Tag: Elon Musk
Tech Digest daily roundup: NHS 111 software outage confirmed as cyber-attack
A software outage affecting the NHS 111 service was caused by a cyber-attack, it has been confirmed. Advanced, a firm providing digital services for NHS 111, said the attack was spotted at 07:00 BST on Thursday. The attack targeted the system used to refer patients for care, including ambulances being dispatched, out-of-hours appointment bookings and…
Tech Digest daily roundup: UK Parliament closes down TikTok account
The UK Parliament has closed down its TikTok account after MPs raised concerns about the risk of data being passed to the Chinese government. The account has been locked, and content deleted, days after its launch. Senior MPs and peers had called for the account to be removed until TikTok gave "credible assurances" no data…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Elon Musk denies affair with wife of Google founder
Tesla boss Elon Musk has denied having an affair with Nicole Shanahan, the wife of Google co-founder, Sergey Brin. Mr Musk's comments came after the Wall Street Journal reported that his friendship with Mr Brin had ended over the alleged affair. Replying to a link to the story posted on Twitter, Mr Musk referred to…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Elon Musk pulls out of $44bn Twitter purchase
Elon Musk is seeking to end his $44bn (£36bn) bid to buy Twitter, alleging multiple breaches of the agreement. The announcement is the latest twist in a long-running saga after the world's richest person decided to buy Twitter in April. Mr Musk said he had backed out because Twitter failed to provide enough information on…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Is your job under threat from a robot?
Image: Sky News One in three businesses are planning to invest in automation as a top priority amid staffing shortages, a survey has suggested. Firms facing recruitment problems are most likely to have automation high up on the agenda, according to the report from HSBC. The survey of 670 companies in…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Alexa to let you choose ‘dead voice’
Soon you could opt to have a deceased loved one tell you stories, play music or simply turn on the lights - all from your Alexa device. Amazon says it wants to "make memories last" and is developing a system to let its assistant mimic any voice after hearing less than a minute of audio.…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Council trials drone deliveries for school meals
Pupils in some of Scotland’s remotest schools could be having their lunches delivered by drone, if a new trial is a success. In what is thought to be the first move of its kind in the UK, Argyll and Bute Council is teaming up with drone specialists Skyports to trial the use of unmanned aerial…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Scientists test living skin on robot
Scientists have created living human skin on robots that is water-repellent and can self-heal. Scientists want robots to look like humans as much as possible so they are relatable, which is particularly important when they are used in the healthcare and service industries. The researchers believe living skin is the solution to give robots the look…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Twitter to provide Musk with raw daily tweet data
Twitter plans to offer Elon Musk access to its "firehose" of raw data on hundreds of millions of daily tweets to push his proposed takeover forward, according to reports. Mr Musk struck a legally-binding agreement to buy the tech giant for $44bn (£35bn) in April. But the Tesla and SpaceX boss has threatened to pull out…
Tech Digest daily roundup: China brings forward plans for solar plant in space
China has brought forward by two years its programme to launch a solar power plant in space that will beam energy back down to Earth. A similar energy project had been proposed by NASA more than two decades ago but was never developed, while the UK government commissioned independent research supporting a £16bn British version…