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If a link opens in a certain app rather than in the browser e.g. a link to Facebook page or a Tweet, you could find yourself waiting around while your phone shuts down Chrome before it loads something else. You can avoid this by: Going to Settings > Apps Finding the app that keeps opening.…
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Art galleries and dealers in the UK have lost hundreds of thousands of pounds after being targeted by email hackers. Monitor, Intercept and Replace The social engineering scam, known as a ‘man-in-the-email’ (man in the middle / MITM) attack, which has also worked on US art dealers, involves hacking into the email account of targets…
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Banking industry group LINK has warned that a plan to cut the fees that fund their cash machines could mean that more ATMs will be axed. What Fees? The 38 Card issuers (banks and building societies) have proposed a cut in funding (the interchange fee) that they pay to ATM operators over the next 4…
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If you want to keep your phone and data secure but don’t want the hassle of needing to input a code every single time you pick up the phone, Android’s Smart Lock feature is for you. You will find Smart Lock in your security menu and it can offer different methods of bypassing the secure…
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An Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm has been developed that can fool the Captcha website security check system by mimicking how the brain processes images and visual clues. CAPTCHA Most of us will be familiar with the Captcha system that requires us to prove that we’re not robots by recognising and entering a series of apparently…
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A new study by money management app Yolt has found that nearly half of UK shoppers (48%) don’t always check the amount before they tap to pay via contactless. Switch To Contactless The implications of the findings of the study are so significant because the UK has seen a significant shift away from cash to…
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Not only has Facebook’s Workplace Collaboration Tool exceeded expected take-up numbers by businesses, but it now getting a desktop app for group chats. What Workplace Tool? Facebook’s Workplace platform app was introduced in October 2016 to enable businesses to have their own social network while allowing Facebook to compete in the same collaborative and communications…
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Facebook has released figures ahead of a Senate hearing showing that Russia-based operatives have uploaded 80,000 posts to Facebook in the last 2 years. Big Influence? Ahead of Facebook, Twitter and Google’s Senate hearing on Monday, Facebook’s revelation about posts published between June 2015 and August 2017, means that 29 million Americans are believed to…
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The European Parliament is reported to have approved the introduction of a new system which will collect biometric information about all non-EU visitors to the EU. EES Under the EU’s newly approved entry/exit system (EES), which is also part of ‘Smart Borders’ package, anyone travelling to an EU country from a non-EU country (e.g. post-Brexit…
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Wednesday 1st November 2017 at 11.00 a.m. (UK Time) Free Interview Webinar Yes, It’s Free! This is a “No Sales Pitch Event” You don’t need to be geek …. Just a business owner! Limited spaces available for this webinar … so register now.
