IT & Security News
Data Centres Now ‘Critical National Infrastructure’
Prompted by the effects of the global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike, the UK has moved to protect UK data-centres by classing them as ‘Critical National Infrastructure’ (CNI). CrowdStrike Back in July, a global IT outage caused by a faulty update (impacting Windows systems) from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike significantly affected multiple sectors in the…
New Bill Makes Digital Possessions ‘Personal’
The UK government says the new Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill’ will, for the first time in British history, give protection to digital holdings, including cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens such as digital art, and carbon credits by considering them as “personal property” under the law. What’s Been Happening Up Until Now? At the moment, UK law…
Using Work Laptops for Personal Activities (Part 2)
In this second part article, where we review the issues around employees engaging in personal activities on company-issued devices, we look deeper into the legal and compliance implications and provide real-world case studies of security breaches. We also examine how businesses can protect themselves against these growing threats. Last Week In the previous article, with…
ChatGPT Now Offers Complex Reasoning
ChatGPT’s maker, OpenAI, has announced the introduction of its new OpenAI o1 large language model that can use “complex reasoning” to fact-check its own answers before giving them. ChatGPT Plus and Teams Users Can Try It Now The new o1 model is already available to ChatGPT Plus or Team users, and in OpenAI’s API. OpenAI…
Pollinger’s Productivity : July 2024
By Jonathan Pollinger : Social Media Trainer WhatsApp Taking on Zoom? As well as the Zoom-like features you can now add your email address to WhatsApp, making it possible to login from any device whether it is internet connected or not. As well as the Zoom-like features, you can now add your email address to…
Pollinger’s Productivity : Aug 2024
By Jonathan Pollinger – Social Media Trainer Meta Ad-Revenue Continues To Rise Meta announced its quarterly results this morning and increased its ad-revenue, once again. Businesses across the globe spent a staggering $38 billion over the past quarter on ads, up from $31 billion in the previous quarter. Mark Zuckerberg said, “We had a strong…
Pollinger’s Productivity : Sept 2024
By Jonathan Pollinger – Social Media Trainer Add Custom Thumbnails To Your TikToks TikTok has introduced the ability to add custom thumbnails to videos. This feature allows users to upload their own custom images as thumbnails. Thumbnails can be created outside the app using design tools like Canva. By selecting a thumbnail that effectively represents…
Apple ‘Glowtime’ Event : Debrief
At Apple’s “Glowtime” on September 9, (‘Glowtime’ being a reference to glowing lights around the device screen when Siri is active), an event to Apple’s latest products and innovations the company, Apple introduced the iPhone 16 series, Apple Watch Series 10, and AirPods 4. Apple’s iPhone 16 lineup, featuring the iPhone 16, 16 Plus,…
Yoast Gets AI Optimize (Yes, with a ‘Z’)
Yoast, the company behind the popular SEO plugin for WordPress, has announced the introduction of ‘Yoast AI Optimize’ feature which is designed to simplify SEO tasks by providing AI-powered optimisation suggestions for content at the click of a button. Helps With Essential SEO Factors Specifically, ‘Yoast AI Optimize’, which is only available to Yoast SEO…
300% Canva Price Hike Backlash
Popular online graphic design platform Canva is facing a backlash from customers following a price hike of up to 300% for its Teams subscription. What Is Canva Teams? The subscription-based Canva Teams feature within the Canva platform (an alternative to image editing platforms like Adobe), allows multiple users to collaborate on designs, share projects, and…
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