New wealth to be made and lives to be saved by democratising space October 16, 2020 Many of us forget that a large portion of our daily lives and activities are based around technology and data that originated from space applications. These range from influencing how the crops you consume yield to the visualizations your favorite artist uses during their concert. With the Space market set to reach a trillion dollars [...]
A message to Rishi from entrepreneurs: Forget tax hikes and let the go-getters get going October 15, 2020 Rishi Sunak certainly deserves praise for his response to the pandemic — so far. Because, as his recent statement to the Commons showed, the real test has only just begun. We have seen the chancellor take decisive action to avoid a bonfire of jobs, and he clearly has his eyes on the future. His speech [...]
Silver linings: How IBM’s reinvention highlights the rise of the cloud October 9, 2020 International Business Machines (IBM) shares rose almost six per cent yesterday after the tech firm announced plans to split its business into two public companies. IBM, which is one of the world’s oldest computer companies, will spin off its legacy IT infrastructure business by the end of next year and double down its efforts on [...]
The UK’s new industrial strategy must not forget London October 9, 2020 Science and technology is set to be at the heart of the UK’s new industrial strategy — to be launched, we’re told, latest this autumn as the government looks to find new ways to reset the UK economy after the worst recession in 300 years. Trailed news of the policy suggests that there will be [...]
Nvidia to build UK’s largest supercomputer after $40bn Arm takeover bid October 5, 2020 Nvidia today announced plans to build the UK’s largest supercomputer, just weeks after the US tech group tabled a controversial $40bn (£31bn) offer for British chip designer Arm. The £40m supercomputer — dubbed Cambridge-1 — will be made available to healthcare researchers using artificial intelligence to find cures for a range of medical challenges, including [...]
Crypto AM shines its Spotlight on UCROWDME October 5, 2020 Fusing together $25 billion dollar industries within the innovation and consumer insights space could well be what global consumers and businesses really need and demand, says Greg Griffiths identifying what our team sees as ‘a huge gap in the market that impacts global progression’. It was back in early 2014 that the raw concept for [...]
Carlos Ghosn launches executive training programme in native Lebanon September 29, 2020 Former Nissan and Renault boss Carlos Ghosn is set to launch a management and business programme at a Lebanon university nine months after fleeing to his childhood home from Japan where he faced trial. Ghosn escaped to Beirut after being charged with financial wrongdoing by Japanese prosecutors but denies the allegations. He has now revealed [...]
DEBATE: Can we trust facial recognition technology? September 23, 2020 Can we trust facial recognition technology? James Fisher, chief product officer at Qlik, says YES. We need to move away from discussing whether we can trust a technology as if it has an innate “goodness” or “badness”. Arguing that if we cannot trust it implies that we should dispose of it. As a result, we [...]
Does Nvidia’s buyout of ARM signal the death knell for UK tech entrepreneurship September 18, 2020 Earlier this week, it emerged that the UK’s largest technology firm, ARM, was to be sold to US giant Nvidia. The deal, worth £31bn, led to cries from Arm founder Hermann Hauser that it would be an “absolute disaster” and would cost UK jobs. However Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, said the deal would create [...]
Nvidia to buy UK chip designer Arm for $40bn September 14, 2020 US tech giant Nvidia has announced it will buy UK-based computer chip designer Arm from Softbank for as much as $40bn. Nvidia has said the business will continue to be based in Cambridge and that it will invest in a new artificial intelligence research centre on site. It will also keep Arm’s branding and is [...]