Just in case you hadn't heard, there's an election just round the corner! As is now tradition, we have scoured the manifestos of the major parties to look for any IT-related commitments. As AI is likely to play an increasing role in our lives over the course of the next parliament, it will be interesting to see how this is being addressed.

As you may be aware, Microsoft's "CoPilot" tools are now fully rolled out to the various 365 applications (for a price). We will spend the next few months exploring these in our HowTo section, with some ideas on things you can ask it. We start this month with Microsoft Teams.

It's almost exactly a year since we wrote our first significant article on the coming AI revolution, so we thought it was about time to put our money where our mouth is and see if there is a business-specific way to harness these AI tools. Here's what we found out.

For many years, the primary method of two factor authentication for online accounts has been via text message. You provide your mobile number, then you get a code sent to your phone that you input so that even if someone knows your password, they still can't access your account. Google is the latest company to begin to actively move people away from that approach for security reasons.

Microsoft have been working on their "Phone Link" app for a while now, so we thought it was about time to put it through its paces. Once the process is completed, you can then view all your photos, send and receive SMS messages, view your notifications and even make calls via your mobile plan.

Google Pixel phone owners have been able to use several AI-aided features in the Photos app for a few months now. These free tools will shortly be made available to nearly everyone that uses Google Photos. What new toys does that include?

As the traditional end of support for Microsoft's aging Windows 10 operating system looms ever closer, they have now announced the pricing to keep it secure from online threats for those determined not to upgrade to Windows 11. Spoiler - it's not cheap.

For people that use Windows especially, Microsoft's approach to Teams has been a bit of a mess. Windows comes preinstalled with Teams, but this version doesn't support work accounts. For that, you need to install a different app also called Teams. This is finally being resolved.