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Tech Tip : Automatically Clear Out Repetitive Emails
If automated alerts or regular notifications gradually fill your Outlook inbox, Sweep can automatically clear out older messages from particular senders so you do not have to keep tidying them manually.Why Is This Useful?Sweep is particularly useful for emails where you normally only need the latest message, such as regular status updates, delivery notifications, automated reports or promotional emails.Instead of creating a...
Featured Article : Turn Your Home WiFi Into A Security Motion Sensor
Comcast has begun turning compatible Xfinity home routers into camera-free motion detectors, showing how WiFi infrastructure can now do far more than connect devices while raising important questions about privacy, data use and intelligent buildings.What Has Comcast Launched?The new capability forms part of Xfinity Shield, a wider home-protection platform currently being rolled out to Xfinity Internet customers in the United...
Company Check : Microsoft Combines Its Copilot Apps
Microsoft has combined its standalone consumer Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps into a single updated Copilot experience, simplifying a confusing product line while making its AI assistant a more direct gateway into Word, Excel, Outlook and the rest of Microsoft 365.Why Were There Two Copilot Apps?For many people, Microsoft’s Copilot branding may have become difficult to follow in recent...
Security Stop-Press : Expired Visa Cards Can Be Revived For Contactless Payments
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have shown how some expired Visa cards could be manipulated to make contactless payments after they should have stopped working.The “Zombie Card” attack uses NFC relays to alter the expiry date seen by a payment terminal without breaking the card’s encryption.Researchers demonstrated payments of US$1, US$100 and US$500, although success depended partly on...
Tech News : AI To Triage UK Police 101 Calls
UK police are beginning to use artificial intelligence to decide where non-emergency 101 calls should go before they reach a human operator, with a £1.4 million system designed to cut waiting times, reduce wasted police time and redirect millions of misdirected calls more efficiently.What Is Changing?The new Natural Language Processing system has already gone live with South Yorkshire Police after...
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