Aston University has opened a centre of excellence to bring together businesses, academia and policy-makers to support the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), working with French IT giant Capgemini to establish the Centre of Excellence for Enterprise AI at its campus in the City of London. Professor Aleks Subic, vice-chancellor and CEO of Aston…
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Yasin Hasan/Shutterstock A new teardown of version 4.53 of the Fitbit app has uncovered code that suggests Google will follow in Apple’s footsteps with a built-in hypertension feature for the Pixel Watch. Apple isn’t the first company to offer such a feature on its smartwatch, though it is one of the first to do so…
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Over the past decade, UK organisations have made significant strides in modernising their technology estate. Often though, when it comes to cloud and AI, many organisations still fall into the same trap: chasing capability without clarity; or implementing technology without fully understanding the business problem it’s meant to tackle. As someone who works daily with…
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Law enforcement experts and policymakers are due to meet on 12 September to decide on proposals to require technology companies, such as Signal and WhatsApp, to scan all encrypted messages and communications before they are transmitted. The Danish presidency of the EU Council is pushing for a vote on the proposals, dubbed “Chat Control” –…
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Cloud block storage allows organisations to run applications that depend on high throughput and low latency in the cloud. The latest block storage offerings make use of the cloud’s advantages, without sacrificing performance. Such offerings allow customers to run applications in the cloud and use block storage there, such as proof-of-concept projects before they’re rolled…
The flow and ebb of international supply chains is far from new, with the grand medieval churches of the Cotswolds partly paid for by wool exports to continental Europe, centuries before the area became famous for hosting US vice-presidents. Levels of imports and exports rose worldwide during the 19th century and into the 20th during…
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Restaurants with three Michelin stars represent the pinnacle of fine dining. In the UK, The Fat Duck by Heston Blumenthal, Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, Core by Clare Smyth and The Waterside Inn in Bray are among the establishments in that illustrious bracket. And next up: the wellness products and services retailer, Holland & Barrett.…
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Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Images In 2007, Apple launched a revolutionary device, the first-ever iPhone, that changed the smartphone industry. The original iPhone featured a modest 32-bit ARM microprocessor, underclocked from 620 MHz to a slower 412 MHz to increase the battery life. Since then, smartphone processors have evolved dramatically. Today, you can find SoCs that are as…
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has become the latest to add his voice to a cacophony of warnings that artificial intelligence (AI) is eliminating entry-level jobs. A recent report by job search engine Adzuna indicated that vacancies for graduate jobs, apprenticeships, internships and junior jobs with no degree requirement had dropped 32% since the launch of…
The digital skyline will be dominated by factories, artificial intelligence (AI) factories. That is if you believe the hype – but what is an AI factory, and how can organisations benefit from this industrial revolution of technology? Factories mass-produce the same product over and over again. In doing so, they cut the cost of production…
