Veri-hoo? The $4.83bn Verizon Yahoo deal is go – here’s what you need to know July 25, 2016 It's official: the US telecoms firm Verizon has snapped up the messy internet business of Yahoo in a deal worth $4.83bn (£3.7bn). That includes such things as Yahoo's online search, Yahoo Mail and instant messaging, and – perhaps most importantly – its ad business. Yahoo first announced it was on the chopping block earlier this year several firms [...]
The surprise winners and losers from Pokemon Go July 25, 2016 Who's the biggest winner from the Pokemon Go craze? Who wouldn't be saying Nintendo at this point in time? But, it's more like Pokemon No… The Japanese games firm today revealed that the hottest game in town will only have a limited impact on its profits after all. Say what? Yep, read on to find out why [...]
Watch out Apple? Huawei revenue jumped this year July 25, 2016 Revenues at the Chinese smartphone maker Huawei jumped 40 per cent in the first half of the year. The figures Revenue for the year to the end of June came in at 245.5bn (£28bn), up 40 per cent on last year's 175.6bn yuan, however, its operating margin fell to 12 per cent from 18 per cent in [...]
Farewell Vestberg: Share price up as Ericsson chief exec steps down, effective immediately July 25, 2016 Ericsson's chief executive is stepping down from his role, effectively immediately, to make way for a fresher outlook, the company announced today. Hans Vestberg, who has been with the company for almost 30 years including seven at the helm, will be leaving all assignments as of today but will be on call during the next six [...]
December was the mildest it’s been in 350 years and the rainiest in a century July 25, 2016 Last December was the warmest on record dating back 350 years, forecasters at the Met Office havediscovered. It was also the rainiest month on record for more than a century, while 2015 ranked as the seventh wettest year ever recorded. "The weather during 2015 contained many notable features and I’m sure that everyone will have a personal memory [...]
Ed Cooke talks octogenarians, Paradise Lost, why Citymapper will be the biggest company in the world and girls on bikes July 25, 2016 I consider learning and memory to be exactly the same thing. "Think about artificial intelligence: that’s really artificial memory. It’s funny that most people privately doubt their intellect, but they’ll often volunteer that they have a bad memory, not low intelligence. It’s something to do with memory being seen as a selective mental skill, I [...]
Prepare for the augmented reality workplace: The tech behind Pokemon Go will be in offices sooner than you think July 25, 2016 With the launch of Pokémon Go in the UK this month, augmented reality (AR) – the technology behind the game – has successfully broken into the mass-consumer market. But right now very few people are thinking about the applications of the technology beyond the world of gaming. Our 2016 Tech Trends research reveals that the biggest [...]
Requests for cyber crime information up threefold since 2013 July 25, 2016 The number of information requests concerning cyber crimes made to the UK government has increased threefold since 2013, according to data obtained by Thomson Reuters. Foreign law enforcement agencies made a record 1,652 requests to the UK government for information relating to cyber crime investigations in 2015, up 44 per cent on the 1,141 requests in 2014. The increase in requests has been attributed [...]
These famous faces are backing a new platform to fix the UK’s broken politics July 24, 2016 Martha Lane Fox, Dan Snow and Simon Schama are among the famous faces backing a new platform that's seeking to fix the UK's broken political systems – but it says it's not a political party. More United bills itself as a "tech-driven poltical startup" and "a new people's movement". The platform will support any candidate which abides by certain [...]
A solar-powered plane’s about to complete a historic round the world trip July 24, 2016 History is about to be made, as an aircraft becomes the first to complete a round the world flight powered by nothing other than sunlight. Solar Impulse 2 has embarked on its last leg of the journey in its record-breaking attempt, taking off from the Egyptian capital city of Cairo early on Sunday morning as it [...]