Archive for June 2021
Tech News : UK Nuke Plant Built With Amazon Cash
General Fusion, a Canadian company with Amazonās Jeff Bezos as one of its backers is building a Nuclear Fusion power demonstration plant at Culham in Oxfordshire. Fusion Whereas current nuclear power plants split atoms in a process known as āfissionā to generate energy, āfusionā generates energy by fusing atoms together, which is the same process…
Read MoreTech News : Five-Year High For Tech Hiring
New figures from job search engine Adzuna and data provider Dealroom show that hiring in the tech industry has reached its highest level in five years. Vacancies Exceeding Pre-Pandemic Levels The data, which was compiled by Adzuna and Dealroom for the Governmentās Digital Economy Council shows that job vacanciesĀ in the digital tech sector have now…
Read MoreFeatured Article : Why Food Delivery App Orders Can Cost Up To 44 Percent More
An investigation by consumer champion āWhich?ā has revealed that food ordered via delivery apps such as Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats can be considerably more expensive than dealing directly with the food outlet. Food Delivery Apps Seven out of 10 people in the UK (Which? survey) say they now use food delivery apps.Ā Popular…
Read MoreTech Insight : What’s DaaS?
In this article, we take a brief look at what DaaS is, as well as its advantages and disadvantages. Desktop as a Service Desktop as aĀ ServiceĀ (DaaS) is a service where virtual applications/virtual desktops, via a third-party public or private cloud service, are made accessible (streamed) to users over the Internet via an html-based web browser…
Read MoreTech Insight : Phew-It’s Hot! And It Affects The Web Too …
In this article, we look at how the weather can affect your Internet connection, and therefore the fortunes of the Web. Vulnerabilities Thinking beyond the router that is indoors, and protected from the weather, the rest of the infrastructure that brings your broadband is outdoors, and vulnerable to the effects of the UK weather. Physical…
Read MoreFeatured Article : How Much Do You Know About Copyright Law?
In this article, we take a broad look at copyright and how it may apply to your business online, plus what exceptions there may be to the law. This Article Firstly, it is important to make clear that this article does not offer any definitive legal advice but merely takes a broad look at the…
Read MoreTech News : AI Designs, er, AI Chips … Better Than Humans, Says Google
AI can now design AI chips hundreds of times faster (and better) than humans. Where will this lead? A recent research paper has described how a deepĀ reinforcementĀ learning approach to chip āfloorplanningā has led to AI generating chip floorplans that are superior or comparable to those produced by humans. Floorplans Chip floorplanning is the term for…
Read MoreTech News : Millions Struggling To Pay Broadband Bills
A recent Citizens Advice survey has revealed that 2.5 million people are behind on their broadband bills, with 700,000 of these falling into the red during the Covid pandemic. Young, With Children Under 18, Or Receiving Universal Credit Most Affected The survey of 6,001 adults living in the UK revealed that 18 to 34-year-oldsĀ and those…
Read MoreTech News : Conservative Party Gets Ā£10,000 Data Protection Fine
The ICO has fined the Conservative Party Ā£10,000 for sending unlawful marketing emails to people who did not want to receive them. Breach The ICO has decided that after an investigation into emails sent from the Conservative Party, in the name of Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, during the eight days in July 2019 after…
Read MoreTech News : Hybrid Working Could See Half of UK Businesses Cut Office Space
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey has found that half of UK businesses expect to reduce the size of their office space, and one-third expect to reduce it by 30 percent. Reduce Size of Real Estate Portfolio The Occupier Survey of 258 of the UKās largest companies found that half of the organisations surveyed expect to…
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