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Tech News : New Graphene-Based Batteries Could Be Fireproof & Safer

January 19, 2022
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How Bi-Directional Charging In EVS Could Relieve Pressure On The Grid

Los Angeles based Nanotech Energy claims to have developed a fireproof, graphene-based lithium-ion battery that could be safer for Electric Vehicles. What Is Graphene? Extracted from graphite, graphene is a single layer (monolayer) of carbon atoms, tightly bound in a two-dimensional, hexagonal honeycomb lattice nanostructure. First observed through electron microscopes in 1962, it was re-discovered in 2004 (although Nanotech says…

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Tech Insight : How To Check Your VPN

January 19, 2022
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| Categories: Mobile, News, Security

In this article, we take a look at some of the ways users can assess how good their VPN really is. What Is A VPN? A ‘Virtual Private Network’ (VPN) is used to keep internet activity private, evade censorship / maintain net neutrality and use public Wi-Fi securely (e.g., avoid threats such as ‘man-in-the-middle’ attacks). A VPN achieves this…

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Security Stop-Press : 50% Increase In Cyber Attacks On Corporate Networks In 2021

January 19, 2022
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Security Malware Ransomware

Figures from software technologies company ‘Check Point’ show that an upward trend of malicious activity through 2020 reached a peak of 925 cyber-attacks a week per organisation at the end of 2021. The result of this trend was a massive 50 per cent increase in cyber attacks on corporate networks in 2021, with education and research the most attacked…

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Tech Tip – Making Your Browser Remember Your Passwords

January 19, 2022
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Tech Tip

Your browser may have a Password Manager but sometimes an issue (e.g., conflicting extensions) may cause the browser not to save or remember your passwords. Here’s how to fix the issue for popular browsers Chrome and Edge: For Google Chrome: – Open the Chrome menu (the three dots top right) and select ‘Settings’. – Select ‘Autofill’ on the sidebar….

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Sustainability : Solar-Powered Pavements Made From Waste Plastic

January 12, 2022
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| Categories: Hardware, Sustainability
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The Platio company in Hungary is making solar panels out of plastic waste that can be used as pavement slabs, adding an extra clean energy source to buildings and other facilities when placed outside. How? Platio uses a special pressuring method to turn 400 otherwise non-recyclable plastic bottles into very strong and durable one-square metre pavement slabs/’solar paver’ frames…

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Tech News : From 7 Mins Download … To 0.12 Secs (ish!)

January 12, 2022
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| Categories: Connectivity, Data, Mobile, News

Nanjing’s government-backed Purple Mountain Laboratories claims to have made a 6G breakthrough by recording the fastest real-time wireless communication speed ever recorded. For reference, 6G is likely to be around 50 times faster than 5G, which itself is around 20 times faster than 4G. Whilst this is very approximate, this could mean that a film that may take (say)…

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Tech Insight : What Was New at CES?

January 12, 2022
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| Categories: Apps, Cloud, Hardware, Mobile, News

In this tech insight, we take a look at a selection of the latest B2B and B2C tech products and gadgets on show at the recent CES® tech trade show. Examples The more business-focused devices, hardware and software on show included: Laptops And Other Devices As you may expect, many new laptops and other devices were unveiled at CES®….

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Tech News : Want a Payrise? Apple Boss Earned $100 Million in 2021

January 12, 2022
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A filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission shows that Apple CEO, Tim Cook, earned $100 million in 2021. 1,477 Times Higher Than Average The filing showed that his pay, fuelled by stock awards, if compared to the new median pay for employees of $68,254, was 1,447 times that of the average employee at Apple. Considerably Higher Than…

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Security Stop-Press : Phishing And Malware Threat Though Google Docs Flaw

January 12, 2022
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| Categories: Google, News, Security
Security Malware Ransomware

Email security specialists Avanan have reported that hackers have been leveraging the comment feature in Google Docs to target primarily Outlook users. The attack works by hackers adding a comment to a Google Doc mentioning the target with an @. This automatically sends an email from Google to that target person’s inbox which contains bad links to malware or…

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