Tag: vodafone
NHS launches UK’s first Covid-19 test drone delivery service
The NHS has launched the UK’s first Covid test drone delivery service in Scotland. Argyll & Bute Health & Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has begun carrying Covid test samples and other medical materials on drone delivery flights between medical facilities in the Argyll & Bute region. Following a proof-of-concept phase last year, the three-month…
Vodafone partners with Mail Force Computers for Kids Initiative
Vodafone Schools Connected with Dev Griffin @ Salusbury School Vodafone has today announced that it is working with the Mail Force Computers for Kids initiative to extend its schools.connected programme. This emergency package is intended to help children who are struggling to complete lessons and schoolwork because of poor-quality internet…
Tech Digest daily round up: Google fires head of AI ethics unit
Google has fired the founder and co-head of its artificial intelligence ethics unit, claiming she violated the company's code of conduct. In a statement, Google said an investigation found Margaret Mitchell had moved files outside the company. The ethics unit has been under scrutiny since December, following the departure of another senior figure, Timnit Gebru.…
1 in 2 teens have fallen for ‘fake news’, claims Vodafone survey
Ahead of Safer Internet Day tomorrow (9th February), which explores the theme ‘An Internet We Trust’, Vodafone has released research uncovering UK teens’ perceptions around fake news and misinformation online. According to its research, almost half (46%) of teenagers have fallen for fake news and with 49% saying they were more aware of fake news in 2020…
Dreamlab app helps scientists speed up Corona-AI research
Vodafone UK has announced that thousands of smartphone users who have downloaded the DreamLab app have helped Imperial College London to complete Phase 1 of its Corona-AI research project in only six months. Imperial College London’s Corona-AI research project has been delivered with the help of DreamLab, an app developed by the Vodafone Foundation, originally…
NCSC launches ad campaign to tackle Festive raud
Shoppers buying Christmas presents online have been urged to follow a new cyber safety campaign to avoid 'festive fraud' after callous criminals swindled an average of £775 from each victim over the same period last year. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of GCHQ – today launched a major government advertising campaign…
Vodafone to give free connectivity to 250,000 school children
Vodafone Schools Connected with Dev Griffin @ Salusbury School The Vodafone schools.connected programme is now open to primary and secondary school children across the UK. The emergency package helps pupils who find it difficult to access education from home because they don’t have the right connectivity. Reports suggest children in England are…
Giffgaff top performing ‘lockdown’ mobile network
According to business consultancy Yonder, Giffgaff was the top-performing mobile network, followed by Tesco Mobile, for meeting customer needs during lockdown. Giffgaff was named by Yonder as the fourth-best performing business across all sectors under lockdown, behind Netflix, Amazon and Amazon Prime. Tesco Mobile followed closely in fifth and O2 was eighth out of 65…
Brits miss out by not trading in handsets, claims survey
TV Presenter and Consumer Affairs Champion, Michelle Ackerley, has been appointed as Vodafone’s Chief Trade-in Officer Brits are missing out on £6.9 billion of potential savings by not trading in their existing handsets as they upgrade to the latest technology, according to a new survey for Vodafone. Despite the huge potential…
Vodafone cuts carbon footprint by 25,000 tonnes in 3 years
On Clean Air Day (October 8th, 2020), Vodafone UK has announced it has reduced its carbon footprint, saving 100-gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy, equivalent to 25,000 tonnes of CO2,, in just three years. Vodafone claims the energy saved could power a town with a population of 65,000 people for a year and represents a financial…