HP snaps up video device maker Poly for £1.3bn as tech firm embraces remote work pivot March 28, 2022 Tech giant HP has announced plans to snap up audio and video devices maker Poly for $1.7bn in cash as it looks to ride the hybrid work boom.
US sanctions and 5G slowdown sparks Huawei revenue dip March 28, 2022 Chinese tech firm Huawei recorded its first yearly revenue drop on record in 2021 as sanctions chip away at the company's growth.
UK ransomware attacks double in past year March 28, 2022 New data has revealed that the number of ransomware attacks reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office has increased 100 per cent from 326 in 2020 to 654 in 2021.
Government plans to take stake in Sizewell C plant in nuclear push March 27, 2022 The government plans to snap up a 20 per cent stake in a major new nuclear plant in Suffolk as it scrambles to boost the country’s energy security amid soaring energy prices and war in Ukraine.
Weekend Read: World’s first PCR test for mouth cancer is a fact, showing results within 90 mins March 27, 2022 Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed the world’s first PCR test for mouth cancer. The test has now been proved with patients from China, India and the UK, with the results published in the international journal, Cancers. The inventor, Dr Muy-Teck Teh, has named the test the Quantitative Malignant Index Diagnosis System (qMIDS). [...]
Business of Space: Can the relationship with Roscosmos ever be repaired? March 25, 2022 This week: Isotropic Systems on track for first commercial launches Space cooperation between Russia and Europe “destroyed” OneWeb goes on deal-making spree Isotropic Systems Satellite firm Isotropic Systems is on track for its first commercial launches this year, following the final successful round of testing its multi-link satellite tech. The ground terminal provider has developed technology which [...]
Fortnite publisher Epic Games raises £37m for Ukraine March 24, 2022 Fortnite publisher Epic Games has raised more than $50m (£37m) for the Ukraine effort.
Amazon ditches diesel with the UK launch of five new electric heavy delivery trucks March 24, 2022 Amazon has launched its first fleet of 37-tonne fully-electric heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), in a bid to ‘deliver’ on its 2040 net-zero target. Ditching diesel, the five new trucks are set to travel 100,000 miles a year powered by renewable electricity, meaning 170 tonnes of CO2 emissions are removed. The fleet will be charged at [...]
iPad Air 2022 review: A worthy follow-up to the best tablet in years March 23, 2022 While the launch of a new Apple device is usually pretty difficult to miss, you could be forgiven for overlooking the iPad that hit UK shelves in March 2020, in the week leading up to the first lockdown. That would have been a shame, however, because the iPad Air 2020 (“Air” being Apple’s mid-range iPad, [...]
London tech firm unveils first UK smartphone in five years March 23, 2022 London-based tech firm Nothing has announced plans to launch the first UK smartphone in five years as it looks to challenge the dominance of Apple and Samsung.