The best games of 2016 – charting the biggest new releases to look forward to this year January 26, 2016 Adrift ETA: 28 March Available on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Designed to be played with a virtual reality headset, Adrift plonks you inside the helmet of an imperiled astronaut who must solve a number of very pressing space-based mysteries. Namely, why has your space station exploded? And while we’re on the topic, is it [...]
Bloomberg innovators 2016 list: These are the most innovative businesses in the UK – From coffee creators to fintech leaders January 26, 2016 More than 50 businesses have been named the most innovative in Britain credited with changing the way we live, work and think. Leading fintech startups, creative coffee makers and bionic hand creators, are just some of those to have been chosen by a group of leading investors and entrepreneurs including Saul Klein and Rohan Silva. [...]
Relax: Artificially intelligent robot Godzilla won’t enslave us all – it’s humans, not technology, we should worry about says Oxford academic January 26, 2016 After stark warnings about the risk of artificial intelligence to the future of humankind from such luminaries as Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk, one academic has countered such arguments Breathe a sigh of relief: a robot Godzilla won't enslave us all, he reassures. Luciano Floridi, professor of philosophy and ethics of information at Oxford, has said [...]
How the next mayor can turn London into a truly digital city January 26, 2016 In a little over three months, Londoners will elect a new mayor. When we last went to the polls in 2012, London’s tech industry was only just starting to bloom, but since then it has gone on to become the driving force of the capital’s economy. The next mayor will take the helm of the undisputed [...]
Donald Rumsfeld just got into tech with Churchill Solitaire mobile game for iOS January 25, 2016 It may be early in the year, but the award for surprise change of career direction already goes to Donald Rumsfeld, who at the age of 83 is getting into tech. The former US defence secretary has made a fresh foray into mobile gaming with an app. If you ever wondered what politicians do when they [...]
Twitter share price dives after Jack Dorsey confirms senior executives Kevin Weil, Alex Roetter and Katie Jacobs Stanton will exit January 25, 2016 Twitter shares tumbled more than five per cent as markets opened in the US, falling below $17 per share again for the fourth time this year. The fall came after Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey confirmed the departure of four top executives at a time when the social network is under pressure from investors. Dorsey confirmed the exits [...]
Here’s what early and seed-stage investor Seedcamp’s portfolio looks like: UK tech startups, fintech and blockchain January 25, 2016 One of the UK and Europe's leading investors in startups at an early stage has lifted the lid on its portfolio of companies. Eight-year old Seedcamp which initially started life as an accelerator but now concentrates on first-round funding, has backed more than 200 companies, which went on to pick up a further $365, in their next stage. Investments include [...]
Watch this robot solve a Rubik’s cube in less than 1.1 seconds January 25, 2016 The world record-holding Rubik's Cube solver, Collin Burns, may be able to puzzle out one of the 80s toys in under six seconds – but he's got nothing on this robot, which can do it in almost a sixth of the time. The robot, designed by software engineers Jay Flatland and Paul Rose, can solve the [...]
PwC acquires Edinburgh-based consultancy Praxism UK to strengthen its cyber security offering January 25, 2016 Professional services firm PwC has today announced that it is acquiring consultancy Praxism UK to strengthen its cyber security offering. The Edinburgh-based consultancy company was founded in 2008 and specialises in identity and access management. Praxism's 13 employees, along with the company's founder and director Derek Gordon, will mostly be joining PwC's Edinburgh office, although one specialist will [...]
Twitter to lose three execs as media chief, product VP and engineering head stand down January 24, 2016 Three Twitter executives will be stepping down tomorrow, at a turbulent time in the social media company's fortunes. Media head Katie Jacobs Stanton, product VP Kevin Weil and engineering head Alex Roetter are all departing the company, according to technology news website Re/code, citing sources. Neither Stanton nor Weil has secured a new job yet [...]