ESET researchers have reported finding mic-snooping hidden malware in the legitimate Android iRecorder – Screen Recorder (screen-and-audio recorder) app while it was still available in the Google Play Store. The malware was added as an update, and it’s thought that tens of thousands of people may have downloaded the app before Google was alerted and the app was removed…
If you’d like a way to create and share a WhatsApp call link so that anyone with a WhatsApp account can join your call by opening the link, here’s how: – Tap the ‘Calls’ tab and tap ‘Create Call Link’. – Select your call type, video, or voice. – Tap ‘Copy Link’, and send the ‘Link via WhatsApp’ to…
Here we look at most of the modern top-level domains and their uses, along with the advantages and disadvantages of choosing a newer, lesser known, or more specific TLD for your website domain name. What Are Top Level Domains? Top-Level Domains (TLDs) are the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System (DNS) structure of the internet, i.e. they…
The Shap-E AI system from OpenAI (creators of ChatGPT) and available for open-source download, can create 3D models from text. What Is It? According to the Cornell University researchers behind the system, Shap-E is “a conditional generative model for 3D assets” which, unlike other 3D generative models “generates the parameters of implicit functions that can be rendered as both textured meshes and…
Apple has reportedly banned the internal use of ChatGPT and other chatbots plus AI writers like Bard, Copilot and GitHub to prevent the sharing of sensitive company information. Internal Document Seen The ban came to light following a report by the The Wall Street Journal, which said it had seen internal documents informing Apple employees of the ban. Why? The…
BT has announced that the completion of its fibre roll-out, 5G rollout, adapting to new technologies like AI, plus general cost cutting are key reasons why it will be axing up to 55,000 jobs, primarily in the UK, by the end of the decade. 40 Per Cent Of The Workforce The massive 40 per cent cut in BT’s workforce…
£22 million of the UK government’s £91 million Green Heat Network Fund will be used to build a geothermal heating network that could provide low-cost heating for nearly 4,000 homes in Cornwall. Drilling Near Truro The government-funded project by Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL), “The Langarth,” at Langarth Garden Village (near Truro), Cornwall, will involves drilling to a depth of…
02 June 1966 : Getting Off The Ground Isn’t Always Easy! Chuck Yeager (famous for being the first to break the sound barrier) mentioned in his excellent autobiography that whilst he was training Neil Amstrong in high-altitude flying, he found him a little a bit cocky. In fairness, Neil did have a training crash at one point and was lucky…
Cisco Talos researcher, Tiago Pereira, has warned of the dangers of a new phishing-as-a-service (PaaS) tool called “Greatness.” The Greatness tool has been designed to compromise Microsoft 365 users and can make phishing pages especially convincing and effective against businesses. Greatness incorporates many advanced features including multi-factor authentication (MFA) bypass, IP filtering and integration with Telegram bots. Since the…
If you’d like to protect your privacy and the privacy of your business in terms of what you share with ChatGPT, here’s how to delete your ChatGPT chat history: – Sign-in to your ChatGPT account and click on the three dots next to your account name (at the foot of the chats). – Click on the “Clear Conversations” link….
