Financial services leads list of sectors most worried about robo-redundancies October 21, 2016 Are you concerned a robot might be after your job? Well, you may find some comfort in the fact you're not alone: this week alone, City A.M. has reported on how hedge fund bosses are bracing themselves for the rise of the machine and, eek, journalists also appear dispensable in some areas. Those working in financial [...]
We’ve only seen the start of how fintech can transform the world October 21, 2016 Fintech in some ways created the blueprint for the way in which innovative startups can disrupt a seemingly unmoveable industry. But as the players in the Digital Innovators list demonstrate, the fintech innovation story is far from done. The latest breed of fintech startups focus on improving our experience of financial products in all sorts [...]
The digital media innovators of tomorrow are taking disruption to the next level October 21, 2016 When Jill Lepore, critiquing Clayton Christensen's The Innovator’s Dilemma in the New Yorker, queried his theory of disruptive innovation ("disrupt, and you will be saved"), some commentators felt she had a point. But a theory of change proposed by Christensen back in 1997, the idea that companies will fail if they do not disrupt themselves, [...]
How edtech innovators are making personalised learning accessible – and fun October 21, 2016 As anyone who has seen a toddler get their hands on a smartphone can testify, the digital revolution isn't just for adults. While concerns about the next generation growing up with square eyes and fried brains bubble to the surface now and again, the more positive trend of using digital to enhance education seems to [...]
Cyber security innovators are taking on the criminals on their own turf October 21, 2016 In an increasingly digital world where we entrust our most valuable data to the information superhighway, it was almost inevitable that criminals and other bad actors would eventually catch up and move their business online too. Their methods are becoming ever more sophisticated as they take advantage of the labyrinth that is the "dark web", which enables [...]
It’s time to take notice of the coming healthtech revolution October 21, 2016 A tech-enabled healthtech revolution is well and truly in play judging by the superb businesses on the Digital Innovators list blazing a trail in this area, and lives are being transformed for the better as a result. While lifestyle fitness apps have been the popular entry point to consumers managing their own health digitally, uMotif [...]
US technology giant Microsoft on cloud nine as shares hit all-time high October 21, 2016 Microsoft’s shares shot to an all-time high in after-hours trading after the US technology company beat expectations with its latest results. The company’s shares closed at $57.25 on Thursday, but rose six per cent to $60.63 in extended trading. [charts-share-price id="636"] Read more: Knock to UK tech as Microsoft to close Skype's London office Microsoft’s [...]
Red tape could stem startup Brexit exodus as tech hits government agenda October 21, 2016 It was just two weeks after the Brexit vote that the city of Berlin sent a billboard van around Shoreditch beckoning London tech firms to move to the German capital. However, firms that took up the offer have found the German city to be lacking London's supportive, tech-friendly environment. From the country that invented the [...]
Nintendo hopes newly unveiled console will switch its fortunes October 20, 2016 Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has unveiled what some analysts are calling its last hope for a home console system, called Switch. The firm – which has had mixed success since its big win with its Wii console 10 years ago – will release its next games machine in March next year. The device, shown off [...]
As Stephen Hawking questions AI, will it be the best or worst thing to ever happen to humanity? October 20, 2016 Suranga Chandratillake, general partner at Balderton Capital, says the Best. Evolution is powerful but slow. As a result, we humans are stuck with the bodies and minds we have today – and we know that neither will change dramatically in our lifetimes, or in those of our children. It is technology that frees us from these [...]