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Meta has announced the start of a roll-out of default end-to-end encryption for all personal chats and calls via Messenger and Facebook, with a view to making them more private and secure. Extra Layer Of Security and Privacy  Meta says that despite it being an optional feature since 2016, making it the default has “taken years … Continue reading Tech Insight : New Privacy Features For Facebook and Instagram →

Following 36 hours of talks, EU officials have finally reached a historic provisional deal on laws to regulate the use of artificial intelligence. The Artificial Intelligence Act  The Council presidency and the European Parliament’s negotiators’ provisional agreement relates to the proposal on harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (AI), the so-called artificial intelligence act. The EU … Continue reading Tech News : EU’s AI Regulations Agreed →

Google has announced the phased rollout of its new ‘Gemini’ family of large language models with the Ultra version said to rival the abilities of OpenAI’s GPT-4. What Is Gemini?  Gemini, which Google describes as its “newest and most capable” large language model (LLM) and representing a “new era” for AI, is a highly advanced and multimodal AI model. … Continue reading Tech News : Google’s Ultra-Powerful Gemini AI →

A single 1976 $4.01 cheque from (and signed by) Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been sold at auction for a whopping $46,063. The cheque, written just four months after Apple was founded, was written for a purchase at Radio Shack, where co-founder Steve Wozniak famously bought a TRS-80 Micro Computer System. The components from the … Continue reading An Apple Byte : $4 Jobs Cheque Sells For $46,063 →

Toyota Financial Services (TFS), a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, has warned customers that it recently suffered a data breach which exposed sensitive personal and financial data. The correspondence with affected customers follows Toyota confirming last month that unauthorised access on some of its Europe (and Africa) systems had been detected. Medusa ransomware reported that … Continue reading Security Stop Press : Toyota Hack Warning →

Berlin-based green search engine company Ecosia has released a chatbot with a “green answers” option and ploughs all its advertising profits into tree-planting. Ecosia AI Chat   The not-for-profit company, which has been developing its “green search” since 2019 to help users make climate-active decisions about what/who they click on has announced the introduction of its Ecosia AI … Continue reading Sustainability-in-Tech : Tree-Planting Gen-AI Search/Chatbot Released →

If you’d like to save time and conveniently view various types of files like PDFs, images, and text documents directly in the browser, eliminating the need for multiple separate applications, here’s how to use Google Chrome as simple, all-purpose, drag and drop file viewer: – Open a new tab in Chrome. – Drag and drop … Continue reading Tech Tip – Using Chrome As A Drag And Drop File Viewer →

Following on from the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard (and Duet), Microsoft’s Copilot, and X’s Grok, now Amazon has announced that it will soon be launching its own ‘Q’ generative AI chatbot (for business). Cue Q  Amazon has become the latest of the tech giants to announce the introduction of its own generative AI … Continue reading Featured Article : Amazon Launching ‘Q’ Chatbot →

Following the Metro recently highlighting the issue of undisclosed cameras being used by a small number of Airbnb hosts, we take a look at what the rules say, reports in the news of this happening, and what you can do to protect yourself. Do Airbnb Hosts Have The Right To Film Guests?  You may be … Continue reading Tech Insight : Cameras In Airbnb Properties – What Are The Rules? →

An issue with Google’s cloud that locked some Google Drive for desktop users out of some of their files from the last six months has led to some angry comments being left on Google’s community support site. Reported Over A Week Ago  The issue was first reported by a user (known as ‘Yeonjoong) back on … Continue reading Tech News : Google Files Fiasco →