Month: June 2019
Facebook offers digital skills training to armed forces veterans
Facebook is to provide digital skills training to more than 300 armed forces veterans when the social network holds a community event in London on Wednesday. The social media firm will hold a series of panel discussions and training sessions for veterans at Boost With Facebook For The Armed Forces Community, which it hopes will…
Investment in digital ‘paying off’ as e-books offset drop in physical sales
The publishing industry made £6 billion last year, with the increasing popularity of e-books offsetting a drop in physical sales. Figures from the Publishers Association show a 3% increase in digital sales, bringing revenue from e-books and other digital formats to £2.6 billion. However, physical sales saw a drop of 5% to £3.5 billion as…
How employers are using tech to build workforce communities
If you have recently started competing in the UK job market, you can't have failed to notice how various cities around the country have flourished - largely on the back of tech revolutions left, right and centre. These developments are boding well for local communities, too. As the World Economic Forum has pointed out, technology…
Apple commissioning considerable UK content for Apple TV+
Apple is commissioning “a considerable amount of content” from the UK creative community for the its upcoming video streaming platform, a senior executive for the company has said. Former BBC One and Channel 4 boss Jay Hunt told the Lords Communications Committee that the iPhone maker had spent millions of pounds commissioning with British production…
Molly Russell’s father says there isn’t a ‘tech-lash’ against Facebook
Facebook will not have a long-term future if it does not tackle the harmful material which can be found online, the father of a 14-year-old who took her own life has warned. Ian Russell said there is not a tech-lash – or a backlash against technology firms - and there is not an overreaction amid…
Lightyear unveils ‘world’s first long-range solar car’
Lightyear, a pioneer in clean mobility, has launched a prototype of its long-range solar car to a select audience of investors, customers, partners and press in Katwijk, Netherlands. The Dutch company, which was founded in 2016 by alumni of Solar Team Eindhoven, won the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in 2013, 2015 and 2017. The company's…
SpaceX launches rocket with 24 satellites
SpaceX has launched its heftiest rocket with 24 research satellites. The rocket is also carrying a deep space atomic clock, a solar sail, clean and green fuel, and even human ashes! Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/EZIbdSY5r2 — SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 25, 2019 The Falcon Heavy rocket blasted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. It was the…
Sir Nick Clegg reiterates calls for greater tech regulation
Facebook’s head of global affairs Sir Nick Clegg has reiterated his belief that increased regulation of tech firms can not be done solely by the internet companies themselves. Sir Nick said it should not be left to a private company to “decide who is or isn’t a legitimate participant in an election” and has called…
Nissan launches ProPILOT driver assistance technology on Qashqai
Nissan has launched its ProPILOT drive-assistance technology, which helps maintain the car’s lane position and distance from the vehicle in front, across its Qashqai line-up. On Qashqai N-Connecta grades, ProPILOT is a £595 option – the same price as on the Nissan LEAF. The system is standard on both Tekna and Tekna+ grades. On Tekna+…
NASA Mars Rover detects methane. Could it be sign of life?
A NASA Mars rover has detected its largest amount of methane yet, which could be an early indication of life on the Red Planet. The gas is commonly associated with living things back on Earth, though it can also be created through interactions between rocks and water. However, the American space agency’s Curiosity Rover is…