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Following an experiment by Bristol and Cambridge Universities, Google has announced that it plans to run adverts on YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Facebook, educating users about how to spot disinformation and misinformation. ‘Pre-Bunking’ Experiment  The University experiment which led to Google’s decision to run adverts was based on the idea of ‘pre-bunking’ from ‘Inoculation Theory.’ … Continue reading Tech News : Google To Run Fake News Information Adverts →

French company Alstom has announced a renewable energy world-first by operating a 100 per cent hydrogen train which only emits steam and condensed water while operating with a low level of noise. Replacing Diesel Trains  The train called the Coradia iLint, which operates on a route in Bremervörde, Lower Saxony, Germany, is the first of … Continue reading Sustainability-In-Tech : World-First All-Hydrogen Train Just Emits … Water! →

Home media streaming service Plex has warned users to reset their passwords following a suspected hack that could affect up to up to half of its 30 million users. Plex has apologised and said that it has discovered how the threat actor accessed the system and is tightening security to prevent future incidents. This story … Continue reading Security Stop-Press : Plex Warns Users To Reset Password After Suspected Hack →

If you’d like to improve your productivity and focus on daily tasks, but in a way that works with your existing behaviour patterns, and doesn’t create ever-longer to-do lists, ‘My Day’ in Microsoft’s ‘To Do’ cross-platform app may help. Here’s how to use it: – Go to https://todo.microsoft.com/tasks/ and sign-in with your online Microsoft 365 login or … Continue reading Tech Tip – Stay Organised With Microsoft To Do’s ‘My Day’ →

Job phishing – using fraudulent job adverts to scam genuine jobseekers – is on the rise. Here, we look at how fraudsters operate and the steps you can take to protect yourself. What Is Job Phishing?  Job phishing refers to recruitment/employment scams where fraudsters pose as recruitment agents or reputable companies. The fraudsters post fake … Continue reading Job phishing: How to protect yourself from employment scams →

In this insight, we take a brief look at Calendy contrasted against Microsoft Bookings and highlight some of the pros and cons of each. Calendy  Founded in 2013, Calendy is a SaaS meeting and event scheduling app for website, Chrome extension or mobile app, which has 100+ partner integrations, and has 10 million users worldwide. … Continue reading Tech Insight: Calendly Vs Microsoft Bookings →

Microsoft Excel’s new @mentions feature allows users to create, assign, and track tasks in a workbook, thereby making collaboration in Excel easier. Added To Roadmap 2020  The @mentions feature, which was added to Excel for the web in 2020 and added to the Microsoft 365 roadmap in January 2021, has been made popular through its … Continue reading Tech News : Excel Collaboration Now Easier →

A Google data centre going offline in July due to a cooling related failure is just one of a slew of challenges posed by climate change that the big tech companies are facing. Heatwave Knocks London Data Centre Offline  The heatwave in July caused outages due to cooling problems at a London data centre used … Continue reading Tech News : Climate Change Affecting Data Centres →

Researchers from US Carnegie Mellon University have concluded that quadcopter drones produce much less greenhouse gas emissions than traditional alternatives for last-mile delivery. The Problem  The point of the research was to shine a light on the energy productivity of freight transportation, which has traditionally been a real challenge in an overwhelmingly petroleum-powered transport sector … Continue reading Sustainability In-Tech : Last-Mile Drone Parcel Delivery Offers Sustainability Benefits →

A new report from Kaspersky says that millions of people may be at risk from adware hiding in browser extensions, and from malware, adware, and riskware disguised as browser extensions. The advice is to protect devices from malicious browser plugins by only downloading them from trusted sources, and to always check reviews and ratings.