Category: PresentationPost
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‘Tis the Season for the Scammers… Fa la la la.. 🎶
The festive shopping season is revving up, and scammers and fraudsters are finding new ways to filch our money. This Thursday, November 20, we’ll discuss the scams hitting the news this year and how to avoid getting caught. … Read more
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How do the chatbots Chat Gpt, Copilot, Gemini and Deepseek differ? What do they “know” about me? Does it matter?
Chatbots are becoming increasingly intrusive. Microsoft’s Co-Pilot is an integral part of Windows 11, Google’s Gemini pops up in the Chrome Browser. Everyone seems to want to use ChatGPT to improve their writing efforts, while the new kid in the … Read more
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Can AI-generated content be controlled?
We live in a world where convincing AI-images, videos, music and books can be generated at low cost by anyone. No specialised skills are required apart from telling the AI what to make through a good text prompt. While this … Read more
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Last Thursday of the month: Drinks and nibbles and DIY AI videos!
Now that the summer break is over, the last Thursday of the month will feature a social get-together after we have enjoyed a fun presentation. This week, Halloween is approaching, so we’ll play around with some online AI video generators … Read more
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Help – my PC is running slowly !
Although PCs tend to slow down after time, they do not get physically “getting old” in the same way as we do. They just get clogged up with mostly unnecessary junk. So what can we do to clear out the … Read more
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“It’s nothing more than AI slop!” – AI (Artificial Intelligence) terms for the layperson
AI is everywhere, and new terms are being coined daily. What is “Generative AI”? How about an “LLM” or an “AI Avatar”? Could you recognise “AI Workslop” if you saw it? What about a “Stochastic parrot”?This week, we’ll try … Read more
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What are “Passkeys” ? How do they work? Are they safer than Passwords?
Amazon and Paypal are nagging me to set up “Passkeys” to log into my accounts instead of passwords. What are these things? How do they work? Are they really safer than passwords? Will they work with my password manager? This … Read more
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Spain’s tax authority is cracking down on digital banks and pre-paid cards – Could this affect me?
Perhaps you had to ditch your UK bank account after Brexit and opened an account with Wise or ING. Or maybe you signed up with Revolut or N22 because you are non-resident and want to move money about without … Read more
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Hearing Aids, Yesterday and Today
On Thursday, September 25, a representative of the hearing aid company “Asustik” in Jávea will give a presentation describing the history of hearing aid technology from ear trumpets to the first analogue hearing aids. Then moving on to modern hearing … Read more
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What is the future for broadcast TV and cinema in the age of streaming?
Does anybody watch live, broadcast TV apart from old age Pensioners who have the box on all day for company? Schedules are full of game shows, cooking shows and endless repeats. When did you last go to the cinema – … Read more
