3G Shutdown- some more information

The following information was supplied by Phil from Phillica Pty Ltd at Karuah, our local technical support people.

3g Mobile shutdown

A follow up to my article last month.
there are 720000 mobile phones that need or have been replaced in Australia.
Just because your mobile says 4G / 5G doesn’t mean it is still usable.
Some phones can’t be identified when ringing 000 and are being blocked from the network
These mobiles also need replacing. There is no current way to check for this
Besides ringing 000 to see if you can get through, 
BUT please do not do this. Keep the lines free for emergencies.

Microsoft Artificial Intelligence

Some may have noticed Microsoft are putting Artificial Intelligence into everything.
Windows / online searches and now Office 365 has it built in.
But don’t think they are doing it for free, as of January 2025 all Microsoft products will increase 40%
The biggest increase I have seen in 25 years.

Microsoft Recall

Microsoft Recall was talked about in May 2024, A feature of windows that takes screen shots every few seconds, to recall what you have done in the past. It was controlled by AI , you could ask it a question and it will show you what you had previously done.
But as it captured everything including web sites a video calls, it was criticised and quickly cancelled.
But without any announcement we have started finding traces of it built into windows after a recent update.