The next dimension – bringing 3D advertising graphics to the masses September 2, 2019 What’s the most visually stunning advert you can think of? Perhaps it’s one of the John Lewis Christmas campaigns, or maybe it’s an ad by Apple or Samsung that shows their phones in incredible detail as they float across the screen. Whatever you imagined, it was likely made using computer-generated imagery (CGI), or other 3D [...]
Google uncovers ‘indiscriminate’ iPhone hack attack lasting years August 30, 2019 Google security researchers say they have found evidence of a “group making a sustained effort” to hack iPhones over at least two years. The researchers found a number of websites being used to launch “indiscriminate” attacks on iPhones when visited. The team estimated the sites were visited “thousands of visitors per week”. Read more: Apple [...]
Banks aren’t keeping up with the rise of the intangible economy August 30, 2019 Innovation is the key to growing the economy and creating prosperity. It creates new industries, transforms old ones, and often generates well-paid jobs. Today, innovation usually relies on the investment in and the growth of intangible assets, such as software, data, networks, and design. But the financial system has failed to keep pace with innovation. [...]
Saudi Aramco shuns London amid Brexit worries August 29, 2019 Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Aramco is not leaning towards London for a potential listing, according to reports. The Wall Street Journal said the oil giant is going to split its listing into two parts. Read more: Saudi Aramco hires bankers for megalisting It will start by float on the Saudi stock exchange this year, [...]
Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 review: A dramatic escalation in the war on noise August 28, 2019 Things have quieted down, if you’ll excuse the pun, in the field of noise-cancelling headphones. At the top of the unchanging pack sit Sony’s MDR-1000XM3, Sennheiser’s PXC 550 and the ageing champion, the Bose QuietComfort 35. Once seen adorning the crowns of every other commuter, the QC35’s long reign as London’s preferred method of blocking [...]
Apple apologises for listening to Siri conversations August 28, 2019 Apple has apologised after it emerged the tech giant allowed contractors to listen to conversations customers had with its voice assistant Siri. Workers are hired to grade Siri’s responses on a variety of factors in order to help the technology “learn”, however, last month it was revealed that contractors regularly picked up recordings of private [...]
Lenovo sued over patent infringement August 28, 2019 A US-based company is taking Chinese computer-maker Lenovo to court over allegations it infringed on a series of 4G patents. Interdigital has filed papers in Britain’s high court as it tries to protect four patents, the company said today. Read more: Vectura shares get a shot in the arm after drug maker wins GSK patent [...]
Hey up, Siri: BBC to launch ‘Beeb’ voice assistant that recognises regional accents August 27, 2019 The BBC is preparing to launch a digital voice assistant next year that will be trained to recognise different regional accents from across the UK. The new assistant will not be a hardware device, but will be built into the BBC’s website and will also work across smart speakers, TVs and mobile phones. Read more: [...]
Facing the heat: Trump warns of tariffs on French wine ahead of digital tax talks August 26, 2019 France’s vineyards have become the latest battleground in Donald Trump’s global trade wars, with the US President threatening to slap a tariff on French wines in retaliation to a planned tax on large multinational tech firms. Trump has threatened winemakers with high tariffs ahead of talks today over France’s plans to tax the revenues of [...]
‘Feel the pain’: China set to retaliate on US tariffs, says state newspaper August 23, 2019 China will soon unveil plans to impose retaliatory tariffs on certain goods, the editor of a Chinese state-backed newspaper has said. Read more: Chinese renminbi set for another weekly fall on trade tensions Hu Xijin, editor of the Global Times, tweeted: “Based on what I know, China will take further countermeasures in response to US [...]