British IT firm Micro Focus ups profit margin but revenue stalls July 9, 2019 Micro Focus saw revenue slip in the first half of its financial year, it said today, although earnings rose 1.8 per cent to $662.3m (£530.6m), boosted by a wider profit margin. The figures Adjusted revenue shrank 5.3 per cent year on year to $1.7bn (£1.3bn) in the six months to the end of April, the [...]
Fifty years on from the first moon landing, it’s time to get ready for space tourism July 9, 2019 Next time someone asks if you are going anywhere nice on holiday, perhaps soon you can say Mars or Venus rather than Mallorca or Ibiza. It has been 50 years since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched Apollo 11 down on the moon, and now famous billionaires are backing different projects to make space a [...]
Climate catastrophising risks shutting down vital debate July 9, 2019 In April, the cry of climate catastrophe seized the political agenda. A trinity of David Attenborough documentaries, Greta Thunberg-inspired school strikes, and Extinction Rebellion protests took over both traditional and social media. It was the only subject driving the zombie government’s agenda forward when, Trump-like, environment secretary Michael Gove watched Blue Planet 2 and tweeted [...]
Huawei will not pass information to Beijing, says Chinese ambassador July 7, 2019 China’s ambassador to London has said he can promise that Huawei would not pass confidential information back to authorities in Beijing. Liu Xiaoming dismissed concerns that China could install so-called backdoors in the tech firm’s equipment, allowing the country to spy on the UK. Read more: Huawei blacklist remains in place, US government staff told [...]
Fresh trouble for Neil Woodford as Benevolent AI valuation drops July 7, 2019 Beleaguered fund manager Neil Woodford could be facing fresh trouble as one of his biggest bets is reportedly braced to suffer a drop in its valuation. London-based tech firm Benevolent AI is said to be raising money at a level well below its $2bn (£1.6bn) valuation, the Sunday Times reported. Read more: Neil Woodford cuts [...]
Ocado to create 260 new jobs in Old Street tech hub July 5, 2019 Online supermarket Ocado will bring 300 jobs to London as it bolsters the digital talent behind its technology platform for supermarkets. The Ocado smart platform will be sold to companies across the world to help them move online, the firm said. Read more: Ocado pumps £17m into vertical farming joint venture The London office, in [...]
Police arrest man after Baidu boss drenched on stage July 4, 2019 Chinese police have arrested a man in connection with an incident that saw someone pour a bottle of water over the head of search giant Baidu’s chief executive. Robin Li was left soaked during a keynote address at Baidu’s annual Create conference in Beijing yesterday after a man stepped on stage to empty the bottle [...]
Facebook fixes glitch that crippled photo-sharing across platforms July 4, 2019 Facebook said it has resolved a glitch that prevented users from sending and viewing images and videos across its platforms for several hours yesterday. Read more: Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra could run into tax trouble, say lawyers An outage yesterday crippled image-sharing for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and Whatsapp users around the world. But in a tweet [...]
The NHS needs to plan for today, not 10 years into the future July 4, 2019 The NHS was built with one key purpose: to address social inequality by making the best healthcare available to everyone. For years, that aim has driven technological innovations that power better provision of care. However, as we mark 71 years from when it was founded, the NHS is operating in a very different world – [...]
In the age of flexible working, how can businesses prevent a cyber security nightmare? July 4, 2019 At least half of us are expected to embrace flexible working by 2020, according to the Office for National Statistics. This is excellent news for employees who crave the ability to work when and where it suits them. Unfortunately, it might not be such good news for your company’s data security. Along with the rising [...]