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13 Dec
Agri-tech start-ups will boost agricultural growth as sector embraces latest tech
Agri-tech start-ups are attracting big name investors in quest to use cutting-edge technology to transform agriculture The agricultural market has experienced a decelerating growth due to pressure on fees paid to farmers.
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13 Dec
Amazon re:Invent 2018 points to a future of platforms, not products
At its annual re:Invent 2018 conference, Amazon Web Services rolled out a blinding number of micro-specialised solutions, marking a fundamental shift away from monolithic, best of breed applications in favour of best of need capabilities.
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11 Dec
Huawei CFO arrest: competitors set to take advantage
Huawei Technologies, the world’s largest provider of telecom infrastructure and second largest handset manufacturer behind Samsung, faces the biggest challenge of its 30-year history with the detention of its CFO, Meng Wanzhou, by Canadian authorities in December.
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10 Dec
NASA outsourcing spacecraft opens new growth opportunities for the private space industry
Under pressure to reduce costs, NASA has chosen to use private companies for moon missions, accelerating development of new space industries.
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10 Dec
US urge allies to ban Huawei – the UK should listen and act
The US government has banned Huawei for cybersecurity concerns in their 5G infrastructure, encouraging the UK to follow suit.
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3 Dec
Can a Netflix-style service for live sports exist?
Live sports are an essential part of any Pay-TV package, and are one of the key reasons why many haven’t yet cut the cord and gone exclusively OTT.
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3 Dec
Marriott data breach is a disaster but presents an opportunity to change data security for the better
How Marriott reacts to a mass data breach from here on will affect not only the company, but shape how travel companies treat data.
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29 Nov
Jaguar Land Rover makes UK investment despite Brexit – is it this a risky move?
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) said this month that it will build the new generation of the Evoque model in the UK, which could be a risky move amid Brexit uncertainty.
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29 Nov
Google enterprise cloud play is incomplete as CEO steps down
Diane Greene led the Google Cloud enterprise charge, helping the provider make up lost ground with an ambitious agenda that included major customer acquisitions, investments in AI, and new strategic partnerships. But for all of Google’s forward momentum, the provider still hasn’t close the gap with IaaS leaders Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.
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27 Nov
Hot summer and heavy discounting weigh heavily on Thomas Cook’s results
Thomas Cook today issued an unscheduled update on its expected 2018 results in what essentially constitutes a profit warning.
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22 Nov
Deutsche Telekom in trouble over net neutrality, again
It ain’t over ‘til it’s over, and in the case of European net neutrality regulation, it appears carriers and regulators will be at legislative odds for several years to come.
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19 Nov
The blockchain revolution is on hold for now
If blockchain is such a good idea, why hasn’t the enterprise IT industry already put it to work at scale?
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19 Nov
In an era of expensive phones, US carrier Sprint is slashing device prices
Flagship smartphones are getting increasingly expensive in the United States and across the world.
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14 Nov
British American Tobacco must diversify product range in response to potential menthol cigarette ban
A potential US ban on the sale of menthol cigarettes shows British American Tobacco must invest more in alternatives.
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8 Nov
Millennials are in the workplace and culture matters now more then ever
Creating and maintaining an effective culture takes hard work and attention, so why then does senior management spend so little time managing it and improving it?
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7 Nov
Economic value of Wi-Fi almost $2 trillion – why does it matter
A new study pegs the global economic value of Wi-Fi at nearly $2 trillion, on par with tech giants Apple and Amazon.
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5 Nov
Post Red Hat buy IBM faces the daunting challenge of merging two vastly different companies
While the IBM buy of open-source software company Red Hat was historic in many ways, especially the $34bn price tag, little is known how IBM’s executives are planing to carry out this mega-merger with a company whose culture and technology differs vastly from its own.
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2 Nov
Facebook challenged to move beyond news feed to spur advertising revenue
Facebook is experiencing falling advertising revenue from its stalwart product—News Feed.
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1 Nov
Need a ride? Call a self-driving taxi
Self-driving taxi’s will be here before you know it; are you ready to hail an autonomous cab?
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1 Nov
Will Tim Berners-Lee’s play to decentralise the web work?
Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee is tackling digital privacy concerns with a new toolkit that allows developers to build decentralised applications that shift data storage and access control back to the user.
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31 Oct
Cisco continues to chug along, despite a steady stream of executive departures
Since taking the reins at Cisco in 2015, CEO Chuck Robbins has projected an image of stability, even as the company navigates tricky challenges like the move from hardware-centric to software-defined networks.
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30 Oct
Why Red Dead Redemption 2 should be the last big game to employ crunching
Red Dead Redemption 2 is finally here, but other studios have condemned the 100-hour working weeks that the team behind it were forced to endure.
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30 Oct
IT firms take advantage of the ‘No Deal’ Brexit scenario threatening disaster for the UK plc
It should surprise no one that a “Brexit strategy advisory firm” is a thing that exists.
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30 Oct
Are businesses ready for the gamer generation?
Acquired by Amazon for $970m in 2014, the streaming platform, Twitch, which is most associated with people broadcasting them playing videogames, was one of the internet giant’s largest acquisitions.
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26 Oct
AI to make big data just a conversation away
Data and analytics have historically belonged to the technological elite, those able to understand the subtleties of inner vs outer database joins or those willing to learn the difference between a scatter plot and histogram.
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25 Oct
Why the increasing Netflix debt is worth it to stay on top of the content game
Original content is at the heart of Netflix’s strategy, with titles such as ‘Orange is the New Black’ and ‘Stranger Things’ becoming pop-culture staples, but Netflix debt is growing in an attempt to remain ahead.
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24 Oct
Yahoo security breach settlement of $50m to set important tech precedent
Millions of Yahoo email account users from across the globe will soon be eligible for damages, to a collective tune of $50m, to compensate for arguably the biggest data privacy security breach in modern history.
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24 Oct
Philips share price plunges after Q3 results, but there’s reason to be optimistic
Philips’ Q3 results prompted a sell-off from investors sending the share price plummeting, but the company’s underlying fundamentals remain strong.
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23 Oct
Ryanair share price jumps as H1 results see airline buck the trend
Ryanair share price jumped as the airline’s profits declined only 7% amid fuel and staff costs and pilot strikes which hit the airline recently.
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23 Oct
Your food chain on blockchain – A shakeup is coming
From coffee to fish to palm oil, blockchain, a digital ledger technology, is being applied to global food supply chains in ways that promise to benefit producers, distributors, retailers and consumers.