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Tech Digest daily roundup: World Cup uses drones to protect stadiums

Man-to-man marking will be paired with drone v drone security at this winter's Fifa World Cup in Qatar. Unmanned aerial vehicles that shoot nets to bring down small "rogue" drones will help defend venues. Fortem Technologies will provide the interceptor drones, following an agreement with Qatar's interior ministry. It says the agreement reflects growing fears…

23 July 202223 July 2022 Chris Price News

UK’s top trending Google searches 2018: Meghan Markle and CBB’s Roxanne Pallett top list

Image: Press Association The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle and actress Roxanne Pallett were the “top trending” people in the UK in 2018, Google has announced. The technology company’s Year In Search project compared the UK public’s search habits this year to that in 2017 and compiled lists of the people…

12 December 201812 December 2018 Chris Price Gadgets, Google

EE sees record network traffic levels during World Cup

As the big soccer carnival continues in South America, it appears that UK fans know a champion when they see one. UK mobile operator EE has proudly announced that Tim Cahill's wonder strike for Australia at 5.21pm on Wednesday June…

20 June 2014 Stuart Broadband, Internet, Wi-Fi

Back in 2006, there was a super weird way to watch the World Cup…

Way back in 2006, when the World Cup took place in Germany, a bold experiment took place. Whilst today we're concerned with getting the pictures from the games in the best quality HD (or even 4K), 2006 was a simpler…

12 June 2014 James O'Malley Features, Sport

FIFA World Cup 2014 announced – Malibu Stacy has a new hat!

You might think that 'annualising' and having a new version of a franchise come out every single year is a bit much – but EA have long been the masters of this discipline. And now they've just announced yet another…

7 February 2014 James O'Malley Gaming

Women's World Cup final scores new Twitter record

Twitter have announced that the "Tweet's Per Second" record was smashed this weekend following a nail biting final between Japan and the USA. Tweets surrounding the final, as well as all the other thoughts of Twitter users around the globe,…

18 July 2011 Gerald Lynch Tech Digest news, Twitter

Secureworks "World Cup of cyber security" finds India the safest nation

SecureWorks, the information security service provider, have revealed their findings for what they have dubbed the "World Cup" of cyber security. Mining information on their 2,800 clients, they've compiled a list of which countries are most vulnerable to online attacks….

5 July 2010 Gerald Lynch Computer Security, Tech Digest news, World Cup 2010

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