Mike Knight

As Europe faces a worsening housing shortage, a new generation of construction robots is being pitched as a solution, but how realistic is the idea, and what does it mean for sustainability, workers, and the industry as a whole? Rethinking the Way We Build Housing shortages aren’t new, but in parts of Europe (including the […]

Microsoft Copilot Pages is a new editable workspace, like Word, integrated with Copilot. It enables AI-assisted content creation, editing, sharing, tagging, and collaboration across documents on desktop and mobile. [Note – To Watch This Video without glitches/interruptions, It may be best to download it first]

This tech tip shows you how to effortlessly block unwanted contacts and silence annoying unknown callers, giving you peace of mind and distraction-free messaging. Blocking Unwanted Contacts: – Open WhatsApp and go to the chat with the contact or number you want to block. – Tap the contact’s name or number at the top of

Despite the whirlwind of hype, new research suggests that generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude have, so far, made barely a ripple in the labour market, leaving jobs and wages largely untouched. A Grounded Reality Check A comprehensive study by economists Anders Humlum (University of Chicago) and Emilie Vestergaard (University of Copenhagen) has found

In this Tech Insight, we look at how a major ransomware attack on M&S could happen, who was behind it, how it caused such widespread disruption, and what it means for the company, its customers, and the wider UK retail sector. What Happened and When? To help understand how the cyber attack on Marks &

Google’s app marketplace has shed nearly half its titles since early 2024, in what looks like the biggest quality purge the platform has ever seen. A Surprising Stat with Big Implications Whereas at the start of last year, Google Play Store had around 3.4 million apps, according to new analysis from app intelligence platform Appfigures,

The recent mass blackout in Spain and Portugal has raised concerns over whether something similar could hit the UK, and what the fallout would be for British businesses. Spain And Portugal Plunge Into Darkness On 28 April, large parts of Spain and Portugal lost power in a sudden, widespread outage. Train lines stopped mid-journey, airports

Apple has been referred for possible criminal contempt by a US judge who found it wilfully defied a court order to open its App Store to greater competition, escalating its long-running legal battle with Epic Games and raising the stakes for one of the world’s most powerful tech firms. Dramatic The ruling marks a dramatic

Google says the future of AI depends on a new generation of electricians and that’s why it’s investing massively to train them. A Different Kind of Skills Shortage As artificial intelligence (AI) systems grow ever more powerful, so too does their appetite for energy. From data centres to new-generation processors, it seems that the infrastructure

You can be working on one document (e.g. a MS Word document or a spreadsheet or Powerpoint presentation) and get CoPilot to intelligently source material from another location (such as another document or online source) and embed it in your working document. Not only that, it can also auto-format it for you so that it