by alex | Jul 14, 2017 | newsletter
Google’s has awarded €706,000 ($800,000) to the UK’s Press Association (PA) so they can develop robot reporters or news-bots that can generate 30,000 articles a month Digital News Initiative The funding is part of Google’s €150m Digital News Initiative, a three-year...
by alex | Jul 14, 2017 | newsletter
Hollywood-based, high-quality camera manufacturer ‘Red’ has surprised the tech world by producing a holographic, virtual-augmented and mixed-reality-ready smartphone. Hydrogen One Red, a developer and manufacturer of high-quality cameras used in Hollywood blockbusters...
by alex | Jul 7, 2017 | newsletter
The long-expected launch of the UK government’s plans to improve broadband speeds for homes and businesses by replacing copper phone wires with fibre-optic cable has been launched with a £400 million investment from the Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund. Not...
by alex | Jul 7, 2017 | newsletter
It has been reported that a drone being flown dangerously close to Gatwick airport was the reason why four Easyjet and one British Airways flights had to be diverted. Runway Operations Suspended Reports indicate that runway operations at Gatwick for two periods (one...
by alex | Jul 7, 2017 | newsletter
The human rights charity has been given the go-ahead by the UK High Court to make a legal challenge against the so-called ‘Snooper’s Charter, and will be enabled to do so with the help of £50,000 of crowdfunding raised earlier this year via CrowdJustice. What Is The...
by alex | Jul 7, 2017 | newsletter
A deal which led to the sharing of healthcare records of 1.6 million patients in the UK with Google’s AI company ‘DeepMind’ has been judged by the UK data protection watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to have not complied with the Data Protection...