Champions League last 16: Who could Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester City face in the next round? December 7, 2017 For the first time in history, there will be five teams from a single country in the last 16 of the Champions League after Premier League sides reversed years of underwhelming results by collectively booking their place in the knock-out rounds. Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham all progressed as winners of their group, [...]
London Stansted’s owner has just launched a startup to improve its tech credentials using Amazon and Asos for inspiration December 7, 2017 London Stansted’s owner has today announced plans to improve customer experience and fight off competition from a rising wave of travel startups – by launching what will effectively serve as its own startup. Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has launched its own technology and e-commerce arm, which it said will enable the airport group to respond [...]
Google DeepMind’s “superhuman” artificial intelligence won top-level chess within four hours of learning game December 7, 2017 DeepMind’s artificial intelligence programme has beaten a top-level chess computer programme after learning the game in just four hours without human help. The Google owned tech company’s machine learning algorithm, which last year won a landmark game of Go against a human player in what has been described as a “superhuman performance”, was applied to [...]
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger joins Everipedia to put encyclopedias on the blockchain December 7, 2017 One of the people who created Wikipedia, the digital encyclopedia and go-to source of knowledge online, has joined a startup that wants to create a similar source of knowledge using blockchain technology. Larry Sanger, who founded Wikipedia with Jimmy Wales and is credited with coming up with its name, has joined US startup Everipedia. Read [...]
Poundland share price crash: Discounter’s owner Steinhoff share price drops another 28 per cent December 7, 2017 Shares in Steinhoff, the owner of Poundland, have dropped another 32 per cent this morning, following yesterday’s crash. The South Africa-listed stock plummeted by 66 per cent on Wednesday after the chief executive quit amid reports of an accounting probe. Steinhoff shares have fallen off a cliff (Source: Investing.com) Marcus Jooste stood down after Steinhoff [...]
Boris Johnson to say terror is not sparked by western intervention as defence secretary Gavin Williamson insists no British Islamic State fighters can return December 7, 2017 Boris Johnson will today argue that British foreign policy is “not the problem, it is part of the solution” when it comes to jihadi terrorism, heading off EU criticism that the country is turning away from the global fight against terror. The foreign secretary will lay the blame on the growth of Islamist terrorism on [...]
Bitcoin hack: Millions potentially lost after a bitcoin mining marketplace NiceHash was hacked December 7, 2017 Millions of dollars worth of bitcoin are potentially missing after a security breach at cryptocurrency mining marketplace NiceHash. In a post on its Facebook page late last night, NiceHash said it was investigating the nature of the incident and would stop all operations for 24 hours. “Importantly, our payment system was compromised and the contents [...]
I would kill to be the CEO of… British Airways December 7, 2017 On the face of it, those who know me will be thinking this is a weird choice. Why? Because I have a full-blown fear of flying. But those who share my irrational phobia might understand. When you fear flying – and it is an inevitable part of your business life – you tend to develop [...]
As the cryptocurrency booms, fear of a bitcoin bubble is not the only trouble December 7, 2017 Two baffling B-words dominate both boardroom and dining table conversations these days – Brexit and bitcoin. While the former is marred by talk of lack of progress, the latter is seemingly unstoppable. Bitcoin prices hit nearly $13,000 (£9,700) yesterday in a fresh record. The price surge is thanks to a flurry of investors jumping on [...]
Bitcoin mining explained: How does it work? Why does it use so much energy? Is there any way to fix it? December 7, 2017 All eyes are on bitcoin at the moment. The cryptocurrency has staged a meteoric rise in 2017 that has attracted new investors, but, for many, question marks still surround bitcoin and the technology behind it. With recent reports pointing to the high energy cost associated with mining, the process used to create bitcoin, is there [...]