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Rising Data Management Costs Affecting Businesses
A report from Seagate has highlighted how the rising costs of storing and managing data is hitting businesses hard. One-Third Of Company Budgets The report highlights how up to a third of company IT budgets are being eaten up by data management and storage costs at an average spend of £213,000 per year! Sleeping Giant …
Robots Now Legally Lethal
The announcement by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors to allow the city’s police to use robots that can deploy “deadly force” in the fight against crime has been met with concern. What Killer Robots? According to a San Francisco Police Department policy document, the city has essentially approved the use of 17 robots, 5 of…
Ultra-Accurate GPS (10 cm)
In this insight, we take a closer look at the new alternative positioning system to GPS that is accurate to within an incredible 10 centimetres. Issues With Current GPS System Society heavily relies on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) like GPS for positioning and navigation, as well as the distribution of time and frequency reference…
AI Content Legal Challenges
Following a copyright lawsuit against an AI code generator and industry questions about who actually owns images made by AI text-to-image generators, we look at the legal issues (and others) surrounding generative AI. The Issue The recent lawsuit and questions from coders, artists, musicians, and other creatives show that the challenge is that there is…
Personalised (Printed) Pills
A Helsinki startup has developed a ‘Medicine-as-a-Service’ system where drugs can be 3D printed to exactly match the needs of the patient in terms of their size, physiology, species, plus any allergies. CurifyLabs According to CurifyLabs, the startup that has created the system, there is one big drawback to the existing methods of administering medication.…
New Deadline To Remove Huawei
Following the UK government’s decision back in June 2020 to remove all Huawei Equipment From 5G Network Cores, the deadline has now been pushed back to December 2023. Why Remove Huawei Equipment? The decision to remove the equipment in the UK dates back to the Trump era in the US, however worries about national security…
Google’s New Features For Maps, Search And Shopping
Following the roll-out of a range of new features for Google’s Maps, Search and shopping, we take a look at what they are and what benefits they could bring to users. Two New Features For Shopping It’s the ideal time of year to introduce new features to Google Shopping, hence the roll-out of two new…
How Investment In Sustainability Could Protect Against Disruption
After a new report published which says that most business leaders plan to increase investment in sustainability initiatives to protect against disruption, we look at what this means. Report A recent Gartner report highlighted how 86 per cent of business leaders plan to increase their organisation’s investment in sustainability initiatives to protect against disruption and…
WhatsApp’s New Business Directory Search Function
WhatsApp has given a progress update on new business-focused features that can embed the entire shopping experience directly into the WhatsApp chat. Find A Business – Browse Businesses By Category WhatsApp says that it is launching a new ‘Business Search’ feature. This allows users to browse businesses by category, or search by the business name.…
UK Could Be Like Silicon Valley Says Hunt
Speaking in the House of Commons, UK chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt said that Brexit “freedoms” could be leveraged to “turn Britain into the world’s next Silicon Valley.” How? Mr Hunt highlighted artificial intelligence (AI), quantum technology and robotics as key areas he believes the UK could excel in. In his speech, he drew upon ‘lessons’ from…
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