News & resources

News & resources

Helpful updates and discussion to keep you informed of what’s current in the IT sector.

Due to the fast pace of the digital sector it pays to keep up to date with the latest news. Here we provide updates on any issues that might affect your business IT, plus share any developments happening within our company.

Security Stop Press : ConnectWise LockBit Alert

Security Stop Press : ConnectWise LockBit Alert

Just days after it was announced that the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), the FBI, and Europol had taken down the Russian LockBit ransomware gang’s website, it’s been reported that LockBit ransom

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Sustainability-in-Tech : ‘Gasification’ of Waste Tea Powers Factories

Sustainability-in-Tech : ‘Gasification’ of Waste Tea Powers Factories

The ‘gasification’ of waste tea prunings is being used to both provide free energy for factories in Kenya and to decarbonise the tea sector. 

Gasification 

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Tech Tip - Make MS Word Spellcheck Uppercase Too

Tech Tip - Make MS Word Spellcheck Uppercase Too

You may not know that Microsoft Word doesn’t spellcheck uppercase words by default so, if you’d like to make sure your entire document (even your uppercase words) is fully spellchecked, here’s how:

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Featured Article : Doorbell Ding Dong

Featured Article : Doorbell Ding Dong

After the Amazon-owned ‘Ring’ video doorbell company’s recent major subscription price hike across its range caused anger and made the news, we look at what customers have said and if there’s a way

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Tech Insight : What Are 'Virtual' Credit Cards?

Tech Insight : What Are 'Virtual' Credit Cards?

In this tech-insight, we take a look at the world of virtual cards, who offers them, their benefits, and other secure payment alternatives.

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Tech News : OpenAI's Video Gamechanger

Tech News : OpenAI's Video Gamechanger

OpenAI’s new ‘Sora’ AI-powered text-to-video tool is so good that its outputs could easily be mistaken for real videos, prompting deepfake fears in a year of important global elections. 

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Tech News : Google Waits On Hold For You Until A Human Answers

Tech News : Google Waits On Hold For You Until A Human Answers

Google’s new “Talk to a Live Representative” feature will call a business for you, wait on hold for you, and call you when a human representative is available. 

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An Apple Byte : Instagram and Facebook Ads 'Apple Tax'

An Apple Byte : Instagram and Facebook Ads 'Apple Tax'

Meta has announced that it will be passing on Apple’s 30 per cent service charge (often referred to as the “Apple tax”) to advertisers who pay to boost posts on Facebook and Inst

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Security Stop Press : Google Launches AI Cyber Defence Initiative

Security Stop Press : Google Launches AI Cyber Defence Initiative

In a bid to “tilt the cybersecurity balance from attackers to cyber defenders,” Google has announced the launch of its AI Cyber Defence Initiative.

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Sustainability-in-Tech : Dirt-Powered 'Forever' Fuel Cell

Sustainability-in-Tech : Dirt-Powered 'Forever' Fuel Cell

Researchers at Northwestern University in the US have created a fuel cell that harvests energy from microbes living in soil so that it can potentially last forever (or as long as there are soil mic

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