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Recent user reports indicate a perplexing battery drain in Apple Watches, affecting even the robust Apple Watch Ultra. The problem, linked to the WatchOS 10.1 update, has raised alarm among consumers and professionals who rely on the device’s longevity for daily productivity and connectivity. For business owners and professionals, an unreliable device can mean disrupted … Continue reading An Apple Byte : Battery Drain Complaints Around Apple Watches →

Research from Sharp shows that unsecured printers have been the cause of cyber-attacks for one-fifth of European SMBs, and for one half of public sector organisations. Despite the office printer being an under the radar weak spot for cyber-attacks like phishing, malware, and computer viruses, fewer than a quarter of UK SMBs report educating their … Continue reading Security Stop Press : Unsecured Printers A Cause Of Cyber Attacks For SMBs →

A new £36 million UK government project is to use data centre waste heat to provide heating and hot water to 10,000 new homes and 250,000 square metres of commercial space in London. Using Heat From Data Centres  Data centres in our digital society and cloud-based business world now play a crucial role in supporting countless industries, … Continue reading Sustainability-in-Tech : London Data Centres To Heat New Homes →

If you’ve written content such as blog posts, articles etc that you’d like to check thoroughly for any mistakes and hear more clearly how it sounds being read back, try using Google Translate. Here’s how. – Go to Google Translate. – Copy and paste your content (up to 5,000 characters) into the left-hand window and … Continue reading Tech Tip – Use Google Translate To Check For Mistakes In Your Content →

The so-called ‘Batterygate’ iPhone throttling case has been given the go-ahead by UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal which could mean a near $1 billion (£853 million) damages payout to affected Apple customers. What Is ‘Batterygate’?  Batterygate refers to a 2017 software update to iPhones by Apple that customers reported had slowed older iPhones down. It was … Continue reading Featured Article : UK Proceeds With iPhone ‘Batterygate’ Case →

Following the UK government hosting the first major global summit on AI safety at historic Bletchley Park, we look at some of the key outcomes and comments. Summit  The UK hosted the first major global AI Safety Summit on the 1 and 2 November at Bletchley Park, the historic centre of the UK’s WWII code breaking … Continue reading Tech Insight : UK’s AI Safety Summit : Some Key Takeaways →

A new survey from CyberArk has revealed that increased workloads caused by a surge in cyber threats and attacks has led to 59 per cent of UK senior cyber security professionals facing burnout. Cyber Crime Levels High  The results of the survey highlight the growing workload pressure on cyber security professionals because in just the … Continue reading Tech News : Cyber Attacks Burn Out Security Experts →

US Startup Zephyr’s claim that it has solved smartphone GPS positioning problems through a network and software-based solution with sub-60cm accuracy has attracted $3.5 million seed funding. The Issue  Even though consumers have been putting growing demands on GPS through their increasing use of mobile devices and wearables, and many more businesses and services have … Continue reading Tech News : New Sub-60cm GPS Accuracy →

November 10, 2004 : What’s In a Name? On November 9th 2004, the well-known web-browser ‘Firefox’ was released, although it had earlier been called something entirely different altogether. Originally created in 2002 by members of the Mozilla community, the browser had the codename “Phoenix”. This was supposed to reflect the project’s aim to “rise from … Continue reading Tech-Trivia : Did You Know? This Week in Tech-History →

Threat Detection Technology SlashNext has reported that in the 12 months that ChatGPT’s been publicly available, the number of phishing emails has jumped 1,265 per cent, with credential phishing, a common first step in data breaches, seeing a 967 per cent increase. SlashNext’s State of Phishing 2023 report notes that cybercriminals may have been leveraging … Continue reading Security Stop Press : ChatGPT Release Linked To Massive Phishing Surge →