River Cycleway Consortium has launched a crowdfunding campaign for its Thames floating cycle path plan November 5, 2015 River Cycleway Consortium, the company behind the proposed Thames Deckway, a floating cycle and pedestrian pathway along the capital's main river, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. The group, which is made up of Arup engineers and Hugh Broughton Architects and advised by Kemp Little, is aiming to raise £175,000 to carry out a [...]
If you want to make money out of robots, these are the top sectors to invest in November 5, 2015 We've been told robots are coming to steal our jobs about a million times, but the truth is that if you invest your money wisely, you could benefit from the evolution of robotic technologies. Global robot sales grew for the third year running last year, up 29 per cent from 2013, and according to a [...]
How the NSA’s scaring businesses away from the cloud November 5, 2015 Last year Edward Snowden’s revelations on the US’s surveillance programmes shook public trust in the internet across the world. Now, 88 per cent of businesses are fundamentally rethinking the cloud, and their cloud buying behaviour, according to a new survey of ICT decision makers by NTT Communications. The revelations focused on the National Security Agency’s [...]
JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon: You’re wasting your time with bitcoin – but blockchain has potential November 5, 2015 Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan doesn’t mince his words when it comes to bitcoin’s potential – or lack thereof. Dismissing the digital currency immediately as a “waste of time”, Dimon said when speaking at the Fortune Global Forum that bitcoin was unlikely to survive in the long term: There will be no real, non-controlled currency [...]
Google, Facebook, Twitter: Which tech companies are best at respecting your privacy? November 5, 2015 Worried about what companies like Google and Facebook are doing with all that personal data of yours they have? Google and Vodafone have come out top in a ranking revealing which tech and telecoms companies are best at respecting your digital rights, based on everything from the data they collect to where they sell it and [...]
New iPhone rumoured to be on the way in first half of next year ahead of iPhone 7 launch November 4, 2015 Apple is reported to be working on a new four-inch, metallic iPhone, resembling an upgraded iPhone 5s, due for release in the first half of next year. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has revealed in a research note that “as there is still demand for a four-inch iPhone, we believe Apple will upgrade this product [...]
How do fireworks work? The science behind why they explode, how they make shapes and get their colours November 4, 2015 Remember remember the fifth of November… that's today, and once again people will gather across the capital to watch fireworks displays in celebration of Bonfire Night. But while we stand around and enjoy the event, the inquisitive among us might take a step back and wonder how on earth a mini, hand-sized rocket can turn [...]
Sick of email? Google’s artificial intelligence software Smart Reply can write your emails for you November 4, 2015 Sick of emails taking up half of your workday? Google’s got a solution for you in the form of artificial intelligence. Google has unveiled Smart Reply, software that can now write emails for you. The tool writes automatic responses to certain emails. Google software engineer Bálint Miklós wrote about the new tool on the company’s [...]
I let myself be hacked by an ethical hacker and this is what I learned about cybersecurity November 4, 2015 Let me tell you this: it’s quite a disconcerting feeling to sign a form agreeing to let a hacker break into all your personal data. Even when it’s an ethical one. I’d agreed to let cybersecurity expert Ollie Whitehouse do his worst, and access as much of my information online as possible. But waiting to [...]
Ever wondered what the sun looks like close up? Nasa has posted a video showing its surface in extremely fine detail November 3, 2015 When you get close up to the sun, it's no longer a big, glowing ball of light – there's a lot more going on than meets the eye from 150m km away. Nasa has posted an ultra-high definition 4K video of its surface, created by putting together a series of images taken by the space [...]