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With Google Maps now one of the most popular mapping services globally, used by millions of people every day, plus having new features regularly being added, here we look at a dozen top Google Maps (Android) tricks to help you on your way. Driving  Since Google Maps can be extremely useful in the car, the … Continue reading Tech Insight : A Dozen Handy Google Maps Tricks →

OpenAI has announced the preview of its (two years in the making) ‘Voice Engine’ voice cloning tool, although there’s no firm release date yet. What Can It Do?  OpenAI says Voice Engine uses “text input and a single 15-second audio sample to generate natural-sounding speech that closely resembles the original speaker.”  OpenAI says this “small model” with a … Continue reading Tech News : Wait For It …The OpenAI Voice Cloning Tool →

Amazon’s (Luxembourg-based) Polish e-commerce site, Amazon.pl (Amazon EU SARL) has been fined by Poland’s competition and consumer protection watchdog following customer complaints that their orders were being mysteriously cancelled. Massive Fine  Following an investigation about the complaints, the President of Poland’s UOKiK consumer protection watchdog found Amazon EU SARL guilty of infringement of collective consumer … Continue reading Tech News : Amazon Fined Over “Dark Patterns” →

It’s been reported that some iPhone users have recently been targeted with an MFA bombing / multi-factor fatigue phishing attack. The attack (which uses a bug in Apple’s password reset feature) bombards the user’s phone with password reset requests and ‘Allow’ or ‘Disallow’ options. If the user eventually clicks on ‘Allow’ in an attempt to … Continue reading An Apple Byte : iPhone Users Targeted With Password Reset Scam →

A recent analysis by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Google Cloud’s Mandiant has suggested that government-backed threat actors are more likely to be behind most exploitations of zero-day vulnerabilities than money-motivated cyber criminals. In the report outlining the findings of the analysis, of the 58 zero-days in 2023 that could be attributed to the … Continue reading Security Stop Press : Most Zero-Day Exploitations Are Espionage →

In a speech shared on LinkedIn, National Grid Chief Executive, John Pettigrew, highlighted how demand for electricity from commercial data centres will increase six-fold, within just ten years. Double The Demand On The Grid By 2050  Comparing today’s problem of grid network constraint to that of the 1950s, Mr Pettigrew identified the key challenges of … Continue reading Sustainability-in-Tech : 600% Data-Centre Electricity Increase In a Decade →

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Trying to find and insert particular symbols or special characters into something like a Word document can often be awkward and time-consuming, but Windows provides a quick-access character map for these symbols and characters to streamline this process. Here’s how to find it and use it: > Search for Character Map in the Start menu … Continue reading Tech Tip – How To Quickly Access Symbols and Special Characters →

The US investment regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has dished out penalties totalling $400,000 to two investment companies who made misleading claims about how they used AI, a practice dubbed ‘AI Washing’. What Is AI Washing?  The term ‘AI washing’ (as used by the investment regulator in this case) refers to the practice of … Continue reading Featured Article : ‘AI Washing’ – Crackdown →

In this tech insight, we look at what customer journey mapping is, its benefits, the challenges of using it, and also we look at some of the popular customer journey mapping software solutions available. What Is Customer Journey Mapping? Customer journey mapping refers to a strategic process (that’s used by marketers) to visualise and understand … Continue reading Tech Insight : What Is Customer Journey Mapping Software? →