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IWD 2022: Women overlooked for tech roles, claims research

With #BreaktheBias the theme of this year’s International Women's Day, tech recruiters admit women are being overlooked for tech roles. Two-thirds (66%) of recruiters say bias - unconscious or deliberate - is an issue when it comes to tech hiring, according to a joint survey by developer recruitment platform CodinGame and online technical interview platform…

7th March 20227th March 2022 Chris Price Computers, News

Enterprises Implementing Latest Software Development Trends To Stay Ahead

Enterprises are implementing the latest software development trends to stay ahead. According to recent data, there were over 26 million software developers in the world during 2019. By 2030, studies project there will be nearly 45 million. With such immense industry growth, developers are constantly trying to keep up with the latest trends of the…

29th June 20214th August 2021 Tech Digest Correspondent Blockchain, Cloud

Kitronik launches Smart Greenhouse kit for BBC micro:bit

We all remember the fun of growing cress at school and now Kitronik is bringing the experience into the 21st century with the launch of its BBC micro:bit compatible Smart Greenhouse Kit. The Kitronik Smart Greenhouse Kit for the BBC micro:bit provides an exciting way to learn about the relationship between plants and their environment…

20th January 202120th January 2021 Chris Price News

FTSE 100: Just 15% of CTOs are women

Only 15% of Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) at FTSE 100 firms are women as female tech champions continue to struggle to break into the top jobs, research by developer recruitment platform CodinGame reveals. Only two companies in the FTSE 100 have both a female CTO and CEO. They are Severn Trent, led by Liv Garfield…

19th October 202019th October 2020 Chris Price News

Women ‘not part of story’ in UK tech, says Code First: Girls’ Amali De Alwis

Women are currently “not part of the story” in UK tech, according to the chief executive of a coding academy. Amali De Alwis, the head of Code First: Girls, a not-for-profit organisation that has provided free coding training to more than 6,000 women across the UK, said a lack of female representation is a “sad…

13th February 201914th February 2019 Chris Price Computers, News

How to bridge the Digital Skills Gap and get more programmers to meet demand

A digital skills gap is looming. Within just two years there will be a shortfall of nearly a million skilled programmers and other technical professionals, according to the EU Commission, and the demand for programming skills already outstrips supply. But how do we tackle this problem before the UK is left far behind the rest…

27th April 201829th July 2018 Chris Price Computers, Gadgets

£22 Raspberry Pi PC pushes the value of coding skills

Today saw the long-awaited launch of the Raspberry Pi PC. Costing just under £22, the credit-card sized PC sold out just minutes after going on sale earlier today. Designed by Robert Mullins and Eben Upton and distributed by the…

29th February 2012 Gerald Lynch Computers, Tech Digest news

Higher definition YouTube collage: Rickrolling to new extremes

While YouTube might be taking its time upgrading the resolution of uploaded videos, one enterprising developer has coded up a web page to display a synchronised YouTube video wall, allowing four videos to be played almost seamlessly.

It all feels a bit hit and miss, and relies on someone creating four videos, one for each quarter of a much larger original video.

Given that the highest non-widescreen YouTube videos currently play at 480 x 360 resolution, creating a 2×2 wall offers up a 960 x 720 video. It’s not quite high definition, and there’s definitely some judder, not to mention the YouTube watermark plastered all over the screen, but it’s an interesting experiment…

13th October 20084th May 2021 Andy Merrett Websites

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