Nasa’s stunning space tourism posters will make you want to travel to Mars February 10, 2016 Get your space suit on – these stunning pictures of future space travel will make you want to pack your suitcase and head for Mars, and beyond. The retro poster designs, commissioned by Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab, imagine a future where a mission to Mars is more of a day trip and a visit to Saturn's Enceladus is on the [...]
Online security risks: Here are three you’re probably taking February 10, 2016 Despite the ongoing business focus on investing in strong cyber security, one of the greatest causes of data breaches is often ignored – employees themselves. According to a 2014 report by IBM, 95 per cent of IT security breaches are caused by human error. There is a lot to be learnt about security, and it’s [...]
Here’s how much people working at Silicon Valley tech companies including Google, Facebook and Salesforce earn in London February 9, 2016 Dream of rocking up to Google's plush St Giles office and making use of its famous slide to get to meetings? Fancy becoming a Twitter native? Loads of people dream of working for a US tech giant – but how much do they actually pay their London workforce? Jobs site Glassdoor, which compares salaries at [...]
Firewatch day one review: a spectacular, touching and innovative game February 9, 2016 Firewatch | PC, PS4 | ★★★★☆ There’s a paradox at the heart of Firewatch. It’s about the epic, unfathomably massive, dangerously potent world of nature. And it’s also about the tiny, dark, often unbearably sad world inside our heads, a place even the most gloriously saturated of sunsets can’t always illuminate. These twin factors, two sides of [...]
Insurance tech startup Lemonade backed by reinsurers Lloyd’s of London, Berkshire Hathaway’s National Indemnity, Hiscox and more February 9, 2016 A soon-to-launch tech startup with millions in venture capital investment and plans to disrupt the insurance industry has been backed by leading insurers Lloyd's of London and Berkshire Hathaway's National Indemnity. Lemonade, a New York-based peer-to-peer insurance firm which recently picked up $13m from Sequoia Capital among others, will be reinsured by the firms, along with Hiscox, Everest, Munich, Transatlantic and [...]
London Fintech startup Digital Shadows raises $14m from Trinity Ventures, Paladin Capital and existing investors February 9, 2016 One of London's up and coming fintech startups Digital Shadows has landed $14m of new funding from venture capital investors. The cyber security firm which counts the Bank of England among its clients, raised the series B round from Trinity Ventures and Paladin Capital as well as existing investors Storm Ventures, TenEleven and Passion Capital. "Given Trinity's long and [...]
Men in their 40s and 50s value their health over leisure time, career and wealth, but they’re not doing very much to look after their hearts February 9, 2016 If you're desperately hoping to stay healthy well into your golden years but still spend most weekends watching football rather than playing it, take heart. You're not alone. A survey released today by Public Health England in honour of National Heart Month discovered that three-quarters (74 per cent) of men aged 40 to 60 rank [...]
Mayoral Tech Manifesto 2016: We must liberalise skilled visa policy to ensure the success of London’s tech sector February 9, 2016 The new Mayoral Tech Manifesto 2016 outlines the bold steps the next mayor must take to maintain London’s position as the digital capital of Europe, and make it a truly digital city for businesses and citizens. But can it be done? In theory, it can. If the infrastructure, investment and government decision-making aligns, the opportunity is there for [...]
Deleting Facebook iPhone iOS app could save 15% battery life February 9, 2016 Tired of your battery life running out half way through the day (and always at the worst moment, naturally)? There might be one simple solution to stretching that phone juice further if you're an iPhone user, and it doesn't even involve a scientific breakthrough – simply delete the Facebook app. Yes, it might be your go to [...]
Setting bank data free with open APIs is just the start for consumer choice February 9, 2016 Today’s report from the UK Open Banking Working Group has recommended the creation of an Open Banking Standard that will make it possible for banking data to be shared and used securely. But what does this actually mean? In layman’s terms, it means data that banks hold on their customer base – balances, transaction history [...]