Tesla billionaire Elon Musk deletes his brands from Facebook as Cambridge Analytica offices raided March 24, 2018 Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has deleted his Tesla and SpaceX brands from Facebook, following accusations that data firm Cambridge Analytica used data harvested from the social networking site to influence elections. In response to Twitter users calling for people to delete Facebook, Musk tweeted: “What’s Facebook?” When challenged to remove his own brands’ pages from [...]
Davos 2018: The number of private jets descending on these four Swiss airports is about to spike by 335 per cent January 18, 2018 As the Swiss ski resort of Davos gears up to receive the leaders of the free world (and Donald Trump) for the World Economic Forum (WEF), one group is gearing up for its most stressful week of the year: air traffic controllers. More than 1,000 private jets are due to descend on airports around the [...]
To beat the techlash, insert humans into the AI equation June 18, 2018 Looking for a change to the corporate grind? Fear not, in 2025 you’ll get one when the keyboard becomes obsolete and your voice takes over. At least this was the prediction of a technologist I interviewed last week, who made the point that voice recognition is going to transform the way we communicate. Read more: [...]
HTC U12+ review: HTC finishes what the iPhone started and ditches physical volume and power buttons June 7, 2018 Lately, HTC phones have been having a bit of an identity overhaul. Having long been the manufacturer of Google’s own Pixel phones, and for a while the smartest Android handsets you could pick up, HTC is now something of a discerning outsider’s choice. The cream cheese bagel to Google’s ham baguette, the Janeway to their [...]
Blow for England as Billy Vunipola set to miss entire Six Nations with fractured arm January 14, 2018 Saracens powerhouse Billy Vunipola is set to miss England’s entire Six Nations campaign after X-rays confirmed he fractured his forearm during Saturday’s European Champions Cup clash with Ospreys. The 25-year-old reeled away clutching his right wrist following a clash with Ospreys forward Rob McCusker in the latter stages of the first half and failed to [...]
UK Investors forecast returns of 8.1 per cent – with UK millennials expecting more December 6, 2018 UK investors expect annual returns of 8.1 per cent over the next five years, according to a major new global study. The finding, part of the Schroders Global Investor Study 2018, marked a notable fall from an expectation of 8.7 per cent in the UK in last year’s study. The returns, based on the average expectation of [...]
Safari From Above: We take to the skies over Botswana for a whole new perspective on African safari July 20, 2018 Viewed from above, an elephant is a curious sight. Longer and considerably heavier than the light aircraft I was flying in, each member of the herd was unperturbed by the fact that our descent onto the dirt airstrip was only a few tens of metres above their heads. In fact, the only one who was [...]
A vision of the future: The marriage of AI and Blockchain July 17, 2018 Where is Artificial Intelligence Headed? Artificial Intelligence (AI) can radically improve people’s lives if we nurture its potential. AI enables machines to mimic human traits such as learning and thinking, and is able to do this at a pace and efficacy of which humans will never be capable. We can harness this power to help [...]
Housing reform is the only way to solve generational inequality May 10, 2018 This week, the Resolution Foundation published a report entitled A New Intergenerational Contract. The report, from the think tank’s Intergenerational Commission, found that millennials (born 1980-1996) are now half as likely to own a home at age 30 as baby boomers were. Four out of 10 millennials now rent privately at age 30 – double [...]
Apple share price climbs to a new record high as it smashes expectations November 2, 2017 Apple has edged tantalisingly close to a $1 trillion valuation today as the technology giant’s quarterly earnings blew away expectations, pushing its share price to a new high in after-hours trading. In the fourth quarter, Apple’s revenue rose 12 per cent to $52.6bn (£40.3bn) while the company’s net income increased to $10.7bn, or $2.07 per [...]