KANE'S TECH TIPS:
SUNDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2025
Welcome to another low down on all the latest Tech news, Tips and Tricks to help you keep up to date with the latest from the Tech world!
You can hear the feature On Air on a Sunday with Mark, and throughout the week.
Surgical Robot Out Of Use 15% Of The Time
A surgical robot is being underused because of a lack of operating theatres at a Devon hospital.
North Devon District Hospital installed the robot in 2023 to perform a variety of surgeries including complex hernia operations.
However the hospital's clinical director of surgery, Prof David Sanders, said it was out of use 15% of the time to free up the operating theatre for other procedures.
A Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) spokesperson said it was "committed" to bringing robotic surgery to "millions of patients" as part of plans to cut waiting times.
Read More: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626ym63ej5o
Source: BBC News
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Cyber Attack Halts Global Production
A group of young English-speaking hackers are claiming to be behind the cyber attack which has halted the global production lines of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).
The group is bragging about the hack on the messaging app Telegram, sharing screenshots apparently taken from inside the car maker's IT networks.
The gang is also responsible for a wa ve of cyber attacks on UK retailers including M&S in the spring.
The hackers - who are thought to be teens - posted to taunt the company.
Car production at sites including the Halewood plant in Merseyside and another in Solihull have been heavily disrupted since the attack was discovered.
Read More: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gqepe5355o
Source: BBC News
Police Dogs Trained In Digital Evidence Detection
Two police forces have introduced dogs that are specially trained in digital evidence detection to assist in tackling cybercrime.
The three police dogs and handlers will work across Norfolk and Suffolk to support search teams during warrants, safeguarding operations and high-risk investigations.
After an eight-week course, the dogs have been trained to detect mobile phones, tablets, USB sticks, hard drives and other electronic devices.
During their work, the dogs will be deployed to help assist with searching for and locating digital evidence of offences.
Read More: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2128ve57yo
Source: BBC News
App Of The Week
This weeks app of the week is called Quillbot
This app is simple and easy to use. It allows you to clean up anything you are writing. It gives you different paraphrased Versions that make sense.
It has grammar checking too.
This app is free to download on IOS and Android devices
Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quillbot.mobile
Apple: https://apps.apple.com/app/quillbot-ai-writing-keyboard/id6463116243
🛡️ Security Corner 🛡️
A data breach occurs when information held by an organisation is stolen or accessed without authorisation.
Criminals can then use this information when creating phishing messages (such as emails and texts) so that they appear legitimate.
The message has been designed to make it sound like you're being individually targeted, when in reality the criminals are sending out millions of these scam messages. Criminals may even send messages pretending to be from an organisation that has suffered a recent data breach.
Even if your details are not stolen in the data breach, the criminals will exploit high profile breaches (whilst they are still fresh in people's minds) to try and trick people into clicking on scam messages.
