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.

Tech News : Business ChatGPT API Launched

Tech News : Business ChatGPT API Launched

OpenAI has announced the general release of API access to ChatGPT and their ‘Whisper’, which is an automatic speech recognition (ASR) AI model. 

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Security Stop-Press : Multi-Factor Authentication Limitations Highlighted

Security Stop-Press : Multi-Factor Authentication Limitations Highlighted

It has been reported that although Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) has long been a standard security practice for guarding against account takeover it does have limitations.

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Tech News : Even After Opting Out, Your Data May Still Be Shared

Tech News : Even After Opting Out, Your Data May Still Be Shared

A recent US research paper entitled “Opted Out, Yet Tracked: Are Regulations Enough to Protect Your Privacy?” highlights how, in many cases, user data is still being collected, p

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Featured Article : Dealing With Social Media Addiction

Featured Article : Dealing With Social Media Addiction

With TikTok announcing new features for teens and families, including a 60-minute daily screen time limit, we look at the issue of social media addiction and ideas for tackling it. 

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Tech-Insight : What Is OLED?

Tech-Insight : What Is OLED?

In this article, we look at what OLED is and its advantages, and we take a brief look at the other types of LED displays available. 

What Is OLED? 

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Tech News : Could ‘Organoid’ Computers Be Next?

Tech News : Could ‘Organoid’ Computers Be Next?

Researchers from the John Hopkins University working with Dr Brett Kagan (chief scientist at Cortical Labs in Melbourne) have reported that brain ‘organoid’ biocomputing devices could be the next ‘

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Security Stop-Press : Failure To Update Plex Was Behind LastPass Hack

Security Stop-Press : Failure To Update Plex Was Behind LastPass Hack

It’s been reported that a LastPass engineer failing to update Plex with a patch for a nearly three-year-old flaw on their home computer enabled the massive LastPass hack where a “threat ac

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Featured Article : TikTok Trouble?

Featured Article : TikTok Trouble?

Following the banning of Chinese short video sharing app TikTok from EU and US government devices, plus more trouble on the way in Canada, we look at some of the reasons why. 

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Tech News : New Meta Verified Blue Badge Subscription Service

Tech News : New Meta Verified Blue Badge Subscription Service

Meta has announced it’s launching its own version of Twitter’s Blue Tick called ‘Meta Verified’ for Facebook and Instagram where users pay a monthly subscription to be verified on the platforms.&nb

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Tech-Insight : Throttling And The “Big Switchoff”

Tech-Insight : Throttling And The “Big Switchoff”

With OpenReach now ‘throttling’ broadband speeds and limiting phone calls as measures designed to gently “nudge” customers to upgrade as the “Big Switchoff” approaches, we l

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