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15 Jan
WEF president: Climate crisis inaction like “moving around deckchairs on the Titanic”
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has listed the climate crisis, digital threats, and geopolitical turbulence as notable risks in its 2020 Global Risks Report, with the group’s president Borge Brende comparing inaction on the climate crisis to “moving around the deckchairs on the Titanic”.
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14 Jan
Exclusive: Production company data breach exposes personal data of Dove ‘real people’ ad participants
A data breach at UK-based Fresh Film Productions, which makes adverts for high-profile companies including Unilever, has exposed sensitive personal data of participants in antiperspirant brand Dove’s ‘real people’ campaign.
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14 Jan
Johnson on Huawei: “What’s the alternative?”
The UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson today said that he would not risk Britain’s national security when deciding on whether to allow Huawei equipment on the 5G network, but pressured critics of the Chinese tech company to suggest what other equipment the UK could use.
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13 Jan
On the second anniversary of open banking, what’s next?
Open banking was first launched in January 2018 and received much attention from the financial community as the potential bringer of fintech disruption.
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10 Jan
Facebook has banned deepfakes, but is it avoiding the real issue?
In 2018, a video in which the face of actor Nicolas Cage was imposed onto video footage of President Donald Trump went viral online.
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9 Jan
“We have a volume of data that we’ve never experienced”: How big data is being utilised in public health
Over the past few years, the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare and medicine has generated much excitement in both the public and private sector.
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7 Jan
Iran APT groups: An overview of the country’s key cyber warfare actors
2020’s first major geopolitical event happened before most of us had fully recovered from the New Year festivities, with the assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani by the Trump administration.
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7 Jan
Iran cyberattacks against the US “could very much result in a loss of life”: Former Obama cybersecurity commissioner
The US attack on Iran that caused the death of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani has led to mounting discussions of war, but for many, it is a battle that looks set to be fought as much on digital lines as physical ones, through cyberattacks on US companies and critical infrastructure.
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6 Jan
“After electricity, it is the most important thing at CERN”: How networking is driving scientific discovery
Located 175m beneath the ground near Geneva, Switzerland, The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the biggest particle collider in the world.
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1 Jan
These are the business ideas you should launch in 2020
As a new decade dawns, many will be looking for a fresh start by exploring business ideas to set the world alight in 2020.
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31 Dec
Coming to America: A European perspective on tech innovation
When I was growing up in Spain, while we were certainly encouraged to consider doing any number of things with our lives, we were never encouraged to become entrepreneurs.
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20 Dec
Artificial intelligence predictions for 2020: 16 experts have their say
2019 has seen artificial intelligence and machine learning take centre stage for many industries, with companies increasingly looking to harness the benefits of the technology for a wide range of use cases.
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19 Dec
Social media advertising: Ban targeted ads not political ads
Twitter caused a media sensation recently when it announced it would be banning all political advertising, and other social media giants like Facebook look to be following suit.
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19 Dec
Enterprise technology predictions for 2020: 20 industry experts have their say
In 2019 digital technologies continued to transform enterprises.
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18 Dec
It’s “certainly likely” that next two astronauts on Moon will both be women, NASA director says
It’s “certainly likely” that the next two astronauts to set foot on the Moon will both be women, according to NASA’s director of human lunar exploration programme.
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18 Dec
Cybersecurity predictions for 2020: 45 industry experts have their say
Cybersecurity is a fast-moving industry, and with a new decade dawning, the next year promises new challenges for enterprises, security professionals and workers.
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17 Dec
Blockchain and cryptocurrency predictions for 2020: 22 industry experts have their say
2019 has been a strong year for cryptocurrency and blockchain, with growing interest from mainstream companies, major product announcements and increased regulations.
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17 Dec
Life in the 2020s: Tech trends and human outcomes
The next decade promises to offer both incredible opportunity and challenge for all of us.
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16 Dec
Six great technology books to give as a present this Christmas
Christmas is the perfect time to catch up on all those books you’ve been meaning to read, and when it comes to technology, this has been a great year for insightful non-fiction. Technology books are also a worthy choice of gift for anyone interesting in tech or its cousin politics, and there’s plenty of long reads
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13 Dec
Sentiment analysis and the general election: Why we have a long way to go
Last night, as the general election results poured in and Britain learnt its fate for the next five years, I took to Twitter armed with a sentiment analysis tool to gauge how the country was reacting to the unfolding news of a Conservative win.
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12 Dec
Most common passwords of 2019 show we’re still making the same mistakes
It could be argued that 2019 was the year of the data breach, yet the list of the most common passwords suggests we still aren’t taking security seriously.
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10 Dec
How disinformation hijacked the ‘Leeds Hospital’ narrative
There is a very popular senior nursing sister at Leeds General Infirmary.
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9 Dec
Conservatives harness Facebook ads to take Ed Miliband’s Labour safe seat
In the last few days before the UK general election, the Conservatives have launched a string of highly targeted Facebook ads focused on key constituencies, with former Labour leader Ed Miliband’s Doncaster North constituency among the key targets.
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6 Dec
How Animal Dynamics is looking to the natural world for drone inspiration
When you picture an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or a drone, most would imagine a small, helicopter-like structure with a series of propellers.
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4 Dec
NATO leaders issue 5G security declaration, indicating Huawei ban
An official declaration issued today by world leaders attending the NATO meeting in London has highlighted the need for 5G security, in what the US government will likely interpret as a ban on Huawei.
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4 Dec
How Volkswagen is preparing for the future of the automotive industry
Thanks to advances in electric, connected and driverless vehicles, the automotive industry is arguably undergoing its most radical transformation since the invention of the motor car back in 1885.
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3 Dec
How could “unclear and unrealistic” Brexit plans impact the tech industry?
With just over a week before the UK goes to the polls to vote in the general election, academic think tank The UK in a Changing Europe has criticised party manifestos as setting out “vague and potentially unrealistic” Brexit plans.
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3 Dec
Data analytics is rife in tennis, but could AI replace humans entirely?
A robot arm strikes a tennis ball, serving it at 220 miles per hour.
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2 Dec
Digital privacy after death: What happens to social media accounts when we die
People have chased immortality since ancient times.
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28 Nov
“We’re still very much at the early offset”: Can Open Banking fulfill its potential in 2020?
2019 was anticipated to be the year that open banking took off, with the introduction of a number of new regulations designed to make it easier for consumers to access a greater array of financial services, while improving security.