Why AI won’t take over the world just yet

By | April 22, 2024

There’s been a lot of doom and gloom talk about artificial intelligence (AI) in the tech world lately, with some dire predictions about how it’ll cost people their jobs and the world will become a terrible dystopian nightmare… which seems just a little dramatic to me. Don’t get me wrong, there are some upsides to… Read More »

Don’t lose your laptop (or phone, or tablet)…

By | April 15, 2024

This week, I thought I’d recap how to use the Find My Device feature on your smartphone, tablet or laptop.  Apple has had this feature built into its devices for a while now, and last week, Google launched its own “Find My Device” app for Android. You can use these features to find your phone,… Read More »

Pretending to be a medieval scholar

By | April 8, 2024

Today, I want to let you know about a tip that I discovered over the Easter break, when I was whiling away a rainy afternoon with a good book. Since I was away from home, instead of filling up all my bag space with heavy paper books (which admittedly, I’ve done before and will probably… Read More »

Keeping my promise about widgets

By | April 1, 2024

Some of you may remember that a few months back, I said that I would explain how to get a little display of the current weather conditions on the home screen of your phone or tablet.  You can get these little displays for your computer as well, tucked behind a button on the taskbar. These… Read More »

“Hi mum” messages & the importance of updates

By | March 25, 2024

The other day, my mum received a WhatsApp message from a number she didn’t recognise that said “Hi mum, I broke my phone earlier so I’m going to be using this number until I hopefully fix it.  Please save it x”.  Now, at face value, this doesn’t sound too alarming, does it? However, neither my… Read More »