Month: October 2022
Businesses waste a full-time working week setting up video calls
Audio player loading… Research conducted by MAXHUB found that out of 2,000 British workers, most (59%) take up to 10 minutes to set up video conferencing calls. Although this may not sound like much, the company says it equates to 200 minutes a month – or 40 hours a year…
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iMessage is back up and running
Apple says that it’s fixed the iMessage and FaceTime outage that was causing “message not delivered” errors on Tuesday for about half an hour starting at 11:48AM ET (8:48AM PT). According to the company’s system status page, the issue affected “some” users, which lines up with our experience; while one…
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The most popular brand for phishing attacks might surprise you
Audio player loading… Global logistics and shipping powerhouse DHL is the most represented brand in phishing attacks, with most criminals using its name and logo as they try to steal people’s login data, payment information, and even money, experts have warned. A new report from Check Point examining the threat…
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Artists to get Shutterstock payout for Dall-E AI images
Audio player loading… AI-generated content is coming to Shutterstock, the company has announced. Building on an existing partnership with OpenAI – the research lab behind popular text-to-image creator Dall-E – the initiative will let users generate content based on their defined criteria. But in order to ‘teach’ the AI, Shutterstock…
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Lucid’s $1,200 at-home EV charger can add up to 80 miles per hour
Electric car maker Lucid just announced its first set of accessories, which include an at-home charging station that’s capable of supporting up to 19.2kW of electrical power, which works out at around 80 miles of range per hour of charge. The Lucid Connected Home Charging Station retails for $1,200, and…
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Google Chrome is dropping support for Windows 7 and 8.1, so update now
Audio player loading… Google has confirmed it will end Chrome support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 in early 2023 as it streamlines its focus on Windows 10 and above. In a post on the company’s support page (opens in new tab) entitled “Sunsetting support for Windows 7 / 8.1…
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