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Featured Article : ChatGPT Now Offers Complex Reasoning

ChatGPT’s maker, OpenAI, has announced the introduction of its new OpenAI o1 large language model that can use “complex reasoning” to fact-check its own answers before giving them.  ChatGPT Plus and Teams Users Can Try It Now  The new o1 model is already available to ChatGPT Plus or Team users, and in OpenAI’s API. OpenAI o1 is a series…

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Tech Insight : Personal Activities … On Work Laptops (Part 2)

In this second part article, where we review the issues around employees engaging in personal activities on company-issued devices, we look deeper into the legal and compliance implications and provide real-world case studies of security breaches. We also examine how businesses can protect themselves against these growing threats.  Last Week  In the previous article, with the help of an…

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Tech News : New Bill Makes Digital Possessions ‘Personal’

The UK government says the new Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill’ will, for the first time in British history, give protection to digital holdings, including cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens such as digital art, and carbon credits by considering them as “personal property” under the law.  What’s Been Happening Up Until Now?  At the moment, UK law doesn’t clearly recognise digital…

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Tech News : Data Centres Now ‘Critical National Infrastructure’

Prompted by the effects of the global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike, the UK has moved to protect UK data-centres by classing them as ‘Critical National Infrastructure’ (CNI).  CrowdStrike  Back in July, a global IT outage caused by a faulty update (impacting Windows systems) from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike significantly affected multiple sectors in the UK, including data-centres, the…

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An Apple Byte : Security Concerns For New AI Powered iPhones

As highlighted recently by the Wall Street Journal, the range of AI-driven features in Apple’s latest iPhones could transform how enterprises operate, provided company data is protected and businesses understand how best to use these new features.  Unveiled in their new iPhone 16 and iPhone 15 Pro models, the new “Apple Intelligence” tools offer improved capabilities like enhanced voice assistance…

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Security Stop Press : Teenager Arrested In Connection With TfL Cyber Attack

A 17-year-old male has been arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences in relation to a cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL) on the 1st September. Although TfL reported on its website on September 5th that “there is no evidence that any customer data has been compromised”, it has since been reported that a further investigation has…

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Sustainability-in-Tech : Rapidly Growing Water Demand For Data-Centres

Information recently obtained (by the Financial Times) has revealed that a huge spike in water consumption by dozens of facilities in Virginia’s “data-centre alley” likely means new initiatives to replenish or conserve water resources are urgently needed.  Usage Up By Two-Thirds  The county authority figures show that water consumption at the data-centres of hyperscalers which surround Ashburn, VA (which…

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Tech Tip – “File Explorer Preview Pane” for Fast Document Review

The Preview Pane in File Explorer lets you preview documents, images, and PDFs without opening them, saving time when reviewing multiple files in a folder. Here’s how it works: Enable Preview Pane – Open File Explorer by pressing Win + E. – Click on the View tab and then click Preview Pane. Preview Files – Click on any file…

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Featured Article : Musical Misconduct

In a first-of-its-kind case, a US musician has been charged with fraud for allegedly using thousands of automated bot accounts to stream AI-generated tracks from which he made more than $10m in royalty payments.  Which Tracks?  The music tracks that 52-year-old Michael Smith from North Carolina in the US allegedly used came from a co-conspirator, a music promoter, and…

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