Rise of sex robots: Prepare yourself for the inevitable September 23, 2015 Who’s the sexiest robot you know? Obviously the answer is C-3PO. But think harder. Is there a robot in the world that you could fall in love with? Could you bring a replicant home to meet your parents? What about the robot that runs around screaming “danger Will Robinson”, could he support your family? The [...]
Review: Destiny The Taken King September 23, 2015 Destiny: The Taken King Rating: ★★★★☆ Destiny, the space-based multiplayer shooter that’s acted as a digital narcotic to 20m feverish players, has been easier to cut down on in recent weeks. Most committed Guardians – as players are known – finished the last expansion pack, House of Wolves, months ago, leaving them with the same handful [...]
Game review: FIFA 16 September 23, 2015 EA’s annual FIFA games tend to come in two flavours: the important milestones that introduce a wealth of new gameplay mechanics, and the routine ones that simply tweak a few things here and there and mainly exist to keep the yearly tradition going. FIFA 16 falls squarely in the latter category. On the pitch, not [...]
Why the future of fintech (and financial services) is collaborative September 22, 2015 The UK is fast becoming one of the world’s leading fintech centres. So it was fitting that, last week, investors, consultants, multinationals, startups and entrepreneurs gathered in London’s East End for FinTech Week 2015: an event where attendees could share ideas, network and, most importantly, do business together. The expo focused on how to [...]
Apple rickrolls us all through the Apple Watch… again September 22, 2015 If you thought the folk at Apple were a serious po-faced bunch, think again – they're rickrolling everyone… and not for the first time. Rickrolling, if you're not familiar, is an internet phenomenon whereby people share a link to something – an article, video, picture, for example – but it turns out, in fact, to [...]
Velocity buys Cover: UK dining app startup buys US restaurant payment firm and lands $4m from Saxo’s Lars Christensen and others September 22, 2015 Velocity, an app which lets you pay in restaurants without requesting a bill, has raised a further $4m (£2.6m) from investors, following hot on the heels from a $12m round of funding less than three months ago. The London-based startup has also acquired US company Cover, a restaurant mobile payments app for an undisclosed sum, more than [...]
Cyber attacks cost global business over £200bn a year – with finance industry hit worst September 22, 2015 Cybercrime is hitting businesses hard, with attacks costing billions every year, and the finance sector is worst exposed as one in four businesses were victims of attacks in the past year. Some 15 per cent of businesses have faced a cyber attack in the past year, with the EU region hit worst, global survey Grant [...]
Britons’ telecoms consumer complaints revealed: Vodafone’s mobile prices and EE’s broadband most criticised September 22, 2015 Vodafone is the most complained-about mobile operator, new figures from industry regulator Ofcom show. More than one in every 7,500 customers had complaints about the UK’s third-biggest operator. Most, 34 per cent, saw red over the prices, but ironically, the second-biggest reason for complaining was how the operator handled complaints. Britons’ consumer complaints have been [...]
UK broadband coverage outstrips other European countries – now BT promises to double speeds across the country September 22, 2015 Hot on the heels of BT’s promise to revolutionise the UK’s broadband, a new study has revealed that Britain’s broadband growth already outstrips other European countries – setting it on course to become world leading within five years. The UK already beats major European countries, with broadband speeds and coverage around three years ahead of [...]
Internet capacity crunch: The internet could be reaching its limits in eight years, researchers warn September 22, 2015 Are we about to break the internet? The internet is heading straight for a “capacity crunch”, as it struggles to keep up with our demands, UK researchers have warned, with an overload expected within eight years. In today’s streaming society, we all expect to be able to watch our favourite TV shows in high-res and [...]