You’ve probably heard the name “ChatGPT” floating around, in news articles, social media, or perhaps even from a friend who’s already tried it out. It sounds like something from a sci-fi movie, but in reality, it’s a groundbreaking piece of technology that’s changing the way we interact with computers, and even with information itself. So, what exactly is it? Let’s break it down. More Than Just a Chatbot: Your New Digital Assistant At its heart, ChatGPT is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) program designed... 

In the rapidly evolving world of technology, terms often get thrown around that can be confusing for the average person. One such term that has been gaining significant traction is “GenAI.” The big question on many minds: Is GenAI a specific company, like Google or Microsoft? The short answer is no, “GenAI” is not a single company. Think of “GenAI” as a handy shorthand for Generative Artificial Intelligence. It’s a broad and exciting field within AI that focuses on creating new content. Unlike traditional... 

You’ve likely seen the headlines, heard the chatter, and perhaps even dabbled with tools that can write articles, generate images, or compose music with just a few typed words. This isn’t science fiction anymore; it’s the world of Generative AI (GenAI), and its defining characteristic is a game-changer: its ability to create entirely new, original content. Unlike traditional AI that might recognise faces in photos or predict stock market trends, Generative AI goes a step further. Instead of just analysing existing information,... 

Imagine an artist who can not only recognize a landscape but also paint an entirely new one in the style of Van Gogh, or a writer who can analyze thousands of novels and then craft an original story with a fresh plot and unique characters. That’s essentially what Generative AI does. At its core, Generative AI refers to artificial intelligence models that can create new, original content that didn’t exist before. Unlike traditional AI that might just analyze or categorize existing data, GenAI learns patterns and structures from vast... 

Back in 2014 Cloudflare announced they would offer Universal SSL to all of their customers websites, even the freebie customers, essentially doubling the size of the encrypted web overnight. This also prompted other large platforms to follow suit, resulting in even deeper encryption penetration. Today they have gone one step further in enhancing online privacy by creating Privacy-First DNS. Essentially they will offer to resolve DNS queries, supporting both https or TLS to ensure security, and commit not to write any transaction logs to disk,... 

Bitcoin “investors” have lost half of their money since December 2017, that is a 50% loss in 45 days, on average 1% loss a day. Of course if you read Twitter, Reddit or Coin Forums the favourite saying is “Hodl”, “Time to Invest”, or one of my favourites, “You can’t lose if you don’t sell” (this comment is the only thing you need to know to understand Bitcoin “investors”), most likely being said by people who are trying to hold up the price while they sell all of their coins... 

Don’t Panic! Keep Calm, sort it out step-by-step. Recently our website was hacked and defaced. We should have been on alert as the Google Webmaster website sent us a message to update our WordPress site to the latest version, which is the first time they sent us a warning in all the years we have been registered with them. That alone should have been enough to get us to do something, but alas we had other things on the agenda, and didn’t get around to it. Bad move. We were hacked and most likely you were hacked by a script, an automated... 

We are entering the third phase of Cyber Security. Phase one was all about perimeter security, read Firewall, and Anti-Virus, if you had those two security controls you were “secure”. In this phase your security team was the firewall guy/gal. Then we started to hear about big organisations getting hacked, Sony, Target and JP Morgan Chase were just a few of the big ones to hit the front pages of newspapers across the globe. The target CEO was a casualty of their hack, and board rooms started to take security seriously. Late phase one... 

I am an IT guy, like most IT guys I like my gadgets, I like my technology. Recently I have changed job roles, my new role requires (well requires is what I tell the Mrs) that I have a brand new VMWare ESX server, so I can run a decent test rig with a bunch of virtual machines. I need a load of RAM, the more the merrier, maybe an SDD drive for speed, and dual processors with multiple cores would be the way to go. So I thought I would buy a new server from the boys at Dell. What a mistake. I ordered the new rig on the 11th September from the Dell... 

Times are a changing. Once a upon a time your security was all about a decent Firewall and some Anti-Virus and you were good to go. Yeah, not so much any more. Signature based Anti-Virus, as a tool to protect you from infection, is pretty much useless in this day and age. Why, because hackers and the techniques they use to infect you have evolved. Back in the day if you spotted a new bit Malware you could create a signature, essentially a SHA1, that would allow you to detect the Malware and allow you to block the infection. The challenge now-a-days...