Five-lever locks and strong bolts are no longer sufficient to protect your home. Fortunately, modern technology offers simple, easy, DIY opportunities for a range of security measures.

Bad guys (particularly burglars) do not like light and it has long been the trend to use time switches to simulate occupancy and PIR flood lights for outdoors. Now, there are options from a simple, single bulb controlled or programmed from your smartphone to a complete house hub. Jeff will explain the range of systems.

Security cameras are something else the bad guys do not like especially as many send video footage to the Cloud making the theft of or damage to the camera fruitless. Jeff will describe the range and types of security cameras available most of which are suitable for DIY deployment.

The final element of a completely secure home is a burglar alarm which, thanks to wire-free sensors and sirens, can be installed without the need for a technician.

With the right choice of components, many of your security gadgets can be controlled from a smartphone or smartwatch and Jeff will show some of these in action.

YouTube started out as a video-sharing social media site in 2005 - but it has become much more than that, due to the wide range of content available there. With modern smart TVs you can even watch from the comfort of your sofa, as well as on mobile devices. From educational, to entertainment, news, sport, problem solving, DIY, cookery, music and more topics too many to mention, there's a wealth of material just waiting to be used! And if you don't mind a few adverts it's all free..

This talk will showcase some specific topics of interest then detail how to find what you want (and what's worth watching), subscribing to channels and saving items to watch later. I'll also touch on the synergies between using the smart phone and TV apps, so you can limit or avoid tedious button pressing on your TV remote.

Apple's take on AI (which they call Apple Intelligence) is rolling out and offers a range of new and improved features.

Jeff will cover the highlights of this new and exciting development for Apple users and provide links where you can review all the changes and extras.

AI is becoming pervasive for all users with plenty to interest those with Apple devices and those with others - Jeff will describe some of the more interesting and useful AI features available to all.

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Whether searching on-line or just locally, there are a number of options as well as different techniques (from reducing the amount of typing to targeting a subset).

Jeff will will review the various methods and illustrate how easy it is to find what you want.

Passwords (and, better still, passkeys) are fundamental to protecting your on-line presence and keeping your money to yourself.

Jeff will will review the various methods and illustrate how easy it is to stay safe on-line.

Another year and Apple released its next tranche of updates including iOS 19, iPadOS 19, MacOS 16, WatchOS 12 and TVOS 19 in mid-September.

Jeff will cover the highlights of these updates and provide links where you can review all the changes and extras.