Teachers across the UK have warned that benefits from so-called ‘hybrid learning’ may only be felt by certain pupils, depending on their access to technology.
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has meant people doing much more from home – not least educating their children. As such, it’s not only companies that need to consider the implications of home working, but teachers and parents too.
Communications regulator Ofcom has pledged to investigate why some people in rural communities are being charged hundreds of thousands of pounds to get faster broadband into their homes.
Ofcom raised concerns about the amount BT is charging some homeowners to equip them with faster broadband connections.
Apple has confirmed its latest devices will finally allow 5G connectivity, in what some say is a bid to prompt mass upgrades.
The Californian company had surprised some in the tech community by holding off on 5G connectivity for an uncharacteristically long time. As many of its rivals fell over one another to secure ‘first-mover advantage’, Apple waited until it thought was the time was right.
For all the benefits that technology brings small businesses, there are some huge challenges that need to be addressed too. IT system failures are perhaps the most important of these, as they can have huge ramifications – especially for smaller enterprises that rely on these systems for ‘business as usual’.
Of all the changes brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, remote working has had among the biggest impacts. Businesses of all sizes, working across countless industries, have found themselves in a world where remote working is the norm – and is forecast to stay this way for some time still, if not indefinitely.
Analysis from Microsoft’s ‘Project Natick’ suggests that underwater data centres could be eight times more reliable than their dry land counterparts, whilst also keeping energy and operation costs low.
The tech giant has recently concluded a years-long experiment involving a shipping container-sized underwater data centre, placed on the sea floor off the cost of Scotland’s Orkney Islands.
No one can ignore the important role Excel plays our daily work. However, both for beginners and advanced users, there are still many useful tips and tricks that are inevitably overlooked. Here are 10 useful Excel spreadsheet secrets you may not know.
At its virtual ‘Time Flies’ hosted at its California HQ in September 2020, Apple has unveiled a host of new products, including updated versions of its iPad and Watch.
But with gyms closed due to coronavirus and millions seeking new ways to exercise, another product announcement caused fitness fans to catch their breath.
Multifactor authentication (MFA) has been promoted in recent years by banks, software vendors and website operators as a means to improve your overall security, but it is not a “silver bullet” and users must be aware that hacks continue. This is the warning from tech website darkreading.com in the light of a rising number of security vulnerability reports.
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven many more companies to work and collaborate remotely in 2020 than would otherwise have done so. But in a blog by Microsoft this month, it is claimed that for remote working to be a long-term success, we need to change how we think about it.
