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Proudly Supporting: Endometriosis UK, Tommy’s & 7 in 7 together (Supporting MND)

Mear Technology like to support charities close to our employees’ or customers’ hearts when we can. These charities cover both our employees’ and customers’ struggles. We have given £100.00 to each of these charities. Endometriosis UK Endometriosis impacts on the physical and mental health of 1 in 10 women and those assigned female at birth…
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Supply Chain issues for RAM and hard Drives

Industry analysts are reporting growing shortages and extended lead times on RAM and hard drives, This is now affecting the wider availability of laptops, desktops, and servers. This means rising prices, inconsistent stock, and delays to planned upgrades or projects across the market. What is causing this issue? The clue is in the news, “Micron…
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Featured Article : Major Insurers Say AI Is Too Risky to Cover

Insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are warning that artificial intelligence may now be too unpredictable to insure, raising concerns about the financial fallout if widely used models fail at scale. Anxiety As recently reported in the Financial Times, it seems that anxiety across the insurance sector has grown sharply in recent months as…
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Featured Article : Pichai Warns Of AI Bubble

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has warned that no company would escape the impact of an AI bubble bursting, just as concerns about unsustainable valuations are resurfacing and Nvidia’s long-running rally shows signs of slowing. Pichai Raises The Alarm In a recent BBC interview, Pichai described the current phase of AI investment as an “extraordinary moment”, while…
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Featured Article : AI Assistants Write Your Prompts And Do Your Shopping For You

Two new launches from Hero and Google show how everyday digital tasks are moving towards full automation, with prompt writing and online shopping now handled largely by AI rather than users. A Clear Move Towards Automated Digital Tasks AI tools have become familiar, yet many still require people to know how to phrase prompts or…
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Proudly Supporting Macmillan Cancer Support

One of our clients, Tony, loves a challenge and has decided to put his body to good use and entered for Etape Loch Ness. He will be cycling 66 miles (106km) around the iconic and beautiful Loch Ness To support Tony, please visit his Just Giving Pagehttps://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/br-K45N4VLTGBGU-2026-etape-loch-ness?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL To find out more about Etape visit https://www.etapelochness.com/event/etape-loch-ness/…
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Featured Article : Shopify Reports 7× Surge in AI-Driven Traffic

Shopify says artificial intelligence (AI) is now driving record levels of shopping activity, with traffic to its merchants’ stores up sevenfold since January and AI-attributed orders rising elevenfold, claiming it marks the start of a new “agentic commerce” era. Shopify’s AI Milestone Announced Alongside Strong Financials These latest figures were unveiled on 4 November 2025 during Shopify’s…
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Featured Article : World’s First $5 Trillion Company

Nvidia has become the first company in history to reach a $5 trillion market valuation, as investors bet that demand for its artificial intelligence chips will continue at record levels across global industries. Who Is Nvidi? Why Does It Matter? Nvidia began in the 1990s as a designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) for gaming…
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Featured Article : AI-Generated Code Blamed for 1-in-5 Breaches

A new report has revealed that AI-written code is already responsible for a significant share of security incidents, with one in five organisations suffering a major breach linked directly to code produced by generative AI tools. Vulnerabilities Found in AI Code The finding comes from cybersecurity company Aikido Security’s State of AI in Security &…
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Featured Article : 77% of Security Leaders Would Sack Phishing Victims

New research from Arctic Wolf shows that most security leaders say they would sack staff who fall for phishing scams, even as incidents rise and leaders themselves admit to clicking malicious links. Hardening of Attitudes Arctic Wolf’s 2025 Human Risk Behaviour Snapshot reveals that 77 per cent of IT and security leaders say they have…
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