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Chrome and Edge – latest versions compared. What’s new ? …and What’s useful?

The Desktop versions of Google’s Chrome and Microsoft’s Edge browsers have recently had updates. This Thursday, February 8th we will explore the features of these latest versions and discuss which tools we are likely to […]

Playing around with Google Docs

On Thursday, February 1st we took a look at Google Docs which is one of a suite of online office editing tools provided free to everyone who has a Gmail account. To get to Google […]

What can I do with Google Docs and the “Google Docs Editor’s suite” ?

Everyone who has a Gmail account has access to Google Docs which is an online word processor included as part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite. This includes Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google […]

Machine translation perils

On Thursday, January 26th we discussed the failings of machine translation and put Google Translate, https://translate.google.com DeepL https://www.deepl.com/en/translator and ChatGPT https://chat.openai.com through a series of challenges. Translation fails pre-date machine translation of course. The following […]

Don’t fall into the machine translation trap!

AI has improved translation on the fly for web pages, emails, even the spoken word. However these tools have their limitations and are prone to bloopers. This Thursday January 25th we’ll take a look at […]

Managing Spam, Scams and Phishing in 2024

On Thursday, Jan 18th we discussed these increasingly sophisticated attempts to steal your identity or money. AI tools have enabled tricksters to create convincing e-mails and websites. Ever wonder why we use the term “spam” […]

Spam, Scams and Phishing in 2024

These sometime dangerous annoyances are getting more sophisticated by the day, especially with the development of AI. This Thursday, January 18th, we’ll review the current situation and discuss how to manage these threats to our […]

Getting creative with AI – playing about with some free on-line apps

On Thursday 11th January we looked at some of the websites offering free access to tools using AI for creating video and music. We also looked at Chat GPT4 in the guise of Microsoft’s CoPilot […]

A Birthday celebration in the Club

Long time member, Jeff Waller reached the young age of 80 on Thursday 4 January. Jeff is a keen member of the Genealogy group, attending every Monday to further his research into his ancestors alongside […]

Getting creative with AI tools

Since the introduction of “ChatGPT , a huge number of apps and browser extensions have been released to enable us to create poems, novels, images, music, videos (just about anything you can think of) merely […]