Intel is Seeking €8 billion in Subsidies for European Chip Plant. Why Now?
US semiconductor giant Intel is looking to secure €8 billion in public subsidies to set up a semiconductor plant in Europe
An End to the Pandemic? Breakthrough COVID-19 Treatment Reduces Viral Load by 99%
A Canadian biotech firm’s self-administered nasal spray has been found to reduce the viral load of the SARS-CoV-2 virus by over 95%, confirms a UK clinical trial
How Quantum Nanodiamonds May Catch HIV, Covid-19 Early
A University College London study revealed how quantum nanodiamonds could act as sensitive nanosensors, allowing for faster detection of diseases
COVID-19, Vaccine-Makers, and Cyber Threat Actors
Over the past few months, seven Covid-19 vaccine development firms have been targeted by three advance persistent threat (APT) agents.
Augmented Reality in the Aerospace Industry: Setting Key Trends
Augmented reality (AR) is offering phenomenal opportunities where users can communicate with visually impressive overlays, merging the real world with digital data. The technology is tipped to disrupt the aerospace industry.
Amazon’s New Biometric Technology Lets You Pay With Your Palm
Retailing giant Amazon has launched its own palm recognition technology that lets customers effortlessly make payments.
Books that predicted future events and technologies ahead of their time
Who would have thought that the likes of books depicting fictional universes, and futuristic realities, could actually contain predictions about the future in the real world.
3 Use Cases Of Virtual Reality In Higher Education
The virtual reality market is growing rapidly. Currently valued at $15.8bn, the market is expected to reach $120.5bn by 2026.
Apple Watch Series 6 Revealed, and It Beats the Clock
Apple’s sixth-generation watch redefines health and wellness capabilities of wearable tech, and it’s here in the nick of time
How NBA And NASCAR Are Using Oura’s Wearable Smart Ring To Keep Players And Staff Healthy
The $300 Oura Smart Ring is a personal health tracker that is capable of measuring body pulse, sleep quality, heart rate as well as skin temperature.
Remote Cheering: How Professional Sports Leagues Are Using Technology During Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has forced sports fans to stay home for the foreseeable future. As a result, global sports leagues are under pressure to innovate and keep the games as normal as possible.
Japan’s AI Battalion Against COVID-19
The East Japan Railway Company unveiled AI-equipped robots that disinfect frequently contacted surfaces to arrest the spread of COVID-19
Delivery Robots Are On The Rise: Here Are 2 Start-Ups Leading The Way
The autonomous delivery robots market is growing rapidly. During 2020-2024, the market is expected to grow by $USD16.86 billion.
Personalised PPE: The Facemask That Fits
Imperial College London are researching into custom made facemasks with ventilators that are made to fit the user.
WHO’s First AI Health Worker for Quitting Tobacco Initiative
The WHO is taking on an AI initiative to get the world’s 1.3 billion tobacco users to kick the habit and quit for good. Let’s meet Florence, their first virtual health worker.
The Year of Thermal Imaging
Thermal imaging has had a plethora of new developments that have brought the technology to the forefront of crisis management in 2020
What ‘The Next Rembrandt’ Tells Us About Art and AI
Revisiting the project amid the pandemic, has our view of virtual art changed?
Augmented Reality Apps Keeping Users Busy During Covid-19 Lockdown
Augmented Reality (AR) has been dominating user experience (UX) and with the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have been turning to AR apps to help pass their time.
Ebook sales surge as a result of Coronavirus pandemic
As several businesses were caught in a race against time to come up with ideas that would keep their businesses running in the thick of the Corona pandemic, publishers, and bookstores alike, saw a rise in the number of Ebooks purchased.
COVID-19 Increases The Need For 5G Solutions
The COVID-19 outbreak has forced organisations and schools to adopt remote working and studying. Additionally, more people are subscribing to streaming services and accessing content online. This has caused a significant uptick in internet usage, placing big demands on network providers.
5 Ways Grocers Are Leveraging Technology During COVID-19
Consumer behaviour has changed drastically amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The number of visits to stores has decreased significantly. Whilst online shopping has seen a spike in sales, physical stores have been left to deal with loss of business.
