by alex | Jan 11, 2018 | newsletter
With increasing levels of short-sightedness among young people, some experts have concluded that a young life spent looking at small screens rather than in the great outdoors could be one explanation. 90% Myopic Studies in East Asia, have shown that a staggering 90%...
by alex | Jan 3, 2018 | newsletter
The UK’s Secretary of State for Justice has been hit with an Enforcement notice by the Information Commissioner’s Office over backlogs and poor handling of requests for personal records made under data protection laws. Subject Access Requests In the UK, under the Data...
by alex | Jan 3, 2018 | newsletter
UK Minister of State for Security, Ben Wallace, has said that Britain may impose new taxes on tech giants like Google and Facebook unless they do more to combat online extremism by taking down any material aimed at radicalizing people or helping them to prepare terror...
by alex | Jan 3, 2018 | newsletter
German sandal maker Birkenstock has successfully brought an injunction against Amazon to prevent internet shoppers from being directed to the online marketplace with anything other than the correct spelling of the sandal brand name. Why? The reported motivation for...
by alex | Jan 3, 2018 | newsletter
A UK company has developed a lie-detecting app that could be used interviews or other situations where high levels of honesty in (initially) completing forms is required. Video Combined With Analytics The London based company, called ‘Human’, founded by Yi Xu, a...
by alex | Jan 3, 2018 | newsletter
Tech giant Apple has apologised after it confirmed that long-held customer suspicions that it deliberately slowed down older iPhone models to encourage an upgrade turned to be true. What Happened? Some customers had been sharing their concerns online for some time...
