With the Online Safety Bill threatening to undermine end-to-end encryption, we look at the strengths and weaknesses of this security trade-off.
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Trials Running Broadband Cables Through Water Pipes
The UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has launched a £4 million trial project in South Yorkshire to run fibre optic broadband cables through drinking water pipes to connect-up rural locations.
Read More Macs in Business
h Macs getting a huge boost in popularity over the pandemic and a new report showing Mac shipments growing almost twice as fast as the PC market as a whole in 2021, we look at why more businesses are embracing Macs, and also what challenges Macs can bring.
Read More Most People To Have Digital Wallets By 2026
While some people are busy asking whether we’re seeing the death of cryptocurrencies, a new report says 60% of us will be using digital wallets by 2026. Digital Wallet Usage Driven By ‘Superapps’ A Juniper Research study says that the presence of ‘superapps’ will drive digital wallet use in developing […]
Read More Google Improves ‘Quoted Search’
Google has made it easier to make quoted searches by adding snippets to search results to help users save time in locating a phrase in a web page. Quoted Searches Quoted Searches are searches where the search term is placed within quotation marks to find an exact match in the […]
Read More What Is GitHub, GitLab etc?
In this insight, we take a look at what GitHub and GitLab are and why they are important in the world of software development. GitHub, from GitHub Inc., is a not-for-profit website and cloud-based hosting service for open-source development projects – it is the largest open-source host. It helps developers, […]
Read More Spotting Fake Reviews And Dubious Ratings On Amazon
Following Amazon suing the admins of more than 10,000 Facebook groups over an alleged co-ordinated fake reviews campaign, we look at how to spot fake reviews and dubious ratings on Amazon.
Read More 1976 Apple Expected To Fetch Around $500,000 (£400,000)
A 1976 Apple-1 prototype, believed to have been owned by Steve Jobs and hand-soldered by Steve Wozniack is being auctioned and is expected to fetch around $500,000 (£400,000).
Read More Playing Video Games For Long Periods Isn’t Bad For You
Why do we believe spending time playing video / online games is bad for us when a new study has concluded that there is little to no evidence for a causal connection between game play and well-being.
Read More How Many People Are Homeworking Now?
With an ONS survey showing that from October to December 2019 and January to March 2022, homeworking in the UK more than doubled from 4.7 million to 9.9 million people, we take a closer look at the figures and what’s behind them. COVID 19 Pandemic Triggered Huge Rise In Homeworking […]
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