Two Key Cyber Security Insights

Featured Article : New Reports Reveal Two Key Cyber Security Insights

With phishing attacks being favoured for their effectiveness by attackers and most ransomware attacks now targeting backup storage, we look at what businesses can do to protect themselves.   Spear Phishing Accounted For Two-Thirds Of All Attacks Last Year  A recent report from security provider Barracuda has revealed that although spear phishing attacks make up just…

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11% Of Female Gamers Left Suicidal By Online Abuse

Tech News : 11% Of Female Gamers Left Suicidal By Online Abuse

New Sky Broadband research has revealed that the level of abuse suffered by female online gamers from male gamers has been so strong that over one-in-ten (11 per cent) have been left feeling suicidal.  Shocking Levels of Harassment and Abuse  The level of harassment and abuse revealed by the statistics in the study is shocking. For example, some…

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Musk’s Brain Chips Ready For Humans

Tech News : Musk’s Brain Chips Ready For Humans

Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-machine interface device company has been given the green light from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a clinical study with humans as subjects.  What Is Neuralink?  Neuralink is a neurotechnology company co-founded by Elon Musk in 2016. The company aims to develop high-bandwidth brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) with the…

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MSP : Using The Ego Trap

Tech Insight : What Are SPF, DKIM, And DMARC Records?

Capitalising on Ego Traps: Some Potential Persuasion for Managed IT Services Some recent research by Dolinski, Grzyb & Kulesza explores a new social influence technique called the “egotistic trap”. I personally call it the “Emperors New Clothes Trap” and here you’ll see why. Here are the main points : First of all – the Concept:…

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Tech Trivia : Did You Know? This Week in History

On June 8th, 1978, a technological milestone was born, significantly shaping the future of computing because this was the day that marked the introduction of the Intel 8086, Intel’s inaugural 16-bit microprocessor. In the world of computing and microprocessors, the term “bit” signifies the basic units of data a processor can process simultaneously. Transitioning from…

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New AI That Generates 3-D Models From Text

Tech Insight: New AI That Generates 3-D Models From Text

The Shap-E AI system from OpenAI (creators of ChatGPT) and available for open-source download, can create 3D models from text.  What Is It?  According to the Cornell University researchers behind the system, Shap-E is “a conditional generative model for 3D assets” which, unlike other 3D generative models “generates the parameters of implicit functions that can be rendered as…

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Want A .Dad Domain For Father’s Day?

Featured Article : Want A .Dad Domain For Father’s Day

Here we look at most of the modern top-level domains and their uses, along with the advantages and disadvantages of choosing a newer, lesser known, or more specific TLD for your website domain name.  What Are Top Level Domains?  Top-Level Domains (TLDs) are the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System (DNS) structure of…

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ChatGPT Banned At Apple

Tech News : ChatGPT Banned At Apple

Apple has reportedly banned the internal use of ChatGPT and other chatbots plus AI writers like Bard, Copilot and GitHub to prevent the sharing of sensitive company information.  Internal Document Seen  The ban came to light following a report by the The Wall Street Journal, which said it had seen internal documents informing Apple employees of…

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AI Contributes To 55,000 BT Jobs Cuts

Tech News : AI Contributes To 55,000 BT Jobs Cuts

BT has announced that the completion of its fibre roll-out, 5G rollout, adapting to new technologies like AI, plus general cost cutting are key reasons why it will be axing up to 55,000 jobs, primarily in the UK, by the end of the decade.  40 Per Cent Of The Workforce  The massive 40 per cent…

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Getting Off The Ground Isn’t Always Easy!

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

Chuck Yeager (famous for being the first to break the sound barrier) mentioned in his excellent autobiography that whilst he was training Neil Amstrong in high-altitude flying, he found him a little a bit cocky. In fairness, Neil did have a training crash at one point and was lucky to survive – these were very…

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