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Featured Article : One In Three Adults Turning To AI For Emotional Support
31 December 2025One in three adults in the UK have used artificial intelligence (AI) for companionship, emotional support or social interaction, according to new research from a government-backed AI safety body, a finding that takes on added significance during the Christmas and New Year period when loneliness and mental health pressures often […]
Tagged Adults, AI, Emotional Support
Tech Insight : Problems With Windows 11 Updates Reported
31 December 2025Many MSPs have been reporting that Windows 11 updates are increasingly causing upgrade failures, BitLocker lockouts and unexpected behaviour, and here we look at what may be going wrong, why it is happening now, and what can realistically be done to prevent it. The Pattern Many MSPs Are Seeing on […]
Tagged Problems, Updates, Windows 11
Tech News : No More £100 Contactless Limit From March
31 December 2025The UK’s £100 contactless card payment limit is set to be lifted from March 2026, after the financial regulator confirmed it will remove the fixed cap and give banks greater freedom to decide how contactless payments are handled. Not Forced To Do It Immediately The change, announced by the Financial […]
Tagged Contactless, Limit, UK
Tech News : Pentagon To Deploy Elon Musk’s Grok AI For Government Use
31 December 2025The US Department of War has confirmed plans to integrate Elon Musk’s xAI models, including Grok, into its internal GenAI.mil platform, extending advanced artificial intelligence tools to millions of military and civilian personnel from early 2026. xAI The agreement, announced in December, will see the Department of War add xAI […]
Tagged AI, Elon Musk, Grok, Pentagon
Company Check : Ofcom Investigates BT and Three Over 999 Call Failures
31 December 2025Ofcom has opened formal investigations into BT and Three following separate UK-wide mobile network failures this summer that left some customers unable to connect 999 emergency calls. Two Major Outages The investigations centre on two major outages, one affecting Three customers in June and another impacting BT and EE customers […]
Tagged BT, Emergency Call, Ofcom, Three
Security-Stop Press : Worst Data Breaches of 2025 Show Cyber Attacks Are About Disruption
31 December 2025The most serious cyber incidents of 2025 showed a clear move away from data theft towards operational disruption and economic damage. Globally, attackers exploited trusted platforms and supply chains, with US federal systems breached repeatedly and the Clop group stealing sensitive data by abusing an unknown flaw in Oracle E […]
Tagged Cyber Attacks, Data Breaches, Security
Sustainability-in-Tech : B&Q Adds Sustainable Brick to Its Online Range
31 December 2025B&Q has added a brick described as the world’s most sustainable to its online marketplace, making a low-carbon construction material previously used mainly on commercial projects available to UK consumers for the first time. Kenoteq The product in question is the K-Briq, developed by Scottish cleantech firm Kenoteq, and its […]
Tagged B&Q, Brick, Online Range, sustainability
Tech Tip: Ignore Noisy Threads in Outlook
31 December 2025End repetitive email chains with a single click, keeping your inbox focused and readable without missing the full conversation if you need it later. How to do it: – Select the email thread you want to silence.– Click ‘Ignore’ in the toolbar, or right-click the message and choose ‘Ignore’.– Outlook […]
Tagged Email, Outlook, Threads
Featured Article : Ofcom Fines Virgin Media £23.8 Million
17 December 2025Ofcom has fined Virgin Media £23.8 million after finding that the company’s move to digital landlines left thousands of vulnerable telecare customers at direct risk of harm. What Ofcom Has Decided On 1 December 2025, Ofcom announced that it had imposed a £23.8 million penalty on Virgin Media for serious […]
Tagged Fines, Ofcom, Virgin Media
Tech Insight : WordPress Telex Uses AI To Turn Plain Language Into Working Blocks
17 December 2025WordPress has introduced Telex, an AI powered tool that turns simple written prompts into working WordPress blocks, opening up custom development to people who cannot write code. What Is Telex? Telex is an experimental system that converts natural language instructions into functional Gutenberg blocks, which are the modular elements that […]
Tagged AI, Telex, WordPress
News : BT Launches Sovereign Platform For UK Cloud And AI Control
17 December 2025BT has launched a new UK-based sovereign platform designed to give organisations tighter control over their data, systems, and AI infrastructure at a time of rising geopolitical tensions and growing public sector reliance on cloud services. A New Foundation For Sovereign Services Sovereign services are digital services run entirely within […]
Tagged AI, BT, Cloud, Platform
News : Travel And New Devices Driving Global eSIM Adoption
17 December 2025Global use of embedded SIMs is finally starting to accelerate as international travel and wider device support push the technology towards the mainstream. What Is An eSIM And Why Does It Matter Now? An eSIM (embedded SIM) is a programmable chip built directly into a phone or other device, replacing […]
Tagged Devices, eSIM, Travel