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Tech Insight : What Are 'Zero-Day' Attacks?

What Are ‘Zero-Day’ Attacks?

In this tech insight, we look at what ‘zero-day’ attacks are, then look at some recent high-profile examples and ultimately at what businesses can do to protect themselves from zero-day attacks.  Sophisticated Attacks That Highlight Vulnerabilities  In the ever-evolving landscape of digital threats and cyber warfare, one term often sends chills down the spines of…

Featured Article : AI Fears Prompt Hollywood Actors To Strike

AI Fears Prompt Hollywood Actors To Strike 

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), the US actors’ union with 160,000 members has gone on strike mainly over fears that AI will reduce earnings and damage their profession.  New Agreement Needed  One of the Union’s main roles is negotiating terms between actors and the studios, and the last agreement…

Tech News : Musk’s New AI Company’s Mission To “Understand The Universe”

Musk’s New AI Company’s Mission To “Understand The Universe”

There’s nothing like setting the bar high and Elon Musk recently announced in a Twitter Spaces audio chat that the purpose of his new AI company, xAI, will be to “understand the universe”.  What Is xAI?  xAI is Elon Musk’s new startup that aims to build a kind of ‘good’ AI system that will lead to…

Tech News : New Sketch-To-Image AI Tool Launched

New Sketch-To-Image AI Tool Launched

London and San Francisco–based startup Stability AI has announced the launch of ‘Stable Doodle’, a sketch-to-image AI-based tool that converts a simple drawing into a dynamic image.  Creates An Image From A Simple Doodle and Text Description  The new tool from Clipdrop by Stability AI, creates images from a simple doodle (sketched with a mouse)…

Tech Trivia : Did You Know? This Week in Tech-History ...

Avoiding Enemy Aircraft … Or The Car in Front!

In July 1940, a Bristol Blenheim like this one was the first aircraft to successfully use radar to detect enemy aircraft, proving that radar could help provide an effective electronic defence whilst being deployed in the air. It’s often been said that Britain would have lost the Battle of Britain had it not been for…

Tech News : Passwordless Future : Google 'Passkeys'

MSPs – Looking Over Your Staff’s Shoulders?

Given the importance to MSPs of recruiting and retaining excellent staff, it’s more important than ever to maximise the value they get from their relationship with the business. To this end, it may be worth reviewing a precis about a recent academic study. A recent 2023 article entitled “Is someone looking over my shoulder? An…

Time Presentation For MSPs

For More of MKLINK’s MSP MBA Marketing & IT Training Resources, Make Sure You’ve Registered your account for free now at www. MKLINK.org Time Presentation For MSPs Some interesting results came back from an academic paper in 2022 by 3 researchers  Jeong Hwang and Suk.  Their research  studied  2129 participants which showed how the presentation of…

July 1968 ... The Start of 'More Noise'.

The Start Of “More Noise”

On 18th July 1968, Intel was incorporated. These days, you’ll know them as the wildly successful manufacturer of microchips and indeed the processor that you’re using right now in whichever device you’re holding may well have “Intel Inside”. One of their big-breaks came when they correctly predicted that memory chips were going to have a…

If We Were Supposed to Fly

“If We Were Supposed to Fly, God Would Have Given Us Wings”

On July 17, 1821, Spain ceded Florida to the United States. From this State, almost exactly 148 years later (July 16 1969), the first men to land on the moon were launched into space from Cape Canaveral, as part of the Apollo 11 Space Program. If you were around at the time, you may even…

Tech Insight : How 'Copilot' Can Help Your Business

How ‘Copilot’ Can Help Your Business

In this tech insight, we take a look at what Microsoft 365 Copilot is, how it is being used, and how it can help your business.   What Is Copilot?   Introduced in March 2023, Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI assistant that’s embedded within the Microsoft 365 apps and services to help users save time and…

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