These are the next areas that will get Virgin Media’s speedy fibre-to-the-premises broadband July 12, 2016 Virgin Media has named the next 30 rural communities which will gain access to its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network. The areas are expected to be connectable via full fibre by spring 2017 and is the next stage of Virgin Media's Supercharging Local Communities initiative, part of its £3bn Project Lightning network. It's aiming to bring 300 mega-bits-per-second broadband to small businesses located outside major towns and cities. Virgin [...]
How to get Pokemon Go if it hasn’t been released where you live: Your step-by-step guide to entering the world of Pikachu and co July 12, 2016 You want to be the very best. The best there ever was. You have a quest. And you have a cause. There's just one problem. You keep getting up the app store and Pokemon Go is nowhere to be found. Just where did all your friends get those screen shots of Pikachu sitting on a [...]
The new deal for sharing data between the EU and US is officially done July 12, 2016 Businesses can now breathe a sigh of relief about the tricky issues of sharing data across the Atlantic. A new agreement on the rules governing data transfer between Europe and the US has been agreed by Brussels, replacing the Safe Harbour agreement which was torn up by the courts last year. Officials have managed to hash out [...]
Amazon has soared above Buffett ahead of Prime Day July 12, 2016 Amazon is soaring ahead of one of its biggest shopping days of the year Its share price has struck an all-time high and the web giant has overtaken Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to become the fifth largest company in the world. Jeff Bezos's retail and technology giant has had a stellar year so far that just seems to [...]
A quarter of business services jobs are at risk from robots July 12, 2016 First, the bad news…. a quarter of all jobs in the business services sector are at risk from being taken over by robots. Automation of jobs is likely to make at least 800,000 jobs in the sector obsolete, but as many as one million could be at risk over the next 20 years, according to Deloitte. [...]
Germany’s Siemens makes long-term commitment to UK after Brexit vote July 12, 2016 German engineering and technology company Siemens has made a commitment to the UK after Brexit. The statement comes at a time when several UK-based companies – including easyJet and Vodafone – are understood to be considering moving operations to the rest of Europe. Read more: Siemens, Gamesa join forces to create world's biggest wind farm business But [...]
SEC investigating Tesla over failure to disclose driverless car crash – reports July 12, 2016 The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating Elon Musk's Tesla Motors – in particular, looking at whether the tech firm broke the law by failing to disclose a fatal accident involving one of its driverless cars in May. The accident, which happened in Florida on 7 May, resulted in the death of 40-year-old Joshua Brown. [...]
Lack of IT security skills will lead to increased risk of cyber threats in the next few years July 12, 2016 Shortage of IT security talent will lead to more cyber security attacks in the next five years, according to a new report by IT recruitment consultancy Robert Half Technology. Demand for IT security specialists is rising, with companies and businesses in fear of data theft and hacking. The report found the majority of UK IT bosses (77 per cent) believe they will [...]
Post Brexit vote, your business still needs to be prepared for the EU General Data Protection Regulation July 11, 2016 High-profile data breaches are becoming increasingly routine. Media coverage of events like the massive TalkTalk hacking scandal have opened the public’s eyes to the insecurity of their private data in the hands of enterprises, though they aren’t the only ones who have taken notice. Regulators across Europe have taken it upon themselves to ensure these [...]
Swift’s beefing up its security after fraud troubles July 11, 2016 The global bank messaging system which was targeted in a multi-million dollar hack of the Bangladesh central bank has beefed up its cyber security in the wake of the fraudulent attack. Swift, which oversees the international transfers of major financial institutions, has called in support from specialists BAE Systems and Fox-IT to increase its ability to respond to [...]