Digital Matters Articles

AI – it’s all the rage

Published 9th February 2024

It was less than 12 months ago that the Computer Group (as it was then) had a session looking at the emerging technology of Large Learning Models (LLM) and in particular Chat-GPT and Dall-E from Open AI. A report of that meeting appeared on this website. We also debated the topic in September, an experience […]

Scams – Part 1

Published 15th January 2024

If you watched Rip Off Britain on January 15th [Episode 35 of Series 15 at c. 29mins 45secs into the programme] you will see an expert describe the Scam that one of our members has experienced recently and which has led me to write this post which may well be the first of a number […]

Autumn cleaning – maintenance

Published 10th October 2023

First, an overview This article from Norton is as good as any at summarising what you should do by way of maintenance – regular tasks that will make your machine run smoother, and possibly faster. Backups There are built-in options supplied for both Windows and MacOS – there’s no real reason to look beyond these. This table(for Windows 10) shows the different […]

Artificial intelligence tests the Computer Group

Published 26th April 2023

You may wonder what the Computer Group does to fill it’s time during a Presentation session – held once a month. Here’s an article from a very recent meeting demonstrating that we try to keep up-to-date and can respond to the fast changing technology world. We’re talking about ChatGPT and DALL-E and the idea of […]