Could Fetch.ai’s multi-agent system solve the headaches of travel? July 7, 2020 | Sponsored Everytime we find ourselves stuck in traffic, frustrated at a delayed train or waiting for a taxi to show up, we think, “Surely there must be a better way of doing things?” Well the answer to these everyday problems could be nearer than you think with Fetch.ai’s multi-agent system that promises to do all the [...]
How the synergy of AI with decentralised ledger technology can untap new economic potential July 7, 2020 | Sponsored Everyday improvements in how we move around cities, manage our financial system, order groceries and consume energy in our homes could be just around the corner thanks to Fetch.ai’s successful convergence of artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technology. The opportunity unlocked by the machine learning (ML) revolution over the past decade has been brought about [...]
Tiktok exits Hong Kong as US ponders banning the app July 7, 2020 Tiktok is to remove its app from Hong Kong, as other technology firms say they will stop processing data requests from authorities in the city state. Tiktok, which is owned by Chinese giant Bytedance, said it had made the decision to exit the region after China approved fresh national security law for the region last [...]
Scammers can create fake Facebook and Google ads ‘within hours’ July 6, 2020 Lax controls on Google and Facebook enable scammers to create and post adverts for fake businesses within just a few hours, according to an investigation. Harry Rose, editor of Which magazine, said it was “worryingly easy for fraudsters to create adverts promoting scams for fake products and services”. Which created two linked fake companies – [...]
Whatsapp and Telegram suspend user data review requests from Hong Kong authorities July 6, 2020 Encrypted messaging services Telegram and Facebook’s Whatsapp said today they had “paused” accepting requests from Hong Kong authorities to review user data. China’s parliament last week passed the national security law in Hong Kong, pushing the city state towards a more authoritarian approach to monitoring its citizens and internet censorship. Previously Hong Kong enjoyed relatively [...]
US sanctions could impact Huawei reliability, says tech minister July 6, 2020 Ongoing US sanctions against Huawei could significantly affect the Chinese tech firm’s reliability as a supplier to other countries, culture secretary Oliver Dowden has said. Measures announced by Washington last month prevent Huawei from working with US companies to source parts for its telecoms equipment, which is installed in the UK’s 5G networks. The UK [...]
Government launches major review into long-term health impacts of coronavirus July 5, 2020 The UK government has launched a major review of the long-term mental and physical health implications of coronavirus. A study of more than 10,000 patients, led by the Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, will assess the impact of coronavirus on patients and how recovery is shaped by individual characteristics such as gender and ethnicity, the Department [...]
Glaxosmithkline set to bag £500m UK deal for coronavirus vaccine July 5, 2020 Pharmaceuticals giants Glaxosmithkline (GSK) and Sanofi are close to securing a £500m deal to supply the UK government 60m doses of their coronavirus vaccine, according to reports. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis) is said to be taking an option to buy the vaccine from the two drugs companies if it proves [...]
UK government wins stake in satellite firm Oneweb July 3, 2020 The UK government has won its joint bid with India’s Bharti Enterprises for the collapsed satellite internet operator Oneweb, in a move set to put it in competition with Elon Musk’s Starlink. The government will invest $500m and take a significant equity share in Oneweb, thought to be about 20 per cent. Oneweb went bust [...]
Twitter and JP Morgan drop ‘master’ and ‘slave’ terms July 3, 2020 Twitter is going to discontinue the use of software terms ‘master’ and ‘slave’, as well as more common phrases such as ‘blacklist’, as it tries to move toward inclusive language. US banking giant JP Morgan is to make a similar move, following global anti-racism protests and the killing of George Floyd by the police in [...]
