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LinkedIn Testing Premium Company Pages
LinkedIn is testing a ‘Premium Company Page’ subscription service for SMEs which includes AI-produced content and tools to grow follower counts, as well as other features to raise the profiles of subscribers. What Is It? LinkedIn says the LinkedIn Premium Company Page is: “a subscription to help you make your Page stand out and convert more…
Used iPhone Components To Be Allowed For iPhone Repairs
Apple has announced that beginning in the autumn with select iPhone models, customers and independent repair providers will be able to utilise used Apple components in the repair process. Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, John Ternus, said: “With this latest expansion to our repair program, we’re excited to be adding even more choice and…
Oxford’s Secure Quantum Computing Breakthrough
Researchers at Oxford University’s UK Quantum Computing and Simulation Hub claim to have made what could be an important breakthrough in quantum computing security. The Issue As things stand, if businesses want to use cloud-based quantum computing services, they face privacy and security issues when trying to do so over a network, similar to the…
FM Market Dominance Concerns
Following an initial report on AI Foundation Models (FMs) last year, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has expressed “real concerns” about it and is investigating the dominance of a small number of big tech firms at the centre of the FM market. Foundation Models Foundation models (FMs) are AI systems / large-scale machine learning…
Stop Your Data Being Used To Train AI
In this insight, we look at the process of AI training, the potential pitfalls of misused data, and what measures can be taken to protect your personal and business data from being used to train AI. Data – For AI Training AI training, at its core, involves feeding large datasets to algorithms, thereby enabling them…
A Big Stink About Ink
After trying to dismiss a lawsuit from HP customers angry at a firmware update (meaning that their HP printers wouldn’t work with third-party ink cartridges), we look at how HP is answering the arguments within the antitrust ink cartridge lawsuit and what the implications could be for customers. The Lawsuit Back in January, printing premier…
Rampant Referrals For MSPs – Part 7
Okay, so as a quick recap, last time we looked at how referrals can be sabotaged in terms of personality issues. Specifically, we looked at : – Underestimating the Importance of Soft Skills– Lack of Personal Connection– Lack of ProfessionalismAnd then we looked at the personality traits to foster, namely empathy, trustworthiness, enthusiasm, and likeability.…
Apple To Allow Retro Console Game Emulators On App Store Globally
As part of its compliance with EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules, Apple has announced a change in its App Store rules to allow emulators for retro console games globally. The change allows an option for downloading the titles, but Apple has warned the developers of such emulator apps that need to follow copyright rules. …
Headaches For MSPs As Microsoft Unbundles Teams
Microsoft’s announcement that it will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally is likely to cause considerable headaches for IT departments and managed service providers. Why Unbundle? Teams is to be unbundled and sold separately globally (it’s been unbundled in the EU since last October) in response to an…
Google May Charge For AI Internet Searches
Google is reportedly considering charging for premium AI-powered Internet searches as the company fears that AI chatbots are undercutting its search engine. Advertising-Funded Google, up until now, has relied mainly on an advertising-funded business model (Google Ads) as a way to collect data and monetise its market-leading search. However, it seems that fears around users…
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