ARM eyes up imaging technology with £242m deal for Apical May 18, 2016 British tech company and Apple supplier ARM has snapped up an imaging technology company in a multimillion pound deal. It's adding expertise in the tech which can recognise what's in images and videos with the acquisition of Apical for £242m. ARM said it will strengthen the firm's expertise in areas such as automated vehicles, robotics, [...]
Mitsubishi president Tetsuro Aikawa to step down – reports May 18, 2016 Another car manufacturer scalp is likely to be taken shortly, after reports suggested Mitsubishi president Tetsuro Aikawa will step down following the company's involvement in a fuel cheating scandal. Reuters reported this morning that Aikawa will depart in June or July – either during a shareholders' meeting, or when a committee publishes its investigation into the scandal. Last [...]
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan gives backing to Garden Bridge but adds key demands May 18, 2016 Sadiq Khan has given his backing to the Garden Bridge, but with some heavy caveats. Khan has demanded that the bridge is made more accessible for Londoners in return for his support. The mayor described the Garden Bridge as a project that could rival New York’s High Line, a public park that was built on a [...]
US Presidential Election: Hillary Clinton made to fight on as she and Bernie Sanders take one state each May 18, 2016 US presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has been forced to fight on after she and rival Bernie Sanders won one state each last night. Clinton declared victory in Kentucky, while Sanders took Oregon. Though Clinton is leading in the number of delegates, Sanders continues to win in some states and mount serious challenges in others. Read [...]
Just eight tweets could be giving away where you work and live May 18, 2016 Just eight tweets could give away where you work and live – and anyone who wanted to, could work it out, not just tech whizzes. Anyone who enables their tweets to be tagged with a location via GPS could be revealing more than they think, as scientists reveal the information can be used to work out these [...]
San Fransisco startup Ava Winery is claiming they don’t even need grapes to make fine wines May 18, 2016 It is a claim that will make sommeliers and amateur wine-lovers everywhere balk, but a San Fransisco startup has said it can make fine wines… without using grapes. The California startup Ava Winery has claimed it can "hack" wine-making by building it on a compound-by-compound basis, adding together amino acids, sugars, volatile organics, ethanol and other [...]
Lord Michael Heseltine says Johnson’s remarks could have ruined his chances of being PM May 18, 2016 Boris Johnson may have scuppered his chances of becoming the Prime Minister after making "obscene political remarks" during the referendum campaign, a Tory grandee has said. Lord Michael Heseltine said that the former London mayor had behaved "irresponsibly" and "recklessly", adding he would be completely surprised if Johnson now led the country. The comments by [...]
Employment reached a new record high, but economists still aren’t happy May 18, 2016 Employment jumped to a new record high in the first quarter of the year as wage growth held steady, though economists warned that Britain's jobs recovery is still losing steam. The total number of people with a job jumped to 31.6m – an employment rate of 74.2 per cent – in figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) [...]
Recipe for success: BBC backtracks on plan to cull 11,000 recipes and announces plans to migrate content over to Good Food website May 18, 2016 In a good turn for peckish foodies and skint students everywhere, the BBC has backtracked on plans to cull 11,000 free online recipes and promised to migrate many of its popular recipes to the BBC Good Food site. A massive public outcry, including more than 166,000 people signing a petition on the campaigning site Change.org [...]
How “serial returners” are harming online retail businesses May 18, 2016 Three in 10 small and medium enterprise (SME) online retailers complain that so-called “serial returners” are harming their profit margin. Serial returners, or consumers who deliberately over-purchase to take advantage of free delivery and returns, are causing a “dilemma” for smaller businesses, which need to make a profit while keeping up with larger rivals. According [...]