Posts by Mike Knight
Apple Announces The Closure Of All Stores Outside China Until March 27
Apple has announced that due to the global spread of COVID-19, it will be closing all of its retail stores outside of Greater China until March 27. Flexible Working A statement on the Apple website (Newsroom) highlighted how Apple is adopting “flexible work arrangements worldwide outside of Greater China”. Apple also said that those staff members…
Read MoreTech Tip – Managing Background Apps
If you’re connecting via a mobile device, information, notifications and updates going to and from apps that run in the background can sap your battery power and your data. Here’s how to control which apps are running in the background: – Go to Settings > Privacy > Background app. – To stop all apps from…
Read MoreCoronavirus Outbreak : Remote Working For Tech Staff
With the whole of Italy’s 60 million population in lockdown and other countries taking drastic measures to control the coronavirus outbreak, the tech-giant companies are now asking their employees to work remotely. Google Due to fears of COVID-19 spreading through large numbers of staff, Google had already announced last week that it was temporarily closing…
Read MoreSurvey Reveals IR35 Tax Reforms Legal Action Risk For Private Sector Companies
A survey by ContractorCalculator has revealed that many private sector companies may be at risk of legal action through misinterpreting the new IR35 tax reforms. What Is IR35? The IR35 tax reform legislation, set to be introduced this April, is designed to stop tax avoidance from ‘disguised employment’, which occurs when self-employed contractors set up…
Read MoreFacebook Sued Down-Under For £266bn Over Cambridge Analytica Data Sharing Scandal
Six years after the personal data of 87 million users was harvested and later shared without user consent with Cambridge Analytica, Australia’s privacy watchdog is suing Facebook for an incredible £266bn over the harvested data of its citizens. What Happened? From March 2014 to 2015 the ‘This Is Your Digital Life’ app, created by British…
Read MoreHow Much Does Google Know About You?
To have access to Google’s many features and services, as with other platforms, we need to give some personal information and then sign-in, but have you ever wondered just how much information Google keeps about you and your activities? Google This article looks as some of the many different types of personal information that Google…
Read MoreBillions Of Devices At Risk Due To Wi-Fi Chip Vulnerability
A security threat to devices, Wi-Fi access points (APs), and routers that comes from the Kr00k Wi-Fi chip vulnerability could affect billions according to security researchers. Kr00k The existence of Kr00k, also known by the catchy name of CVE-2019-15126 was made public at the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco and its discovery was attributed…
Read MoreAI Skills Course Available
A free, basic AI skills course, funded by Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (MEAE), is being made available to citizens across the EU’s 27 member states. Success in Finland The decision by the Finnish government to make the course available online across the EU to an estimated five million Europeans (1% of the…
Read MoreGigabit, Ultrafast Broadband For One Million Households In The West Midlands
Virgin Media has announced that in the UK’s largest gigabit switch-on to date, it is launching its next-generation Gig1 Fibre Broadband services for 1 million+ homes in Birmingham, Coventry and surrounding areas across the West Midlands. Speed Virgin Media says that its Gig1 Fibre Broadband offers broadband speeds up to 20 times faster than the…
Read MoreCoronavirus and Tech Shares
Coronavirus is firstly a threat to public health but the impact of the virus hitting the Chinese economy (a centre for tech goods), the threat of widescale illness among workers, the effects of measures to contain the virus and other factors have already had a serious effect on economies and tech share prices. Biggest Hit…
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