Nest Thermostat 3rd Generation review: An improvement on a winning formula December 20, 2017 Every tech company wants to be “the Apple of X”. Nest – which was bought by Google in 2014 for $3.2bn – is the Apple of “really boring stuff ”. Smoke alarms. Doorbells. Thermostats. But in the same way Apple convinced millions of people that they really, really wanted to put their entire music [...]
New Year’s Eve 2017: How to avoid Uber surge pricing December 31, 2017 Uber prices are set to rocket across the country this evening, as New Year’s Eve promises to be one of the busiest times of the year for the ride-sharing firm. So-called “dynamic pricing” – which Uber claims is an automatic process to “incentivise licensed drivers to work during busy times and in busy areas” – [...]
The only four watches to give at Christmas December 7, 2017 Buying the perfect gift for the woman in your life can be difficult at the best of times, but what to give the woman who has everything? From the most on-trend pieces to timeless wristwatches browse our picks of the best gifts for her. Wife Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso £5,400 Case size: 20mm x 40mm. Movement: Quartz [...]
Uber’s hooking up with Nasa to bring flying cars a step closer to reality by 2020 in Los Angeles and beyond November 8, 2017 Uber says its vision for flying cars are closer to take off after a deal with Nasa to work on a system for managing airspace together. The ride-hailing startup’s ambitious plans for a network of pod-like flying taxis that zoom around the sky were first revealed in April. And now it says it will partner [...]
Dialog Semiconductor share price falls despite Apple supplier’s record third quarter November 7, 2017 Shares in Apple supplier Dialog Semiconductor slipped despite a record third quarter and positive guidance for the year. The figures Revenue came in at $363m in the third quarter to the end of September, up five per cent on the same period last year and in line with forecasts. The UK-based German chipmaker said underlying [...]
Disney’s decision to buy 21st Century Fox is good news for viewers, honest December 15, 2017 Yesterday’s decision by Disney to buy 21st Century Fox for $52bn coincided with a data release from the UK’s Office for National Statistics showing the strength of the UK’s film industry. The figures suggested the sector added £7.7bn to the economy last year, up from £5.6bn in 2015 and just £1.8bn in 2008. The release [...]
The best running tech and gadgets of 2017 review: From wearables to fitness trackers and sports earphones January 18, 2018 Are you marathon ready? How are your glutes? Firm and rippling? Should they be rippling? Oh my god somebody Google “rippling glutes” right now and tell me what it says. In the meantime, it’s time to peruse City AM’s exhaustive list of the absolute best running tech of 2017, from things that go around your [...]
Beats Studio3 Wireless review: The W1 powered Apple headphones mark a coming of age for Beats December 20, 2017 Since being taken under the protective wing of Apple’s hardware team, hippity-hoppity cool-person company Beats has become the official high-end headphone of iOS. And with that came a number of critical changes. The Beats Studio3 Wireless headphones use the same W1 chip found in the AirPods, meaning they seamlessly pair with iOS devices without [...]
SpaceX to boldly go where no private company has gone before: The Moon February 27, 2017 Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk will fly two people around the moon next year, boldly going where no private company has gone before. In an announcement late last night Musk said two unnamed private citizens had approached his company, SpaceX, and had paid a “significant deposit” to secure the mission. The announcement could start a new [...]
Could a robot replace Jose Mourinho? The growing presence of artificial intelligence and machine learning in football December 19, 2017 If you pay attention to the countless academic studies devoted to the subject or the dire prophecies from Elon Musk or Stephen Hawking, an artificial intelligence (AI) age is rapidly approaching that promises to make most of our jobs redundant. A McKinsey and Company report published earlier this year estimated that more than half of [...]