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Toyota To Upload Your Data To Amazon
Toyota will use Amazon’s (AWS) cloud services for a Mobility Services Platform that will upload data from Toyota cars globally that could be used for monetised services. Data Gathering From Fleet Toyota’s platform in Amazon’s cloud will gather data from the Data...
AI-Faked Photos and Videos Concerns
Social media analytics company Graphika has reported identifying images of faces for social media profiles that appear to have been faked using machine learning for the purpose of China-based anti-U.S. government campaigns. Graphika Detects Graphika, which advertises...
Ritz Roasted
Some diners with bookings at the Ritz Hotel were reportedly targeted by phone scammers who posed as hotel staff to steal credit card details. What Happened? The ID spoofing attack involved the fraudsters pretending to be hotel staff, phoning people who already had a...
Tech Tip – Use The Timeline
If you are using Windows 10 and you need to quickly find a document that you have worked on in the past, using the Timeline can help you to find it and start working where you left off. To find files using the timeline: - Either select Task View +? on the taskbar or...
Featured Article – Remote Working and Office 365
Remote working during the pandemic has made businesses look more closely at what IT tools are best for the job. Here is a look at what Microsoft’s Office 365 has to offer. Remote Working ONS figures show that 53 per cent of those in the information and communication...
Trump Terminates TikTok
The Trump administration’s next high-profile target in its Chinese trade-war is the hugely popular video-sharing mobile app TikTok, which has been slapped with a 45-day ban in the U.S. from 20 September 2020. Executive Orders Chinese apps TikTok (from parent...
No More Laptops From Toshiba
Tokyo-based Toshiba Corporation has announced that it has now transferred the remaining 19.9 per cent of its outstanding shares in its PC business (re-branded as Dynabook Inc.) to Sharp Corporation. Helped By Foxconn Back in June 2018, Japan’s Sharp Corp announced...
Starling: an Example of Challenger Bank Boosted During Pandemic
A statement to investors from Anne Boden, CEO of Starling, gives an example of how and why starter banks and Fintech have seen a rise in popularity over the period of the pandemic. Starling Starling is a London-based, digital, mobile-only challenger bank that was...
Tech Tip – Translate Text On The Fly
If you are using Word in Windows 10 and you would like a really fast and easy way to translate text into another language and include it in your document, here’s how: - Highlight the text in your Word document that you would like to translate. - Right-mouse click and...