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Sustainability-In-Tech : Laser Mosquito Control Could Cut Chemical Use
A portable device that uses LiDAR, radar, AI and a laser to detect and kill mosquitoes is now being sold commercially, raising a much bigger question than whether people will pay around US$1,000 to keep insects away from their patios and instead focusing attention on whether precision technology could eventually […]
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Video Update : A Tour Of Copilot’s Features In Less Than 10 Mins
Discover Copilot’s most useful features in less than 10 minutes and learn how they can make everyday tasks quicker and easier. https://player.mediadelivery.net/play/707308/55806c64-fda3-4b63-8d85-3259e1dba113
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Tech Tip : Protect Important Folders From Ransomware
Windows includes a lesser-known security feature called Controlled Folder Access that can stop untrusted apps changing files in important folders such as Documents, Pictures and Desktop, helping protect them from ransomware. Why Is This Useful? Ransomware often works by encrypting or changing files so you can no longer access them. […]
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Featured Article : Turn Your Home WiFi Into A Security Motion Sensor
Comcast has begun turning compatible Xfinity home routers into camera-free motion detectors, showing how WiFi infrastructure can now do far more than connect devices while raising important questions about privacy, data use and intelligent buildings. What Has Comcast Launched? The new capability forms part of Xfinity Shield, a wider home-protection […]
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Tech Insight : OpenAI Makes Privacy A Competitive Advantage
OpenAI is turning data privacy into a competitive weapon, promising eligible business customers its frontier AI models can operate without retaining their prompts or responses, just as rival Anthropic is requiring 30-day retention for some frontier-model traffic. Zero Data Retention As A Selling Point The company has just previewed Private […]
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Tech News : AI To Triage UK Police 101 Calls
UK police are beginning to use artificial intelligence to decide where non-emergency 101 calls should go before they reach a human operator, with a £1.4 million system designed to cut waiting times, reduce wasted police time and redirect millions of misdirected calls more efficiently. What Is Changing? The new Natural […]
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Tech News : Amazon Expands Drone Delivery Sixfold
Amazon is preparing to expand Prime Air drone delivery to nearly 500 US cities and towns by the end of 2026, while its only UK operation remains tightly restricted to around 100 deliveries a day, highlighting how quickly autonomous delivery can scale when technology, regulation and public acceptance move at […]
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Company Check : Microsoft Combines Its Copilot Apps
Microsoft has combined its standalone consumer Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps into a single updated Copilot experience, simplifying a confusing product line while making its AI assistant a more direct gateway into Word, Excel, Outlook and the rest of Microsoft 365. Why Were There Two Copilot Apps? For many […]
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Security Stop-Press : Expired Visa Cards Can Be Revived For Contactless Payments
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have shown how some expired Visa cards could be manipulated to make contactless payments after they should have stopped working. The “Zombie Card” attack uses NFC relays to alter the expiry date seen by a payment terminal without breaking the card’s encryption. Researchers demonstrated payments […]
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Sustainability-In-Tech : How AI Could Help Planes Avoid Warming Contrails
Google and the UK government are launching a £5 million trial using artificial intelligence and advanced weather forecasting to help aircraft avoid the atmospheric conditions that create persistent warming contrails over the North Atlantic, potentially reducing part of aviation’s climate impact without changing the aircraft themselves. What Are Contrails And […]
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Video Update : How To Fix Your AI Tool In A Few Seconds
When Copilot suddenly glitches or stops behaving as it should, there’s a surprisingly quick way to get it working properly again in just a few seconds, as this week’s video update shows. https://player.mediadelivery.net/play/707308/d650fb13-8929-4840-8ec7-8d02f763e3dd
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Tech Tip : Automatically Clear Out Repetitive Emails
If automated alerts or regular notifications gradually fill your Outlook inbox, Sweep can automatically clear out older messages from particular senders so you do not have to keep tidying them manually. Why Is This Useful? Sweep is particularly useful for emails where you normally only need the latest message, such as regular […]
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