The future of tech could be before your very eyes
Contact lenses could be the future of smart tech, enabling wearers to see a whole host of information come up in their direct sight. Scleral lenses, which cover more of the white of the eye than traditional contact lenses, are being developed with tiny microLED...
PSTN switch off – what does it mean for your business?
BT plans to switch off the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) in 2025, as it moves everyone from analogue connections to digital. The switch will be universal, with no legacy systems permitted – so what does this mean for your business? The big switch over will...
Microsoft horses around with new search doodle
Microsoft inadvertently spooked users this month, when the appearance of a small graphic of a horse made countless users fear they had been hacked. In much the same way that Google uses its famous ‘doodles’ to highlight national days of importance or special...
Microsoft, Google and Apple join forces to kill off passwords for good
Alphanumeric passwords have been seen as a poor security option for almost as long as they’ve been in widespread use. Furthermore, as technology has advanced, what started as a poor option has become legitimately dangerous. Now, the tech industry’s biggest players...
Top 5 tips to get the most out of Teams
Zoom may have had its day in the sun during the pandemic, but MS Teams is now proving to be an enormously popular choice for business communications; its interoperability with the MS Office suite making it an ideal solution. To ensure you’re using Teams to its full...
Government plans to regulate crypto to protect the vulnerable
The UK government has pledged to introduce new regulations to regulate cryptocurrency and offer protections against scammers. As part of its wider plan to make the UK a ‘hub for digital payment companies’, the government has announced plans to recognise so-called...
5 ways to reduce your digital footprint
There is no practicable way of using the internet without leaving some kind of digital footprint. However, there are ways to minimise the amount of data you leave behind – to maintain some privacy but also protect yourself from scammers. Here are five quick and easy...
Broadband firms urged to do more to promote social tariffs
The government has called on broadband providers to do more to promote their social tariffs, following the news that very few of these packages have been taken up – mostly because people are unaware they exist. Around five million households around the UK are thought...
How long should your new PC actually last?
You’ve just bought a new PC? Congratulations! Of course, after the financial outlay and all the time spent making sure you’re getting the right one, you’ll want to know how long you can reasonably use your new purchase. Unfortunately, there’s no hard and fast answer...
Police shut down huge hacker forum based in the UK
A “major online marketplace for hackers” has been shut down, following an international police operation. RaidForums hosted personal data typically stolen during hacks or data breaches. At the point where it was closed down, the forum was thought to have 10 billion...