Tech Tip

If you’d like to fortify your passwords to make them exceptionally challenging to crack, incorporating emojis can prove remarkably effective. It might come as a surprise to many users but, as highlighted recently by Kaspersky, some popular apps and online platforms (e.g. Dropbox and OpenAI) permit the use of emojis to bolster the strength of […]

November 2, 1936 : BBC Basics “Gentlemen, you have now invented the biggest time-waster of all time. Use it well.”, said Isaac Shoenberg, head of the EMI research team that developed the first fully electronic television system to be used in regular broadcasting. On the second of November 1936, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) transmitted the first-ever

If you’d like to protect your privacy and prevent yourself from being tracked by websites other than the one you are currently visiting, there’s a way to automatically block third-party cookies in Google Chrome. Here’s how: – In Chrome, click on the three dots (top right) and click on ‘Settings’. – Click on ‘Privacy and

If there’s a particular and important chat you access frequently, you can create a shortcut for it on your device’s home screen. Here’s how: Long-press on the specific chat in the chat list until it’s selected. Tap on the three dots (top right). Choose “Add chat shortcut.” Tap on “Add”. This will create a shortcut

If there’s a particular WhatsApp chat you would like to prioritise, you can pin it to the top of your chats list. Here’s how: – For Android: Tap and hold the chat you want to pin, then tap the Pin symbol at the top of the screen. – For iPhone: Swipe right on the chat

If you’d like to use WhatsApp to save time when asking a group of people the same question, making it look as though you’ve asked each of them individually and not having to open each chat to ask them separately, here’s how:  – For Android: Tap on Chats > Menu (three dots top right)> New

If you’ve got a long list of bookmarks in Google Chrome that’s not in order, using ‘Bookmark Manager’ can help get your bookmarks organised and easily navigable. Here’s how to use it: – In Chrome, top right, click on the three dots and select Bookmarks > Bookmark manager. – Your bookmark list, with a border

If you’d like an easy way to let others know where you are, e.g. a group of friends on a night out, or as a safety precaution, you can choose to share your location on WhatsApp. Here’s how: – Go to ‘Settings’ on your phone. – Tap ‘Apps’ (or scroll down on iPhone). – Select

If you’re looking for a fast, easy, and effective prompt to make ChatGPT write in a specific stye, or the style of a specific person / type of person, try assigning a role. Here’s how: – To give ChatGPT a persona / a well-known personality, or make it write in the style(s) of a certain

If you would like to save time and speed up your phone charging, here are six easy ways you can do this: 1. Switch To Airplane Mode Switching on Airplane mode stops the cellular, Bluetooth, radio, and Wi-Fi features which all drain the battery, and in Airplane mode your phone loses less power. Turning on