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There are concerns that a new government bill designed to tackle benefit fraud could subject millions of claimants to routine bank surveillance, even when there’s no suspicion of wrongdoing. What Is the Fraud Bill? Earlier this month, MPs passed the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill, a piece of legislation aimed at cracking down … Continue reading Tech News : Alarms Over Mass Monitoring of Benefit Claimants →

Google is retiring all country-specific search domains, meaning users who try to visit sites like google.co.uk will soon be automatically redirected to google.com instead. Unified Search Experience Google is ending its long-running use of country-specific domain names like google.co.uk, redirecting all users to a single global homepage, i.e. google.com. The change, already rolling out, marks … Continue reading Company Check – Google.co.uk Phased Out →

A rise in parking scams is catching out UK drivers, with criminals using fake fines, phishing texts and QR codes to steal money and personal data. Cyber security experts report that scammers are leaving fake tickets on windscreens with QR codes linking to fraudulent payment sites. Others are sending texts claiming a fine is owed, … Continue reading Security Stop-Press: Parking Scam Alert →

A Ukrainian company is reimagining urban waste by transforming fallen leaves into eco-friendly pulp and packaging paper, thereby cutting carbon, saving water, and leaving forests untouched. Growing Without Cutting Down Trees Releaf Paper, based in Kyiv, Ukraine, is exploring an alternative approach to sustainable packaging by turning urban leaf litter into recyclable paper products. Launched … Continue reading Sustainability-In-Tech : Fallen Leaves Make Sustainable Paper →

Microsoft’s CoPilot now allows you to generate audio overviews of documents on the fly, all within your Microsoft account – great for those occasions where it’s more practical (or more preferable) to listen and learn rather than read and learn. [Note – To Watch This Video without glitches/interruptions, It may be best to download it … Continue reading Video Update : Audio Overviews on CoPilot →

Worried that a call from your bank might be a scam? Hang up and call 159, the UK-wide number that connects you safely and directly to your bank, without needing to look up phone numbers or risk calling a fraudster. How to: – Dial 159 from your mobile or landline. – When prompted, say the … Continue reading Tech Tip – Dial 159 To Call Your Bank Safely →

OpenAI has unveiled a research preview of Codex, a cloud-based AI coding agent designed to act as a virtual teammate for software developers. OpenAI’s Latest Bet on the Future of Coding OpenAI says Codex is its most advanced AI-powered software engineering agent to date. Codex has been designed to integrate directly into ChatGPT in order … Continue reading Featured Article : OpenAI Launches Codex →

If you’ve ever wondered whether Microsoft Teams or Zoom is the smarter choice for meetings, messaging, and collaboration at work, you’re not alone – and in this guide, we’ll clearly explain how they compare so you can choose the right platform for your business needs. Why These Two Platforms Are Always Compared Teams and Zoom … Continue reading Tech Insight : Microsoft Teams vs Zoom – Which Is Best? →

The AI giant is reportedly backing a 5-gigawatt data centre in Abu Dhabi, a facility so vast, it would dwarf Monaco and could reshape global AI infrastructure. A Bold Expansion Into the Gulf OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is reportedly helping to develop one of the largest AI data centre campuses on the planet, a … Continue reading Tech News : New UAE ‘Super Campus’ Could Be Bigger Than Monaco →

Two startups on opposite sides of the Atlantic have just unveiled breakthrough prototypes that could bring flying cars and hypersonic jets into everyday travel. Hypersonic Air Travel and Flying Cars Venus Aerospace has just tested a rocket engine it believes could make hypersonic passenger flights a reality, while Klein Vision has unveiled the production-ready version … Continue reading Tech News : Flying Cars and Hypersonic Jets →