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Unfortunately so. I keep getting told it's "red tape". It's concerning that the "powers that be" can't seem to see a priority over this. More concerning (yet not surprising) that the RPA still think this is valid!

I was devastated to hear the news that John Jackson, CEO of LGfL has passed away 😢 Those who knew John, will know that he was a larger than life character, famous for his “loud” shirts, but beyond all the fun and games, the work he did with LGfL truly helped to pave the pathway for schools in the UK to build strong digital foundations and raise the bar for others to achieve the same. The resultant effect is a lot of why schools are able to enjoy the digital learning opportunities available today. John was a kind, honest man, but for me, personally, and above anything, a friend, confidant and someone who supported me many, many times over the years. Something for which I will be forever grateful. My fun fact and lasting memory of John... I never would have started the whole #SelfieWithAbid thing if John hadn't pushed me to do it at Bett 2018. I was never confident at all about taking photos and well, he pushed me out of my comfort zone, told me to take one, post it on socials, and well, the rest is history! #SelfieKingsForever ❤️ John’s passing is a huge loss for the wider EdTech community. Thank you John, for the long lasting impact you had on not only EdTech, but education as a whole. I will miss him dearly 😢

I think I found the culprit, I'm not 100% sure, but I believe it's the one as I didn't really make any other changes. I was using the WOLSkill by Oscar Penalo for my Alexa to enable Wake on LAN for my PC. However, he's since discontinued it and replaced it by RemoteRelay which is a freemium solution. Disabling this skill using the Alexa app appears to now have fixed the issue. Might try to report it as a bug, but in the meantime, I'll look for an alternative WoL solution that works via iPhone or Alexa.

My PC has started acting weirdly lately where it wakes up immediately after it goes to sleep (I've set it to go to sleep after 10 minutes). What's weird though, is that if I manually set it to sleep (via the Start menu) it stays asleep. But if it goes to sleep itself, after it's 10 minute setting, it wakes up immediately. I'm using the Logitech MX Keys S and the MX Master 3S. If I switch them off, the PC will stay asleep. But if I leave them on, the PC will wake up immediately, unless I put it to sleep manually, where it will stay asleep, even with the keyboard and mouse switched on. I know that I can disable USB power on, but I don't want to as I like being able to wake the PC up using either the keyboard and mouse. Any ideas? I'm running Windows 11 Pro 25H2 (26200.8328) and the latest version of Logi Options+ (2.3.879545)

This! Regardless of the organisations policy, any admin account should be protected with 2FA as a bare minimum!

⭐ Vertical tabs have finally arrived in Google Chrome! 👀 I've been using the Arc and Zen browsers for a while now and I found the vertical tabs feature really cool. Whilst Google Chrome isn't my main brownser, it's great to see it now available as an option in Google Chrome, especially for those times when I have to use it! 🥳 To enable this feature straight away: 1️⃣ Make sure your version of Google Chrome is up to date 2️⃣ Browse to chrome://flags 3️⃣ Search for Vertical Tabs 4️⃣ Set to Enabled 5️⃣ Relaunch Google Chrome 6️⃣ Right click on the tab bar 7️⃣ Select "Move tabs to the side" ⬅️ You can also collapse the tab bar for a minimal look and view more of the webpage.

Interested to know why you REALLY hate Apple and their entire ideology 🤔

Adding to what Paul mentioned, you should only use NotebookLM through Google Workspace for Education. NotebookLM is available as part of Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals, which is completely free for schools. Using NotebookLM via Education accounts ensures that your data stays within your organisation and is not used by Google to train public models. Edit: Notice that Paul said this earlier! 🙈

They regularly advertise that they haven't raised prices in year. Having been an LGfL customer since 2004, I think the added value is phenomenal. You can actually. You can go for something called option 2. But the question is, why would you want to?

@PaddyNewman will be able to help.

I haven't kept up with specific models, but from experience, I would say avoid entry level cheap Chromebooks for staff. They're great for students, but tend to struggle or simply take too long when you try more staff oriented productivity. Always go for a Chromebook Plus model, with at least an i3 or i5 (or equivalent) CPU. Try to go for at least 8GB RAM. You don't really need to worry about storage space if they are properly managed in a Google Workspace environment.

*Laughs in Gmail* 😜

Is there a reason why you can't use the EXE and pass the parameters to the packaged MSI - "/sAll"

I had the original model, won in a competition via EduGeek - Thanks @Net-Ctrl - It was great, but I can't justify the cost on a new one. The only games I was really ever interested in were the Mario games, of which I played the following: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Super Mario Odyssey Super Mario Maker 2 Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Super Mario Wonder

Regardless of the company publishing the article, I think it's important to recognise that people are at different levels. I read the article and it's nothing new to me either, but that's not to say it isn't a useful article. It's only nothing new to me because I'm keen to try and keep on top of the latest trends in AI. But that's not easy with the current pace of change. Not everyone is in the same boat with ability to keep ahead of the trends or even understanding. Yes, we might be more ahead of the trends given the nature of our roles, but even then, people are at different stages in their careers and experience.