Banks and other financial institutions have been warned by Swift they’re vulnerable to this specific new malware cyber attack after Bangladesh central bank hack April 27, 2016 The world's biggest banks have been warned they are vulnerable to a specific cyber attack which has been linked to one of the largest hacks of the year against the central bank of Bangladesh. Malware that hides fraudulent transactions made via the Swift payments system – the global technology governing international transfers which is used by major financial institutions and individuals [...]
Imagination Technologies share price hit by Apple slowdown, but suppliers ARM and Laird less exposed April 27, 2016 British chip maker Imagination Technologies is feeling the crunch of the Apple slowdown. Shares tumbled more than five per cent as markets opened, after Apple reported a slowdown in revenue and iPhone sales that was worse than analysts had expected. Imagination's exposure to Apple is around 50 per cent, according to analysts at Liberum. Fellow UK [...]
Forget vacuums and hand dryers: The Dyson product might just blow away a whole industry April 27, 2016 It's been four years and £50m in the making, but Dyson's new product just blew in: this time, entrepreneur James Dyson is taking on the beauty market. Yes, fresh from such innovations as the world's first self-righting vacuum cleaner, the company has decided to tackle something altogether more personal: the hairdryer. And naturally, given the company's [...]
Why you need to be far more careful when making notes April 27, 2016 Of all the information your colleagues shared with you yesterday, how much do you remember? What happens to the rest? There is a limit to what we can take in. Our brains cannot store, let alone process, all the facts that cross our path on an average working day. If the information is in a document [...]
Canon profit drops by 7.7 per cent as sales tumble April 26, 2016 Japanese camera manufacturer Canon has reported a slowdown in sales during the three months to 31 March, as demand declined across its product ranges. Net sales dropped by seven per cent to ¥767bn (£4.9bn) in the first quarter, down from ¥858bn during the same period of last year. Operating profit plummeted by 39.4 per cent, to ¥45.7bn [...]
eBay share price rises as online auction site posts four per cent jump in revenue during first quarter of 2016 April 26, 2016 Shares in online retailer eBay rose by over 1.7 per cent in after hours trading as the company revealed a jump in revenue during the first three months of the year. Sales went up by four per cent, from $2.06bn (£1.41bn) in the first quarter of 2015, to $2.14bn, and gross profit went from $1.65bn to [...]
Apple’s share price falls more than seven per cent in after hours trading after disappointing results April 26, 2016 Apple posted a sharp fall in revenue, pushing its share price down by more than seven per cent in after hours trading. Revenue was reported at $50.6bn (£34.7bn), below the expected $52bn, and 13 per cent down on the $58bn reported in the same quarter a year ago. Earnings per share for the second quarter were [...]
Twitter share price jumps then plunges back down on first quarter numbers April 26, 2016 Twitter’s shares initially jumped in after hours trading last night, before nosediving 11 per cent below their closing price, after the firm missed revenue estimates and cut its forecast for the second quarter. The social network increased revenue by 36 per cent compared to the same period of last year, to $595m (£408m) from $436m. [...]
This mesmerising data viz shows all of the world’s shipping routes April 26, 2016 From the hub of activity in the East China Sea to the relative quiet of Somalia’s piracy afflicted waters — the below map shows the extraordinary extent of modern shipping’s reach. The map — created by London-based data visualisation and digital journalism studio Kiln and the UCL Energy Institute — charts global merchant fleet movements over the course of 2012. It was made [...]
Say what? A third of us wouldn’t mind being microchipped at work April 26, 2016 Fancy having a chip implanted in you? Fancy using it at work to get around the office or log on? It may sound more like science fiction (however close it is to becoming reality) and a rather creepy concept – but surprisingly, a third of us wouldn't mind at all being microchipped at work in order to do these [...]
