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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s identity startup ‘World’ has begun its rollout in the United States, introducing 20,000 biometric devices known as Orbs that scan users’ irises to confirm they are human. From Worldcoin to World World began life in 2019 as Worldcoin, a startup co-founded by Sam Altman and Ale...
Amazon is reported to have sacked three employees, two of whom had recently made public statements questioning Amazon’s pandemic safety measures and one who had...
The value of drone delivery services appears to have been realised now that the world’s population centres are in lockdown, with Alphabet’s (Google’s) drone del...
YouTube has launched YouTube Video Builder, a free tool that enables businesses to easily make short video adverts. Easy To Use The new free (beta) Video Builde...
If you use Twitter for business and networking and you’d like to take precautions around your tweet history, here’s how you can delete your Twitter history: ...
Following recent Wall Street Journal reports that phone data from tech companies and data providers is being used to track the movements of Americans in order t...
After a recent live-streamed interview with David Icke linked the introduction of 5G technology to the emergence of the COVID-19 the pandemic, Google’s YouTube...
Facebook has launched a desktop Messenger app for macOS and Windows for free group video calls and chats. Huge Increase The social media giant reports that...
London-based security company Redscan has reported that recent Google searches reveal how businesses are focused on how they can adapt to the security and techn...
If you have a Mac, there’s a fast and easy way to sign a digital document without the need to print it out first. Here’s how: – Save the document as...
When employees leave (or are asked to leave) or retire from businesses and organisations, those entities still have a legal responsibility to ensure that securi...
With many people working from home due to coronavirus, research by Check Point indicates that cyber-criminals may be targeting the video conferencing app ‘Zoom’...
Google has warned businesses that are tempted to disable or temporarily close their online business website during the coronavirus outbreak not to do so, as thi...
The UK government has announced that the UK’s big ISP’s are removing caps on data for fixed-line broadband during the coronavirus pandemic. Fixed-Line Broadband...
Here are some tips for keeping your laptop battery in good condition and the screen nice and clean: The Battery – Avoid using the laptop in very hot place...
Microsoft’s collaborative working platform ‘Teams’ is reported to have seen a massive 12 million user boost in one week as a result of remote-working through th...
Robots armed with UV-C ultraviolet light beams that can effectively disinfect surfaces in a hospital room in 10-20 minutes are helping in the fight against COVI...
Facebook and Instagram have reduced the quality of videos shared on their platforms in Europe as demand for streaming has increased due to self-isolation. Lower...
It has been reported that the surge in the use of streaming music and video services has been accompanied by a surge in the number of user accounts being taken...
If you’re wondering how you can effectively and safely clean your smartphone as an extra way to help protect yourself from the threat of bacteria and viruses, h...
The current global health crisis may bring many different IT security challenges to businesses and organisations and this article highlights some of the ways th...
Some cybercriminals have already taken advantage of the fear surrounding the Covid-19 outbreak by sending out phishing emails that promise cures, seek donations...
The need for people to work from home during the Covid-19 outbreak is reported to have led to a huge increase in the downloads of business teleconferencing apps...
Apple has announced that due to the global spread of COVID-19, it will be closing all of its retail stores outside of Greater China until March 27. Flexible Wor...
If you’re connecting via a mobile device, information, notifications and updates going to and from apps that run in the background can sap your battery power an...
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