Tech Talk: Bill Magee One assumes, as one does amid this bothersome Covid-19 lockdown, that when the Royal Family got together online to celebrate the Queen’s 94th birthday, “The Firm” as they’re affectionately known, took every cybersecurity privacy and security precaution possible before using Zoom. However, it remains somewhat surprising just exactly why that particular tele-conferencing […]
In the rush online beware of a new type of virus
Tech Talk: Bill Magee It reads like a tale of industrial espionage worthy of gracing the pages of a Le Carre novel and centred on a deadly global virus. But not Covid-19. Enter the “Wicked Panda.” Wicked what..? you might ask. Read on. Businesses should realise there is another virulent outbreak out there and in […]
Digital savvy executives will lead tomorrow’s game-changers
Tech Talk: Bill Magee Coronavirus has exposed surprisingly high numbers of UK business leaders who have ‘fessed up to being digitally deficient. Worse still, they’ve failed to thoroughly formulate their organisation’s digitization strategy to better cope amidst a global crisis yet to spike. Everyone is trying to work out how to handle such mass disruption […]
Nerves jangling at the Bank as Huawei gets hands on 5G tiller
Tech Talk: Bill Magee I’d give my last fiver, or should that be yuan, to be a fly on the wall at the obsessively risk-averse Bank of England at the moment. BoE must be far from happy the UK Government has included a certain telecoms company in Britain’s 5G and fibre rollout despite strong opposition. […]
GenAlphas finding their voice in the age of Alexa
Tech Talk: Bill Magee It’s refreshing to learn that increasingly digital youngsters are not taking as read – or rather heard – everything tech-based voice assistants like Alexa tell them. What’s depressing is to discover that for a mere €300, information can be so manipulated online as to sidetrack legitimate discussions and polarise public opinion. […]