This week in 2006 the first tweet was sent. Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder, wrote: “just setting up my twttr” 

#Twitter #FirstTweet #ThrowbackThursday

https://ccm.net/apps-sites/internet-archeology/9737-what-was-the-first-tweet-ever/

In a new low, phone scammers are using AI voice replication to call people, sounding like a loved one in trouble. They phone, often pretending to be in jail and desperate for cash

#AI #VoiceReplication #TrustNoOne

https://www.zdnet.com/article/scammers-are-using-ai-to-impersonate-your-loved-ones-heres-wha…

A new type of bot malware is designed to steal user profiles, potentially allowing crooks to bypass strong security. Switch on antivirus, use a password manager + ask us for help

#BotMalware #IdentityTheft #DataSecurity

https://www.techradar.com/news/bot-malware-could-be-the-next-big-security-risk-for-you…

Working with overseas customers and colleagues will soon become easier. Google has plans for an AI translator that supports 1,000 different languages… wow

#AI #Google #LanguageTranslator

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/google-is-building-a-1000-language-translation-ai-it-just-took-a-big-step-forward

If there’s one thing Microsoft is good at – other than, y’know, tech – it’s listening to what we want. Here are 10 of the most requested features it’s already added to Windows 11 

#Microsoft #Windows11 #BusinessProductivity

https://www.neowin.net/news/top-10-most-requested-features-micros…

“Yeah, hi. So I cleaned my mouse with lemonade and now it’s covered with ants.” These tech support disasters are really on another level – we feel bad for laughing! 

#TechFails #TechSupport #FunFriday

https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-tech-support/

37 years ago, Microsoft first went public at $21 a share – it’s since made 4 billionaires and 12,000 millionaires of its employees

#Microsoft #BusinessShares #ThrowbackThursday

https://news.microsoft.com/announcement/microsoft-goes-public/

Sustainability is a hot topic for lots of great reasons. Ask us how to extend the life cycle of your devices, and what to do with them as they reach the end of their service life

#BusinessSustainability #DeviceLifeCycle #AskUs

https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/sustainability/how-to-make-tech-more-sust…

Good afternoon all, we are Arrows Home Air and are so excited to help you with any of your HVAC needs.  Let us know how we can be of assistance. DO you need a Repair? Call us. Do you need a Replacement? Call us. Do you have questions about how your system works? Call us. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Protecting your devices from cyber criminals is high on our agenda. Do you include your phones in that security policy? Lots of businesses don’t – which could be a big mistake

#SmartPhones #CyberSecurity #DataSecurity

https://www.zdnet.com/article/five-easy-steps-to-keep-your-smartphone-safe-from-hack…

The line between human and machine may soon become more blurred if Australian researchers are to be believed. They’re using human brain cells to create smarter AI

#AI #biocomputing #OrganoidIntelligence

https://www.techradar.com/news/computers-built-by-human-brain-cells-could-help-make-ai-less-artificia…

Enter ‘monk mode’ – the zero-distraction route to productivity. It’s gone viral on TikTok, and it could help you become a lot more productive. Have you tried it? 

#MonkMode #TikTok #BusinessProductivity

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/tiktok-monk-mode-trending-viral-productivity-hack-…

If you have remote workers around the world, you need to be all over your cyber security management. Because some countries rank WAY better for security than others…

#RemoteWorking #SecurityByCountry #CyberSecurity

https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/these-are-the-most-secure-countries-for-remote-work…

When we want to find something online, nearly everyone uses Google. But it wasn’t always that way. How many of these search engines do you remember? Feeling old…

#SearchEngines #BeforeGoogle #FunFriday

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-search-engines-that-rocked-before-google-even-existed/

This week in 1989, Tim Berners-Lee first proposed the system that would eventually become the World Wide Web. He predicted that you’d click this “link” in your “browser”

#WWW #TimBernersLee #ThrowbackThursday

https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web/short-history-web

Another day, another scam. Crooks are taking advantage of the massive hype around ChatGPT. They’re setting up fake sites to spread malware that steals money and passwords

#ChatGPT #CyberCrime #NewMalware

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/chatgpt-is-now-being-used-by-hackers-to-spread-dangerous-malware-dont…

98% of businesses that use cloud technologies have something somewhere that’s not configured properly. Do you have a gap in your cloud security? We can check for you

#CloudTechnologies #misconfiguration #CyberSecurity

https://www.techradar.com/news/nearly-all-firms-have-some-kind-of-cloud-misconfigurati…

Everyone’s talking about AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Jasper. But you may be scratching your head at the jargon being thrown around. Here’s a great explainer

#AIJargon #ChatBots #ITTranslator

https://dataconomy.com/2022/04/artificial-intelligence-terms-ai-glossary/

Allowing employees to use their own devices for work could boost productivity, save costs, and improve creativity. But you need to take security seriously. Ask us for advice

#BYOD #CyberSecurity #BusinessProductivity

https://betanews.com/2023/02/15/byod-increased-business-productivity/

The Metaverse could pose massive privacy risks. Virtual Reality headsets leave a big digital fingerprint, and we’ll need new innovation to help protect us. Ask us about online privacy

#VirtualReality #Metaverse #DataPrivacy

https://venturebeat.com/virtual/new-research-suggests-that-privacy-in-the-metave…

Yahoo’s search engine turns 28 this week – it launched on March 2nd 1995. Here’s the question though – does anyone still use it?!

#Yahoo #HappyBirthday #ThrowbackThursday

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Search