If you’re looking for a free, online image editor with plenty of functionality, you may want to try Photopea. With Photopea, you can edit photos, apply effects, filters, add text, and crop or resize pictures in your browser. It supports PSDs and you can export files in a number of popular formats including jpg, png, and pdf. You can…
Following a BBC report which suggested that TikTok was making money from families in Syrian camps begging for donations on its platform, we take a closer look at what’s happened and what’s being done about it. The Report The much publicised, recent BBC report followed 30 TikTok accounts broadcasting live from Syrian camps for people displaced by the 11…
(ISC)2’s 2022 Cybersecurity Workforce Study has highlighted how the workplace skills gap, particularly the gap in the number of cyber security professionals, has grown by 26.2 per cent in the last year. All Time High – But Still Not Enough The study revealed that even though the global cybersecurity workforce is at an all-time high, with an estimated 4.7…
New research from Gartner suggests that companies may be planning to increase their IT spend to help them meet the challenges of a recession. The Recession Following the worst bout of inflation for 40 years and a shrinking economy, in September the Bank of England raised interest rates as it reported that the UK is already in recession. Many…
Concordium Blockchain, COBRA, Aarhus University, the Alexandra Institute, and the IT University in Greenland have been given DKK 3.6 million (by DIREC) to research a blockchain-based online voting system for Greenland. What Is Blockchain & Why Might It Be Good For A Voting System? Blockchain is an incorruptible peer-to-peer network (a kind of ledger) that allows multiple parties to…
The ‘Powerfoyle’ mini, screen printable solar cells produced by Swedish startup Exeger could be a breakthrough in providing a renewable, sustainable, potentially endless power source for all kinds of gadgets and devices. What Is ‘Powerfoyle’? Powerfoyle is a flexible solar cell that can be screen-printed into strips. Powerfoyle incorporates a special coloured dye which absorbs the light from any…
Researchers at cyber security company SOCRadar have reported finding sensitive data belonging to thousands of Microsoft customers on a on a misconfigured public server. The researchers have reported that the data includes over 335,000 emails, 133,000 projects, and that 548,000 exposed users and could be the most significant B2B data leak in the recent history of cyber security. Microsoft,…
If you’ve ever given your Gmail address for access to any third-party website, app, or game, there’s a way check which apps you’ve given access to, clean up any apps you no longer use, and keep your account safe. Here’s how: – Go to myaccount.google.com. – Click on ‘Security’. – Scroll down to ‘third-party apps with account access’ and click…
Dr Brett Kagan, of Cortical Labs, claims not only to have grown the first ”sentient” lab-grown mini-brain in a dish, but also that it can play vintage 1970s video game’ Pong’… albeit badly. What?? Believe it or not, as explained in the ‘Neuron’ journal, Dr Kagan and his team claim to have lab-grown a ‘DishBrain’ system, made up of human or…
After 30 years of Microsoft Office, a major re-branding will see it being re-named as Microsoft 365 as part of Microsoft’s expansion of its productivity suite. What, Who, And How? Microsoft has announced that starting in November, Office.com (the Office mobile app and the Office app for Windows) will all become part of the re-branded Microsoft 365 app. These…
