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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Grind coffee bars and restaurants founder David Abrahamovitch talks Instagram, airports, and the City May 1, 2018 Since the company’s inception in 2011, Grind coffee shops and restaurants have captured the imagination of London’s millennials as a place to eat, party and Instagram. Now the brand is set to expand beyond the capital in a deal with travel food operator SSP. City A.M. caught up with Grind’s founder and chief executive David [...]
Facebook to notify 87 million users who had data harvested by Cambridge Analytica hack April 9, 2018 Facebook will today notify 87 million users around the world of whether their personal information was harvested by Cambridge Analytica. It follows the Cambridge Analytica scandal where the files of millions of people on the social networking site were gathered and used by the UK data collection firm. From 17.00 BST Monday, all 2.2 billion [...]
Could the bitcoin price (BTC) rocket back to $20,000, or are they halcyon days over? Here’s what the analysts say March 27, 2018 Bitcoin’s price hovered around the $8,000 mark today after dropping yesterday on the news that yet another tech giant was banning crypto adverts on its platform, but some analysts say it could rocket back up to $20,000 this year. Having fallen from more than $13,000 at the start of the year, Jordan Hiscott, chief trader [...]
Samsung’s brand perception is at a high after the release of new S9 device March 14, 2018 At the annual Mobile World Congress last month Samsung unveiled its new phone models, the S9 and S9+. Using YouGov brand tracking data, we can see how excitement around the launch has gathered pace, and how it has recovered its reputation following its exploding device debacle in 2016. In fact, our brand health metrics show [...]
Here are the nine biggest new game announcements from E3 2018 June 13, 2018 This year's E3 conference in Los Angeles ushered in some fresh announcements alongside a raft of previously revealed games. As the show draws to a close, here's a selection of the biggest trailers from E3 2018. CyberPunk 2077 Release date: 2019 on PS4, XBO and PC Polish studio CD Projekt Red is best known [...]