Users of NHS Covid-19 app report phantom notificationsThe app’s erratic behaviour, which is not intended, has been blamed on the underlying system developed by Google and Apple. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is working on a fix. Users of the app reported receiving notifications that would reveal the potential exposure date, duration […]
Read moreSponsored: Birmingham Tech Week returns virtually in 2020Becoming the largest regional technology festival in the UK in 2019, with over 5,000 attendees, this year the week will be delivered entirely online and feature a number of high-profile speakers.These include Thomas Blood, Digital Innovation Leader at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Jill Palmer, CEO at Click Travel […]
Read moreDeep-sea mining shown to leave decades-long carbon cycle disruptionTo determine the findings, an international team from the Max Planck Institute, University of Edinburgh, and others, travelled to the DISCOL area in the tropical East Pacific, about 3,000km off the coast of Peru. Back in 1989, German researchers had simulated mining-related disturbances 4,000m under the surface […]
Read moreTrump administration appeals judge’s ruling on TikTok banIn late September, a US judge temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that was set to bar Apple and Alphabet Inc’s Google from offering new TikTok downloads. The Justice Department said it had appealed the order to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. The White House contends that […]
Read moreIBM to spin out infrastructure business and focus on cloudThe new company will be created from IBM’s Managed Infrastructure Services, which belongs to its Global Technology Services division. It will be spun off, permanently named (currently “NewCo”), and listed on the stock market in 2021. NewCo will be the world leader in its sector, already […]
Read moreWaymo to launch driverless ride-hailing service to public in ArizonaThe Silicon Valley company said it will start offering rides in minivans with no human attendant on board to current members of its Waymo One service in the Phoenix area. Within a few weeks, Waymo plans to open access to anyone who downloads its smartphone app and […]
Read moreRobot mental health, UK wind, hydropower boom and more: best of the week’s newsJonathan Wilson, online managing editor Humans favour robots for mental health support at work Ahead of World Mental Health Day tomorrow (Saturday) 10 October, it seems appropriate to reference this story from earlier in the week. According to a comprehensive survey of […]
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