iPhone users could soon make repairs to broken devices themselves, after Apple revealed a new ‘self-repair’ programme.
Campaigners have long called on the technology giant to allow its users to repair their devices if they feel comfortable and able doing so. However, Apple resisted their calls for many years, claiming it was too dangerous a process and that getting a professional to do the work would result in a better finish.
Microsoft has used the recent COP26 summit to outline its sustainability plans for the years ahead.
The tech giant has already made clear its ambitious plans to become fully carbon negative by 2030 – to remove more carbon than it creates every year. Furthermore, by 2050 Microsoft plans to have removed all the carbon it would have generated since it was originally founded.
The UK government is considering new legislation that would force technology companies to keep users of their platforms safe from abuse.
The Online Safety Bill would force companies such as Facebook and Twitter to regulate the content shared on their platforms. It would also provide Ofcom with new powers of regulation, in a bid to stamp out behaviours described as currently being “legal but harmful” – everything from online bullying and abuse, to advocacy of self-harm and spreading misinformation.
Record levels of cyber attacks were recorded last year – with unscrupulous criminals targeting organisations working on Covid-19 research.
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre recorded 777 incidents between August 2020 and September 2021, up from 723 the year before. Of these, around 20% of affected organisations had some link to the healthcare sector – including hospitals and vaccine research centres.
Microsoft continues to develop Teams as part of its “single pane of glass” vision, enabling business users to chat, share documents and join real time voice and video conferencing calls.
With over 300,000 organisations and 115 million daily users, if you’re one of them, you might want to brush up on some power user tips and get the most from the software. So here are five of our favourites to get you started.
Ransomware presents the most immediate danger to UK businesses, according to the head of Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre.
In a speech given earlier this month, Lindy Cameron warned that ransomware poses the most immediate danger – not just to businesses but also schools, local councils and national governments. In fact, recent attacks that hit everyone from Hackney Council to the Irish Health Service show that nobody is exempt.
Outages and downtime – the likes of which were seen recently on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram – may become a much more regular occurrence in future. This is the view of tech experts who believe the recent outages may not be the one-off event that many will have hoped.
The average employee receives 120 emails per day, and has 200 messages in their inbox. This results in them spending 28% of the working day on emails – or around 13 hours of every working week.
If this sounds familiar, there are some easy and creative ways to cut down on time spent reading and replying to emails, without impacting your productivity or output.
Microsoft has rolled out Windows 11 as a free upgrade for all Windows 10 users – so what can you expect from the refreshed OS?
Perhaps the biggest change comes not in the form of a feature, but a change to the way Microsoft will roll out these updates in future. Following the like of Apple, Windows updates will be rolled out more frequently in future, with refreshes promised every year.
Telecoms firms have been warned they could be at risk from a mysterious cybercrime group that has been using much more sophisticated techniques than your average hacker.
Cyber security firm Cloudstrike identified the presence of hackers able to spy on users of telecoms providers across the world. The group uses technology developed itself to gain access to consumers’ details (such as their subscriber information and call metadata) without even needing to hack their phones directly. Instead. All this can be gleaned straight from the carrier.
