Been Listening-In →

Social media app Instagram has announced that it is testing new methods for age verification of users, including the use of a video selfie. What Are The Issues?  This latest announcement by Meta’s (Facebook) Instagram is an extension of an age verification program which the company began in 2019. Finding new technology-based ways to confirm … Continue reading Tech News : Age Check Face Scan For Instagram →

With identity theft and the resulting identity fraud becoming more widespread, we look at how to spot the signs that you may be a victim, the effects on victims, plus how to reduce the risk of having your identity stolen and used for fraud. What Are Identity Theft and Identity Fraud?  Identity theft is when … Continue reading Featured Article: How Can You Protect Yourself From ‘Identity Theft’? →

In this tech-insight, we look at what Wi-Fi 5 And 6 are including their differences plus the improvements that Wi-Fi 6 offers. Wi-Fi Standards  Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 6 are the names of the most recent Wi-Fi standards. Wi-Fi standards are sets of services and protocols that dictate how a Wi-Fi network (and other data … Continue reading Tech Insight : What Are Wi-Fi 5 And 6 … And What’s The Difference?? →

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a device that can desalinate water at least one thousand times faster than existing methods. A Membrane Made From Tiny Fluorine-Based Nanoscopic Rings  Scientists at the Tokyo School of Engineering’s Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology constructed tiny fluorine-based nanoscopic rings that were coated with a hydrophobic surface … Continue reading Sustainability-In-Tech : New Ultrafast Saltwater Purification Device →

A Global Cybersecurity Advisor at ESET has warned that Amazon’s plans to enable the Alexa voice assistant to mimic human voices (dead or alive) could be used to launch deep fake audio attacks on some voice authentication security systems. The advice from some security experts is that, if Amazon goes ahead with voice mimicking for … Continue reading Security Stop-Press : Warning Over Amazon’s Human Voice Mimicking Plans For Alexa →

If you’d like to get more at-a-glance organisation and track all items related to a project or task in your Microsoft Outlook calendar, colour-coding can help. Here’s how to add it: – From the main calendar view, right click on an appointment, meeting, or event in your calendar, select ‘Categorize’ and select a colour category. … Continue reading Tech Tip – How To Colour Code Your Outlook Calendar →

A government Bill has laid out a new UK data protection regime (which diverges from EU regulations) and which the government says will ease the burden of compliance on businesses. Data Reform Bill  The government says that the ‘Data Reform Bill’, announced in this year’s Queen’s Speech, and outlined as part of London Tech Week, … Continue reading Tech News : Fewer Cookie Pop-Ups – But At What Cost? →

A Strengthened EU ‘Code of Practice on Disinformation’ will require big tech companies to take more action to ensure that purveyors of disinformation do not benefit from advertising revenues. Broader Range Of Commitments  The strengthened ‘Code of Practice on Disinformation’ will aim to achieve the objectives of the European Commission’s Guidance presented in May 2021, … Continue reading Tech News : Regulations Dictate More Action Needed On Fake Content →