Researchers have developed a low cost way to turn discarded smartphones into tiny data centres that can support real world environmental and civic projects. Why Old Smartphones Still Matter More than 1.2 billion smartphones are produced every year, yet most are replaced within two or three years even when they […]
Posted in News, Sustainability Tagged Data Centres, Smartphones, sustainabilityDid you know you can save a custom query, like “all emails from my boss flagged as high importance”, as a folder that stays up‑to‑date automatically? This lets you jump straight to the results without re‑running the search each time. How to create a Search Folder 1. In Outlook (desktop […]
Posted in Tech Tip Tagged Emails, Folder, OutlookGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai has warned that no company would escape the impact of an AI bubble bursting, just as concerns about unsustainable valuations are resurfacing and Nvidia’s long-running rally shows signs of slowing. Pichai Raises The Alarm In a recent BBC interview, Pichai described the current phase of AI […]
Posted in News Tagged AI, AI Bubble, Google, PichaiMagnetic tape is experiencing a resurgence in 2025 as AI-driven data growth, cyber security pressures and new material innovations push organisations back towards a technology first introduced more than seventy years ago. What Magnetic Tape Is And How It Works Magnetic tape stores data on a long, narrow strip of […]
Posted in News Tagged AI, Magnetic Tape, StorageThe United States, United Kingdom and Australia have jointly sanctioned Russian web hosting company Media Land and several related firms, alleging that the group provided resilient infrastructure used by ransomware gangs and other cybercriminals. Coordinated Action Against a Cross Border Threat The announcements were made on 19 November by the […]
Posted in News Tagged Hosting, Media Land, SanctionsGoogle’s new Gemini 3 model has made headlines after AI researcher Andrej Karpathy discovered that, when left offline, it was certain the year was still 2024. How The Discovery Happened The incident emerged during Karpathy’s early access testing. A day before Gemini 3 was released publicly, Google granted him the […]
Posted in News Tagged AI, Gemini 3, GoogleCloudflare CEO Matthew Prince has clarified that its recent global outage was caused by an internal configuration error and a latent software flaw rather than any form of cyber attack. A Major Disruption Across Large Parts Of The Internet The outage of internet infrastructure company Cloudflare began at around 11:20 […]
Posted in News Tagged Cloudflare, Cyber Attack, OutageResearchers have uncovered a privacy weakness in WhatsApp that allowed the confirmation of 3.5 billion active accounts simply by checking phone numbers. A team from the University of Vienna and SBA Research found that WhatsApp’s contact discovery system could be queried at high speed, letting them generate and test 63 […]
Posted in News, Security Tagged Phone Numbers, Privacy, Security, WhatsAppExowatt, a Sam Altman-backed energy startup, plans to revolutionise AI data centre energy consumption by harnessing the power of concentrated solar energy stored in high-temperature hot rocks to provide round-the-clock, dispatchable electricity. A Viable Alternative to Traditional Grid-Based Power? Co-founded by Hannan Happi, who has a background in energy innovation […]
Posted in News, Sustainability Tagged AI, Data Centres, sustainabilityYou can now take your TEAMS chats to the next level by inviting Microsoft Copilot to the chat. You now have all the power of the AI at your fingertips, without having to leave a TEAMS chat and you can collaborate like never before … fascinating stuff ! [Note – […]
Posted in News Tagged AI, Copilot, TeamsDid you know you can turn any message into a dyslexia‑friendly view that reads it aloud and even translates it on the fly? It’s perfect for listening to long emails while you’re busy with something else. To read an email with Immersive Reader: – Open the email you want to […]
Posted in News, Tech Tip Tagged Emails, Immersive Reader, OutlookTwo new launches from Hero and Google show how everyday digital tasks are moving towards full automation, with prompt writing and online shopping now handled largely by AI rather than users. A Clear Move Towards Automated Digital Tasks AI tools have become familiar, yet many still require people to know […]
Posted in News Tagged AI, AI Assistants, Automation, Shopping
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