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Tech Digest daily round up: Apple shares just off record high
Things are looking up for Apple, with shares just off a record high before its quarterly earnings results this evening. The device maker is expected to benefit from a surge in iPhone sales as consumers snap up 5G models, while the App Store and Apple Music are also set to drive growth. Analysts expect Apple's…
Milton Keynes to become 5G testbed
Milton Keynes Council has confirmed that the city has attracted more funding to become a testbed of a range of new 5G powered mobility technologies, writes Ashley Norris of Transition Earth. The scheme will use around £4m of new funding, including £2.3m from the Government, alongside the £10m investment already made by SEMLEP, industry and…
Green Planet AR app makes hologram of Sir David Attenborough
Inspired by the upcoming BBC series The Green Planet comes a new augmented reality app featuring Sir David Attenborough, which will showcase everything 5G has to offer. BBC Studios, 5G mobile network operator EE, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Talesmith and Dimension Studios have announced The Green Planet 5G AR Consortium, led by the immersive content studio…
Full-fibre broadband targets will be missed, claims spending watchdog
Boris Johnson’s promise to deliver full-fibre broadband by 2025 will be missed because of a catalogue of government failures, parliament’s spending watchdog has concluded. In a damning report published today, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the government had failed to make “any meaningful progress” in securing the policy and legislative changes needed to ensure…
Can video games ‘help improve emotional intelligence in teenagers’
Video games can help teenagers to manage and express their emotions more effectively, a new study has claimed. Research by experts in Milan suggests that young people were better at understanding and expressing their emotions after playing video games as part of an emotional intelligence training programme. The study, published in the Games for Health…
Parents urged to take up online gaming with children
Parents should take up online gaming in order to better understand the benefits and risks of the activity for their children, an online safety group has said. Internet Matters said that despite more than three-quarters of children going online to play video games, most parents do not feel confident in dealing with issues around the…
Call for ‘urgent legislation’ against online electoral interference
The white paper is designed to make tech giants more accountable for content on their platforms (Nick Ansell/PA) MPs have accused the Government of ignoring urgent calls to protect future elections, in the face of growing fears around online interference from foreign players and the way campaigns are funded in…
New conversion degree courses ‘to boost diversity in AI tech roles’
New conversion degree courses in artificial intelligence and data science will help boost diversity in the technology sector and “upskill” adults, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has said. Places for up to 2,500 people on the new courses were announced by Prime Minister Theresa May as part of new investment in…
Former Zuckerberg classmate claims Facebook has lost control of social network
Facebook bosses have lost control of the social network and are unlikely to regain it, a former Harvard classmate of Mark Zuckerberg has claimed. Aaron Greenspan, who knew Mr Zuckerberg during their time at Harvard College in 2003 and 2004, launched a scathing attack on the chief executive’s ability to lead and reiterated previous accusations…
Government unveils ‘world’s first’ internet safety laws
The Government will introduce “world first” internet safety laws designed to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online, new proposals published today (8th April 2019) claim. A white paper on online harms, published jointly by the Departments for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Home Office, proposes strict…