AI to prioritise NHS patients to help deal with post-COVID backlog
The UK has seen challenging months with the country coming to a halt due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Is COVID-19 Pushing Us Towards A Cashless Society?
Research shows that the number of cashless transactions is growing during lockdown. In fact, according to Asian Banker’s research, the number of cashless payments is forecasted to rise by 9% in leading economies in 2020.
Fitness companies saved by Zoom amid global pandemic
After the outbreak and spread of Covid-19, a lot of companies were left having to think on their feet and, while some of them resorted to complete shut downs and having to sack a large number of their employees, others decided to take a different route and use platforms which would enable them to keep as many of their employees and clients as possible.
How Young Black Creators are Breaking the Internet
The African diaspora is booming with young and talented innovators with dreams of changing the world, one innovation at a time.
Coronavirus’s Effect on the Environment
From deer spotted in Rotherham Town Centre to fish returning to the Venetian canals, COVID-19 could be saving our environment?
The Rising Remote Workforce and Cybersecurity Threats
As the coronavirus crisis compels global workforce to operate remotely, the surge in cyberattacks emerges as another challenge for them to overcome
Remote Working: Is Working From Home Here To Stay?
Are the changes we’re making for coronavirus a short term fix or a long term improvement?
The JEDI Grand Challenge: Billion Molecules against COVID-19
The Joint European Disruptive Initiative launches the JEDI COVID-19 Challenge to use high-performance computing and AI to fast-track aid the development of therapeutics
Covid 19 – Contact Tracing Technology
Location tracking technology is playing an important role in the first period of life after lockdown across the globe.
Lockdown: In Desperate Times Our Nation Bonds
The altruistic spirit of the nation has brought a candle of kindness and good to dark times
Zoom Through the Phase of Social Isolation
Amid social distancing and self-isolation pandemic protocols, Zoom is keeping organisations, students and teachers connected
Together in Arms Against COVID-19: AI and Humanity
The time is now for AI to take the rein as workforces across the globe isolate to reduce transmission
Will vertical farming be the future of food?
If Old MacDonald had a vertical farm, it might be in a skyscraper, a shipping container, or an abandoned mine shaft.
Forget Jurassic Park – The realities of gene editing in the animal world
CRISPR technology is being used to alter DNA in the name of de-extinction and conservation. How can we make sense of this ethically sensitive field?
Will AI and carbon capture technology save the planet?
Machine learning and CCS has the potential to transform Earth’s eco-system – but they must be adopted cautiously.
DeepMind’s Eye Diagnosis AI
DeepMind’s Health Division live demos its eye disease diagnosis AI, which would be its first commercial medical product.
Will we see an end to predictive policing?
Organisations are challenging the police for using questionable ethics and big data to predict criminality. But, will these challenges bring an end to predictive policing?
Healthcare technology – Taking charge of your health
With an increase in healthcare related apps, technology is helping people take charge of their health in new and exciting ways.
Emotion recognition – The good, the bad, and the ugly
Emotion detection and recognition is a $20 billion industry. But, is it being used for social good?
The Netflix of Gaming
In January, Netflix Chief Executive said in a shareholders letter “we compete with (and lose to) Fortnite more than HBO.”
EBD – Making museums future ready
With media citing concerns over the effect of tech on our political and social lives, have we neglected to consider tech’s impact on our cultural lives?
Samsung could be releasing a 5G handset
According to code uncovered by XDA, the S10 Plus lineup could include a phone with 5G technology.
Sony announces a new Playstation Classic
All aboard the nostalgia train, a new PS1 is here.
SpaceX announces first passenger to the Moon.
Japanese retail entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa is the first passenger announced on first commercial flight to the Moon.
Mysterious Samsung ‘4X’ event announced
What has Samsung got in store? A flexible phone? A camera/phone hybrid monster?
The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL – what we know so far.
Google’s latest handset and follow up to the popular Pixel 2 is rumoured to be launched on October 9th- according to Bloomberg.
Russian arms manufacturer develops competitor to Tesla.
The Russian arms manufacturer Klashinkov has announced a new electric vehicle to compete with Elon Musk’s Tesla series of electric cars
Google could be launching its own smart screen.
A new wave of smart screen devices is on the horizon.