Author: Christine Betterton-Jones
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Where’s my stuff? It’s all over the place. How can I find and sort duplicates and junk?
This Thursday, March 16th we look at the problem of file miss (mess) management and discuss some solutions and tools to help tidy things up, on your PC, phone and cloud storage (Google Drive, Dropbox, Onedrive, iCloud etc.) Come along … Read more
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The streaming giants compared – will there be a winner?
Chris ran through a summary of the major streaming platforms available in Spain, looking at their origins, content and pricing. She then demonstrated some of them, including the new SkyShowtime, (thanks Tom for lending login information!). These video streaming platforms … Read more
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The battle of the streaming giants – they are fighting for your eyes and your money!
Following last week’s discussion about the future of TV and video media, there was a flurry of interest on the JCC WhatsApp group about the launch of the streaming platform Skyshowtime in Spain. Why all this excitement? Is it the … Read more
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The Future of Television and video media – a discussion
“Digitalization of papers, the evolvement of streaming media, explosion of mass content creation, on-demand access to various content: we are now entering a new era of how television content is created, delivered, and even defined.” https://www.globallogic.com/insights/blogs/the-future-of-television/ Do you have … Read more
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Why are television and video media being messed up?
There seems to have been a “revolution” in the way TV and video content is being delivered: Some satellite channels are no longer available, VPNs don’t work for catchup, Netflix has squeezed more money out of family groups … Read more
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ChatGPT investigated – Well-written fact and fantasy shows it doesn’t understand what it’s saying.
On Thursday 18th February we looked at the latest hot thing: ChatGPT and put it through its paces. The site was pretty busy (100m users as of January) but we were lucky enough to get a slot for the … Read more
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What is “Chat GPT”? – Why should we care?
The news today is full of scare stories about this new artificially intelligent creation: “Chat GPT: Banned in schools and colleges, why Elon Musk terms it the “most dangerous” AI to date; …“ Microsoft Founder Bill Gates Says … Read more
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The little known impacts of the EU’s Copernicus Satellite program
Last Thursday, February 9th, Peter Breger gave us an eye-opening comprehensive presentation about what the EU’s Copernicus Satellite programme is doing and how it is helping to improve lives all over the world – including providing important maps and data … Read more
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Copernicus re-launch! – The EU Satellite Earth Observation programme
Last Thursday, Feb 2nd, a widespread power cut deprived the Computer Club of electricity – Disaster! no Internet, no presentation and, most importantly, no coffee! Fortunately, our speaker for that day, Peter Breger is free to give his eagerly awaited … Read more
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What Earth observation satellites can do for us
This Thursday, February 2nd, Peter Breger will continue his fascinating presentation about satellites. This week he will look specifically at the European Union’s highly successful Earth Observation programme, Copernicus and how the wealth of data its satellites collect is used … Read more