What life is really like as an ethical hacker at one of the world’s biggest tech companies April 15, 2016 Charles Henderson gets paid to think like a bad guy. As an ethical hacker for IBM, Henderson's job is to break into networks, applications, or physical locations to figure out how a real attacker would go about their work, exposing flaws and the impact those flaws might have on an organization's security. Given the increase [...]
Warren Buffett has been linked with a group that is looking to bid for Yahoo May 15, 2016 Warren Buffett, the legendary investor, is backing a consortium that is bidding for the core internet assets of Yahoo, according to reports. The head of Berkshire Hathaway, also known as the Sage of Omaha, is reportedly among a group that includes Dan Gilbert, the billionaire founder of Quicken Loans. US news reports and the Financial [...]
Apple, Yahoo, Microsoft, IBM and Twitter share prices fall as US markets open July 22, 2015 US technology shares all fell as US markets today, after disappointing results by Apple prompted a mass sell-off overnight. Read more: Apple reckons Watch sales "beat internal forecasts" The iPhone manufacturer led the fallers, with its shares falling five per cent to $124.29, after a 7.3 per cent drop in pre-market trading wiped $66bn off its [...]
Paint by numbers: Conran paint company launches £5m mini-bond through crowdfunding April 18, 2016 Master Paintmakers (MPL), the company behind design veteran Sir Terence Conran's eponymous paint brand, is to raise up to £5m using crowdfunding platform Karadoo. The 124-year old paint maker has launched a mini-bond through the site, offering investors an annual dividend of six per cent over five years, as well as an online discount on its paints. It will use the funds to help expand its range [...]
IBM earnings: Share price slumps 4pc as revenue falls for thirteenth consecutive quarter July 20, 2015 The figures IBM reported quarterly earnings that beat analysts’ estimates, but their revenues fell short of expectations, dropping for the thirteenth consecutive quarter. The tech giant reported $20.81bn in sales, down 14.7 per cent over the year and lower than expectations of 20.9bn. Adjusted earnings came in at $3.84 a share, just beating forecasts of [...]
Martin Sorrell’s WPP leads marketing and communications global deals surge in first quarter of 2016 April 21, 2016 The value of deals activity in the marketing and communications sector grew by two-thirds in the first quarter of 2016. During the three months, 288 deals completed in the global market, up 32 per cent year on year, according to new research by Results International published today. The combined disclosed value of the deals was [...]
World’s most powerful women: Angela Merkel comes top for the second year in a row June 6, 2016 German chancellor Angela Merkel has been named the most powerful woman in the world for the second time in a row – while the Queen has moved up the list. Forbes' 2016 ranking of the world's most powerful women put US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton second for the second consecutive year, while Federal Reserve chair [...]
DeepMind’s AlphaGo versus Go world champion Lee Sedol: Everything you need to know about the man versus machine showdown March 7, 2016 Artificial intelligence is about to face its biggest test to date. The AI software AlphaGo created by British-based Google-owned DeepMind will face its most challenging human foe yet – the champion player of the chess-like ancient Chinese game Go, Lee Sedol. Man and machine will meet for a five set game in Seoul starting this week. Representing the human corner is [...]
City heavyweights join shadow business secretary Angela Eagle to decide the corporate winners of this year’s LGBT Awards April 6, 2016 Distinguished business figures met in the capital today to decide the British LGBT Awards corporate winners The judging panel, made up illustrious names across the banking, finance and legal sectors, met up with shadow business secretary Angela Eagle to pick out winners for an array of gongs that praise the hard work done by Square Mile staffers [...]
Cannes 2016: Of Mad Men and Maths Men – Is it not time for fewer awards with a greater focus on integrated work June 20, 2016 As we enter adland’s largest global conference, its dramatic evolution over the last few years is evident. Once all about the creative work, it is now split over three distinct districts – the Palais creative hub, the tech media giants on the beach and ad tech alley near the port. In 2014 and 2015, I was [...]