TechMan

01/09/2026

How does converting a video to 4K actually work?

Upscaling software is getting better all the time, but there are still some caveats to be aware of.

31/08/2026

Attackers often target password resets, not passwords. Secure your recovery email, phone, and security questions to keep accounts safe.

Attackers often target password resets, not passwords. Secure your recovery email, phone, and security questions to keep accounts safe.

28/08/2026

You know how the old advice was that you could spot a scam by the bad spelling and clunky grammar? You can't anymore.

Google has sued a cybercrime group it says used its Gemini AI to mass-produce scam texts and fake websites, alleging the group generated large volumes of fraudulent pages over several months, pretending to be banks, government offices, and well-known stores.

The AI lets a tiny crew pump out polished fakes faster than any team of people could.

These fakes look clean and copy real companies right down to the logo. What still works is looking at what the message wants you to do. Anything rushing you to click a link, log in, or move money should make you stop, no matter how legit it looks.

Don't tap the link. Go straight to the company's app or website yourself and check there.

Google sued Outsider operators for allegedly using Gemini AI to create phishing pages tied to 1.59M URLs and 100K+ victims.

26/08/2026

https://www.engadget.com/2238802/how-to-check-your-iphones-battery-health-and-cycle-count/

How to check your iPhone's battery health and cycle count.

24/08/2026

AI search is changing customer behaviour. To stay visible, businesses need trustworthy content, strong profiles, and online authority.

AI search is changing customer behaviour. To stay visible, businesses need trustworthy content, strong profiles, and online authority.

21/08/2026

Most of us use browser extensions. Ad blockers, coupon finders, grammar checkers, AI tools, custom new tab pages. They make life easier, so we install them and never think about them again.

The problem? Browser extensions can often see a lot more than people realise. Depending on the permissions you've granted, they may be able to read what you view online, access information you enter into websites, and monitor your browsing activity.

Most extensions are perfectly legitimate. But not all of them. Some are designed to collect excessive amounts of data, while others start out trustworthy, get sold to a new owner, and later receive updates that introduce privacy or security risks.

Take two minutes and check what's installed:
In Chrome type chrome://extensions into the address bar or in Edge type edge://extensions.
Remove anything you don't recognise or no longer use.
For the extensions you keep, open Details and review the permissions. A simple tool shouldn't need access to everything on every website.

Just like the apps on your phone, browser extensions deserve an occasional clean-up. The fewer you install, the smaller your risk.

19/08/2026

Spotify Will Start Labeling AI Artists on Its Platform Next Month

The human creators behind AI-generated profiles are encouraged to voluntarily identify themselves. If they don’t, the streaming platform says it has a plan to catch them.

17/08/2026

Your phone may hold as much business data as your laptop. Secure it with locks, updates, trusted apps, and remote wipe protection.

Your phone may hold as much business data as your laptop. Secure it with locks, updates, trusted apps, and remote wipe protection.

14/08/2026

Your team connects to Wi-Fi at hotels, airports, and cafes without thinking about it. When that network has no password, or a password posted on the wall for everyone, the traffic between their laptop and the network isn't private. Someone else on the same network can potentially capture what's being sent or set up a fake "Airport Free Wi-Fi" hotspot that routes everything through their own machine.

Do this:
• Use a VPN on any device that connects to public Wi-Fi. It scrambles the connection so anyone snooping sees gibberish. Most password managers and security suites include one, or your IT provider can set it up.
• Better yet, skip public Wi-Fi for anything sensitive and use your phone's hotspot instead. A mobile connection is much harder to tamper with.
• Turn off "auto-connect to open networks" on company phones and laptops, so devices don't join random hotspots on their own.

Most websites encrypt their own traffic now, so this is less risky than it used to be. But a VPN protects everything on the device, so it's worth setting up for anyone who travels for work.

11/08/2026

An Abandoned SpaceX Rocket Crashed Into the Moon. Here’s What Happened

The rocket drifted in space for over a year before finally plummeting to the moon’s surface.