#awks: Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account was accidently suspended November 23, 2016 Twitter last week took action to crackdown on trolling on the social network, but now it appears to have accidently taken things a little too far. The account of Twitter co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey was suspended in error early on Wednesday morning Was someone trying to make a point? It seems not, with just an [...]
Deliveroo denies data hack November 23, 2016 Deliveroo has been forced to deny that it has been targeted by hackers after an investigation found some customers were charged for food they had not ordered. A probe by the BBC's Watchdog show due to be shown tonight, found several examples of customers who were billed hundreds of pounds for food deliveries they did not [...]
Google’s DeepMind wants to make doctor’s paperwork obsolete in new NHS deal November 22, 2016 DeepMind, the UK company leading the way in artificial intelligence research, is doubling down on applying its technology to healthcare which could save the NHS millions of pounds as well as time spent on paperwork. It has signed a five-year deal with a London NHS Trust to put into practice a prototype app designed to [...]
Minicab drivers are staging an anti-Uber protest in Westminster November 22, 2016 A fresh anti-Uber protest has hit the capital, aimed at piling more pressure on the Mayor of London to "take action" against the startup. Minicab drivers are staging a protest from Edgware Road, past Transport for London's offices in Victoria and which arrives at Westminster at 2.30pm. Members of drivers union United Private Hire Drivers (UPHD) are calling on Sadiq [...]
Goldman Sachs and Santander have left a major blockchain group November 22, 2016 Goldman Sachs and Santander have both exited one of tech's top blockchain consortiums which is backed by some of the world's biggest financial institutions. Both institutions have quit membership of the R3 group and will not be investing in its latest reported funding round. Santander did not comment on its decision to depart R3, however, it's understood it will [...]
Cloud nine: IBM announces major UK expansion, following Facebook and Google commitments November 22, 2016 IBM has joined fellow US tech giants Facebook and Google in announcing a major multi-million dollar investment into the UK. The company is today announcing plans for four new cloud data centres – where corporate and consumer information is stored remotely – in the UK “to keep pace with growing client demand”. The commitment marks IBM [...]
Google’s Matt Brittin says nobody can afford to ignore the rise of digital November 21, 2016 Nobody can afford to put their head in the sand when it comes to the rise of digital, one of Google's key executives has said today. Speaking at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) annual conference, Matt Brittin, president of EMEA business & operations for Google UK, said: "This is about every business. Every business is a digital [...]
Virtual reality is the future – but it turns my stomach November 21, 2016 I was lucky enough to try out Sony’s new virtual reality (VR) headset this month for its Playstation 4 video game console. It was the first time I had experienced VR since the mid-1990s, in the days of the mega-arcades in London’s Trocadero (now sadly defunct). This new generation of an old concept managed to [...]
Why space still has a reputation problem November 21, 2016 Space is the final frontier when it comes to people's knowledge, a panel of industry experts at the Confederation of British Industry annual conference has said today. The speakers admitted, although personalities like astronaut Tim Peake had helped to make the industry more popular, many people were still unaware of how wide the industry actually was. [...]
That’s far out: UK investment firm launches £80m space tech fund November 21, 2016 A UK investment firm has today launched an £80m space-tech venture fund. Seraphim Capital said the fund, which will focus on early-stage, space-related technology businesses, is the largest of its kind. The company expects to have raised the £80m over the next two quarters, and today announced a £30m investment from the British Business Bank alongside [...]
