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Featured Article : AI Assistants Write Your Prompts And Do Your Shopping For You
19 November 2025Two new launches from Hero and Google show how everyday digital tasks are moving towards full automation, with prompt writing and online shopping now handled largely by AI rather than users. A Clear Move Towards Automated Digital Tasks AI tools have become familiar, yet many still require people to know […]
Tagged AI, AI Assistants, Automation, Shopping
Tech Insight : How Data Centre Investment Just Overtook Oil
19 November 2025Global investment now favours data centres over new oil supplies, reflecting the scale of electricity demand created by AI and the increasing importance of digital infrastructure to national economies. Data Spending Overtakes Oil For The First Time The International Energy Agency has reported that global spending on data centres will […]
Tagged Data Centre, Investment, Oil
News : Google AI Tools Let Anyone Build Interactive Map Projects
19 November 2025Google has introduced a new set of AI tools that allow developers and non-technical users to build interactive map projects from simple text prompts, marking one of the biggest upgrades to Google Maps Platform in years. AI Agents Designed To Build Projects, Not Just Maps Google Maps has long been […]
Tagged AI, Google, Google Maps
News : Apple Partner Programme Cuts App Store Fees For Mini App Makers
19 November 2025Apple has introduced a new Mini Apps Partner Programme that halves App Store commissions for qualifying mini apps to 15 percent, marking a significant shift in how Apple wants developers to build and monetise app-within-app experiences. A New Approach To App Store Revenue Apple has announced that developers who host […]
Tagged App Store, Apple, Fees
Company Check : Rightmove Shares Slide Over Major AI Investment
19 November 2025Rightmove’s share price has fallen by more than a quarter after the UK’s biggest property portal told investors it will slow near-term profit growth in order to fund a major new programme of artificial intelligence investment. Rightmove Shares Plunge Rightmove used its early November trading update to outline a significant […]
Tagged AI, Rightmove, Shares
Security Stop-Press: Cyber Insurance Payouts Triple
19 November 2025Association of British Insurers (ABI) figures show that cyber insurance payouts in the UK have tripled, reaching £197 million in 2024 as businesses face increasingly costly cyber-attacks, particularly from ransomware and malware. The number of cyber insurance policies has also risen, with 17 per cent more businesses taking out coverage […]
Also posted in Security Tagged Cyber Insurance, Payouts, Security
Sustainability-In-Tech : Want A Data Centre In Your Shed ?
19 November 2025An Essex couple have become the first in the UK to heat their home using a mini data centre in their garden shed, in a trial designed to cut energy bills and support low income households through the transition to net zero. Pilot Scheme Terrence and Lesley Bridges live in […]
Also posted in Sustainability Tagged Data Centre, Essex, sustainability
Video Update : Extracting Info From Images In OneDrive
19 November 2025You can now extract text and see other relevant information about images within your OneDrive folder, without even having to open them. Furthermore, you can pretty well extract all the relevant meta information about all the files you have in there, thereby saving time having to open them up each […]
Tagged Images, Microsoft, OneDrive
Tech Tip – Set an Email Reminder in Outlook
19 November 2025Did you know you can attach a reminder to any message you send, so you never forget to follow up if you don’t hear back? This tiny step guarantees important emails stay top‑of‑mind without leaving your inbox. To set a reminder: – While composing a message, click Follow Up → […]
Also posted in Tech Tip Tagged Email, Outlook
Featured Article : Shopify Reports 7× Surge in AI-Driven Traffic
12 November 2025Shopify says artificial intelligence (AI) is now driving record levels of shopping activity, with traffic to its merchants’ stores up sevenfold since January and AI-attributed orders rising elevenfold, claiming it marks the start of a new “agentic commerce” era. Shopify’s AI Milestone Announced Alongside Strong Financials These latest figures were unveiled on […]
Tagged AI, Shopify, Traffic, Website
Tech Insight : How To Get The Most From WhatsApp Groups
12 November 2025In this Tech Insight, we look at how to get the most from WhatsApp groups by using all their key features to make chats more organised, productive, and secure for both organisers and members. Why WhatsApp Groups Matter More Than Ever WhatsApp has become the world’s primary messaging platform, used […]
Tagged Social Media, WhatsApp, WhatsApp Groups
Tech News : Amazon Targets Perplexity Over AI Shopping Assistant Comet
12 November 2025Amazon has accused AI startup Perplexity of illegally accessing its e-commerce systems through its agentic shopping assistant, Comet, marking one of the first major legal tests of how autonomous AI tools interact with major online platforms. Perplexity and Comet Perplexity is a fast-growing Silicon Valley AI company valued at around […]
Tagged AI, Amazon, Perplexity, Shopping