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Most People Happy With Virtual Doctors’ Appointments
A recent survey from Visionable has shown that 73 per cent of people are happy with the idea of having video consultations with their GP. Pandemic Strengthens View The survey, which originally took into account the views of 1500 people back in February (i.e. before the UK lockdown), found that at that time, 69 per…
Featured Article – Facial Recognition, Facial Authentication and the Future
Facial Recognition and facial authentication sound similar but there are distinct differences and this article takes a broad a look at how both are playing more of a role in our lives going forward. So firstly, what’s the difference? Facial Recognition This refers to the biometric technology system that maps facial features from a photograph…
Google To Pay Publishers $1 Billion
Alphabet Inc.’s CEO, Sundar Pichai has said that Google will pay $1 billion to publishers globally for their news over the next three years. Fight The fight to get Google to pay publishers for content has raged for years and there was news in February that Google was in talks with publishers with a view…
Tech Tip – Reading Articles That Are Behind Paywalls
If you find an article that you’d really like to read but it’s behind a paywall and you don’t want to sign-up to the online publication just to read one thing, here’s how to read the whole article: – Go to https://outline.com/ – Copy and paste the URL of the article you would like to read…
Uber Reclaims London Licence
A year after Transport for London (TfL) stopped ride-hailing service Uber’s London operating licence over safety concerns, an appeal has led to the company being granted a further 18-month licence. What Happened? Back in November 2019, TfL said that it had identified a pattern of failures by Uber, including breaches that had risked the safety…
Privacy Campaigners Challenge Government Over Test and Trace
Privacy campaign groups Big Brother Watch and The Open Rights Group have voiced their concerns that there is a lack of clarity from the government about how the data of users of the new NHSX contact tracing app will be protected. Concerns The privacy campaign groups are concerned that both the Track and Trace system…
Cyber Security Top of List for Digital Transformation
A recent survey appears to have shown that changes brought by the pandemic have meant that IT buyers from companies working on digital transformation now value cybersecurity the most. Survey The survey, conducted among IT business leaders attending the all-virtual Digital Transformation Expo (DTX), DTX: NOW this month showed that 26 per cent of respondents put…
Featured Article – The Challenge of User Access Permissions
Employees being given too much access to privileged, sensitive company data can put an organisation in danger. In this article, we explore the issues around this subject and how businesses can minimise the risk. Survey In a recent survey of 900 IT professionals commissioned by IT security firm Forcepoint, it was revealed that 40 per…
Tech Tip – Matching Displays
If you need to use 2 or more monitors to help you to get more things done and multi-task, here are some tips for making sure those monitor displays match up. If the monitors are the same make/model Windows may be able to automatically extend the desktop horizontally. With different monitor models/makes you may want…
Whole Village’s Broadband Stopped By an Old TV
An anonymous person living in the village of Aberhosan, Powys, was found to have caused broadband outages for the whole village for the last 18 months every time they switched on their old television. Investigation An exhaustive investigation by frustrated Openreach engineers found that the disruption to broadband for the whole village, which mysteriously began…
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