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With Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant now embedded within the Microsoft 365 apps and services to help users save time and increase productivity, we look at a dozen things you can do with Copilot to help your business. Microsoft 365 Copilot  Copilot fuses ChatGPT version 4 and Microsoft Graph. More specifically, Copilot is designed to integrate … Continue reading Tech Insight : A Dozen Ways Copilot Can Help Your Business →

The UK Information Commissioner has warned some of the UK’s top websites that if they don’t offer users fair choices over cookie use, as required by data protection law, they will face enforcement action. Guidance Not Being Followed  The Information Commissioner argues that although it has previously issued clear guidance that organisations must make it … Continue reading Tech News : ICO Cookie Warning To Top Websites →

The announcement of measures intended to boost investment in innovation and technology in UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement could mean increased spending on IT and AI. Measures To Boost The Tech Sector The UK Chancellor’s Autumn Statement introduced a range of measures aimed at boosting the tech sector, with potentially significant implications for tech … Continue reading Tech News : Autumn Statement Suggests IT Spending Boost →

OpenAI’s president and co-founder, Greg Brockman, has announced that ‘ChatGPT Voice’ in its ChatGPT app, previously only available to Plus and Enterprise subscribers, is now available free to all iOS and Android users. ChatGPT Voice (originally introduced in September) integrates voice capabilities with the existing ChatGPT text-based model. This allows users to have a conversation … Continue reading An Apple Byte : ChatGPT Voice Free To All iOS Users →

Police and the US Charity National Center for Missing and Exploited Children have warned of a nude photo Snapchat scam targeting teen boys that could cause emotional trauma. The Snapchat ‘online sextortion’ scam involves scammers befriending teenage boys online by posing as teenage girls, sharing nude photos of a girl with them, and asking for … Continue reading Security Stop Press : Snapchat Photo Scam Targeting Teen Boys →

In this article, we look at what the issues around lithium-ion batteries are, why we need more sustainable alternatives, then we’ll look at some examples of the latest, environmentally-friendly alternatives. What Are Lithium-Ion Batteries?  Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are a type of rechargeable battery which function by moving lithium ions between the battery’s positive and negative … Continue reading Sustainability-in-Tech : Friendlier Alternatives To Lithium-Ion Batteries →

If you’re often overwhelmed by notifications such as customer service chats or discount alerts when you arrive on a website, Google Chrome has an in-built feature to instantly mute these. Here’s how it works: – When using Chrome and visiting a website / having different tabs open for different websites, right click on the browser … Continue reading Tech Tip – Silence Distracting Website Notifications Using Chrome’s ‘Mute Site’ →

Following the shock announcement that the boss of OpenAI (which created ChatGPT) has been quickly ousted by the board and replaced by an interim CEO, we look at what happened, why, and what may be next. Ousted  38-year-old Sam Altman, who helped launch OpenAI back in 2015, firstly as a non-profit before its restructuring and … Continue reading Featured Article : OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman Fired (But Will Return) →

In the wake of the recent news that Scotland’s Health Secretary, Michael Matheson, received an £11,000 roaming charges bill from his holiday, here we look at some of main ways you can keep data roaming charges down. What Are Data Roaming Charges?  Data roaming charges are fees that you incur when using your mobile phone’s … Continue reading Tech Insight : Avoid Getting Stung With Roaming Charges →

Amazon’s ‘Project Kuiper’ satellite broadband moved one step closer following a reported 100 per cent success rate for its first two prototype satellites. Project Kuiper  Like Elon Musk’s SpaceX, with Project Kuiper, Amazon hopes to set up its own low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband network, i.e. 311 miles (500 kilometres) above Earth. It is … Continue reading Tech News : Amazon’s Satellite Broadband : 100% Success →