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4 AUGUST 2019|COMPUTER SHOPPER|ISSUE 378
Contents
Issue 378 August 2019
Regulars
6 Letters
Your monthly missives of wit and wisdom,
tips and tricks, and moans and groans
8 Mel’sWorld
Artificial intelligence has come on in leaps
and bounds in recent years, but much to
Mel Croucher’schagrin, it still hasn’t fully
mastered effing and blinding
10 Kay’sCorner
How do you make sure you’re not locked
out of your iPad for48years by apersistent
toddler?KayEwbankexplains how to
protect all your vital files from meddlesome
youngsters –and obsolescence
12 Rants &Raves
Government efforts to go digital are all very
well, but the best technology in the world
won’t be of any use if the lefthand doesn’t
know what the right hand is doing
138 Zygote
While armed police use attack dogs to
hunt down intelligent vacuum cleaners
suspected of carrying out burglaries,
Zygotesniffs out the personal hygiene
habits of computer games players
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122 Moneyfor
OldRope?
Retro gaming is coming
to the masses with the
launch of anew service
dubbed ‘Netflix for
games’.David Crookes
meets the man behind the project that’s
been years in the making
78 TalktoMe:the
UltimateGuideto
AmazonAlexa
Everything you need
to know about the
popular,versatile voice
assistant, from setting
up and customising
your devices to creating your own personal
Skills that do exactly what they’re told
114 QuantumChallenge
Quantum computers could
soon hit the mainstream,
as companies including
Intel and IBM pour
resources intothe
field.Mike Bedford
explains the science
behind the technology,
and asks how close we are to
aquantum leap in computing performance
Features
78
Ul
Am
Learn
128 Helpfile &Business Help
Got aPCproblem, app annoyance or
Windows woe? Fear not:Simon Handby
is here to answer all your queries
132 Advanced Projects
Join the artificial intelligence revolution by
building your own AI devices.Clive Webster
shows you how to createapersonal
voice-controlled assistant with a£42 kit
News
All the latest news and views from the
technology world, including:
14 News Round-up
OnePlus ups the anteinthe flagship phone
market with an innovative new handset;
and Microsoftand Sony join forces to
develop game-streaming and AI tech
16 FromTheLab
In-depth coverage of all the latest scientific
and technological advances
17 TheLowdown: Smart Device
Security Labelling
The government initiative that aims to clamp
down on lax security in IoT and smart devices
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