It looks like cyber-attacks are costing businesses more and more. One in three victims lose at least $100,000 and 11% lose up to a million. Whoah…

#CyberAttacks #expensive #CyberSecurity

https://www.techradar.com/news/cyberattacks-are-getting-more-costly-for-victims

Does the start menu in Windows 11 bother you? Relax… here’s how you can change it using a third party app

#Windows11 #StartMenu #HowTo

https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-replace-the-windows-11-start-menu/

This is great. All the big tech companies have partnered to form the Speech Accessibility Project. It wants to improve speech recognition for people with disabilities

#BigTech #SpeechRecognition #SpeechAccessibilityProject

https://www.engadget.com/apple-microsoft-meta-google-nonprofits-speech-recognition-…

If you love the keyboard clicks on your iPhone, did you know there’s a quieter way to type with iOS 16? 

#iPhone #TapTapTap #haptics

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/stop-using-your-iphones-noisy-keyboard-theres-a-better-option-in-ios-16/

You use WhatsApp, right? It’s testing a 32 person video call… that’s a big jump from the current limit of 8. For business, we advise sticking to professional tools like Teams

#WhatsApp #VideoCall #NewLimit

https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/26/23372949/whatsapp-call-video-audio-chat-share-link-new-feat…

Not good… Android spyware is back. Cyber criminals have launched a text message campaign that can steal your most sensitive data. Please warn your team

#smishing #CyberAttacks #android

https://www.techradar.com/news/this-dangerous-android-spyware-could-affect-millions-of-devices 

40% of recently promoted Amazon staff were told their bonus was smaller than promised, due to a software error. Would love to have sat in those meetings…

#amazon #SoftwareError #EmbarrassingMeetings

https://www.techspot.com/news/96098-amazon-tells-staff-software-error-miscalculated-their-compensation.ht…

Fake websites are a big problem. They look like the real thing, but they exist only to steal your login details. Now Windows 11 will warn you if you’re logging into one

#windows11 #microsoft #PhishingScam

https://www.onmsft.com/news/windows-11-users-will-now-be-able-to-protect-passwords-better-with-enha…

They say comedy is all about the timing. Japanese researchers are teaching companion robots to laugh at the right time in the right way. Cool or creepy? 

#RobotCompanions #TooReal #AIConversation

https://www.cnet.com/science/to-bond-with-humans-robots-are-learning-to-laugh-at-the-right-time/

When it comes to search engines, we all have a favorite. So, here’s how to disable Bing Search in Windows 11

#Microsoft #Windows11 #BingSearch

https://www.onmsft.com/how-to/how-to-disable-bing-search-on-windows-11

Updated your iPhone to iOS 16? You might have noticed a lot of annoying copy-paste notifications. It’s not part of the update and a fix is coming soon

#Apple #iOS16 #CopyPaste

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/apple-admits-ios-16-has-copy-paste-bug-and-a-fix-is-coming

Slack is adding video calling, just like rival Teams does. Do you use Slack in your business? Do you like everything in one package, or prefer specific software for specific tasks?

#VideoCalling #SlackVsTeamsVsZoom

https://www.techradar.com/news/watch-out-zoom-slack-is-here-to-eat-your-lunch

If you tap the ‘dislike’ or ‘not interested’ buttons on YouTube you’re probably wasting your energy. More than half the time you’ll still be recommended similar content

#YouTube #dislike #RecommendedContent

https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/20/23356434/youtube-dislike-not-interested-buttons-bad-…

Password manager LastPass says no customer data was stolen despite criminals having internal access for 4 days. We still say password managers are safer than weak passwords

#LastPass #CyberAttacks #DataBreach

https://www.engadget.com/lastpass-hacked-no-user-data-was-compromised-064640557.html