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From robots that can disinfect, to smart helmets and thermal camera drones, Technology is helping China with the combat against Covid-19. At the centre of the outbreak in the country, China has used these invaluable aids to try to contain the spread of the infection by identifying symptoms and also identifying potential people carrying the virus. These helpful devices are obviously helping to limit human interaction and most vitally, helping medical staff to avoid being infected.  THE TECH Drones-These are being deployed to transport vital medical supplies/samples between hospitals. They can also identify potential carriers by using thermal imaging cameras....

Apologies to all you high-flyers of the I.T world out there, as I am sure you all know what one is, but to the everyday lay-man/woman, Computer terminology can be very confusing. For instance, do you frequently come across ‘bots’ in the daily jargon of I.T? Well, in simple terms a bot is a program that is on the network and it is programmed to automatically do certain actions/tasks. Normally these tasks are very simple, but the ‘Bot’ can do it repetitively and way faster than a human could do. (Hence, a derivative from the word ‘RoBot’) Google uses ‘Bots’...

The COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, is in the forefront of everyone’s minds around the world at present, we are being fed information from all directions, with a lot of conflicting data. To add to this confusion, cybercriminals are ‘cashing in’ on the public’s need to acquire more information about the virus and what to do to try and protect ourselves. There have been many reports about of ‘phishing scams’ (Phishing is the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.) Not only are...

Something we don’t really want to think about while we are happily browsing the internet, or doing our shopping or banking, is ‘am I protected against cyber criminals? & if not, what is my best protection? Last year, globally, there were 850 million victims of cyber-crime, someone in the world falls foul to Identity theft every 2 seconds! But as Cyber-Crime evolves, so does Antivirus Protection Products, like the Norton360 with Lifelock. (who have joined forces to be form one protection company) providing ‘All in one’ protection, including: Device Security VPN -for online privacy Safe-Cam protection With 50 Million customers...

We all have reminders about updates on our devices, but just how important are they? -well, the answer is VERY! A classic example of this is the security concerns that have been high-lighted by India’s main cyber security agency, Cert. They have strongly requested that users of the app, WhatsApp, a messaging service, should update their older versions as soon as possible, due to an issue from a video file sent from an unknown source. This has infiltrated WhatsApp’s software and used it to install spyware on devices. Although, WhatsApp (who are owned by Facebook) have stated that they have...