• Dr Sarah Ogilvie: ‘Generation Z are savvy – but I don’t get all their memes’ | Young people | The Guardian

  “Why are many Gen Zers averse to sending emails?
  Because emails are too formal, and not as instant as other forms of communication. So it takes too much time to compose the messages, and then it’s difficult to get the formal tone correct, which causes anxiety.”

  Tags: ITGS, digital native, people and machines, email, social media

  • – By dr tech

• Is smart tech the new domestic battle ground? | Life and style | The Guardian

  “Joel and Anna have experienced this too, though Joel believes his tech is not inherently misogynistic. “Because I set it up, I know exactly the phrase that needs to be used and Anna doesn’t,” he explains. “She’ll say it slightly wrong, then I say it and to her ear it sounds like I’m saying exactly the same thing in a calmer voice.””

  Tags: ITGS, alex, misogynistic, people and machines, voice assistant, reliability

  • – By dr tech

• Why you and I will pay the price for the next big cybersecurity crisis | John Naughton | The Guardian

  “Virtually every company and organisation now has – indeed has to have – an online presence. But many still take only rudimentary cybersecurity precautions and are sitting ducks for hackers. For most of companies, that’s a matter for them and their boards of directors – it’s their lookout if a ransomware attack makes them insolvent.”

  Tags: ITGS, ransomware, security, cybersecurity

  • – By dr tech

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