Government watchdog calls for review of foreign CCTV technology in Whitehall after Matt Hancock leak

Government watchdog calls for review of the use of foreign CCTV technology in Whitehall after a video of Matt Hancock clinch with Gina Coladangelo was leaked Requested in letter from the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson said ‘risks and considerations are complex and multi-faceted’ False claims blamed leak of Hancock clip on hostile … Read more

Britain’s top microchip maker to be sold to Chinese-owned technology firm despite security fears 

Now China buys up our top microchip maker: Britain’s biggest producer is to be sold to Chinese-owned technology firm despite security fears Nexperia agreed to buy Newport Wafer Fab in a deal said to be worth £63million The South Wales facility manufactures crucial power components for vehicles Ministers were urged to intervene as Nexperia is owned … Read more

Britney Spears hopes kids nowadays ‘realize there is way more to life than technology’

Britney Spears is reminiscing about the ‘curiosity and wonder’ she experienced as a child growing up without smartphones and other forms of technology. The 39-year-old musician shared her thoughts to Instagram on Tuesday, writing that she hopes ‘children realize there is way more to life than technology.’ ‘Nowadays I feel like kids are very protected … … Read more

Technology start-up backed by fashion mogul Tom Singh to raise £10m

Technology start-up backed by fashion mogul Tom Singh to raise £10m for expansion after securing major clients By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 12 June 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 12 June 2021 A London technology start-up backed by fashion mogul and New Look founder Tom Singh plans to raise around … Read more

Internet: Hilarious video resurfaces showing the retro technology used to check your emails in 1984

A hilarious video from 1984 demonstrating the now retro-looking — but then cutting-edge — technology used to check emails when travelling overseas has resurfaced. Posted on Twitter by news anchor Jon Erlichman, the British TV clip features one of the first-ever notebook-style computers and an acoustic coupler-style modem. In it, the presenter undertakes two attempts … Read more

Scientists equip smartphones with ‘bat-sense’ technology to generate images from sound 

The future of CCTV? Smartphones equipped with ‘bat-sense’ technology could soon generate images from SOUND alone Researchers were inspired by echolocation used by bats to hunt and navigate  They sent blips of sound from a speaker to bounce around an indoor space A machine learning algorithm times how long the signal takes to come back … Read more

Britain’s ‘moment of reckoning’: UK must win technology race, GCHQ spy chief warns 

Britain’s ‘moment of reckoning’: UK must win technology race with foreign adversaries or risk falling prey to China, GCHQ spy chief warns UK faces ‘moment of reckoning’ in race for tech supremacy, spy chief says Jeremy Fleming will call for Britain to evolve like an animal in a changing habitat He will warn digital dominance … Read more

Amazon to open hair salon in UK to trial latest technology

Amazon opens its first ever hair salon in London where customers can test out new hair colour in augmented reality consultations The bricks-and-mortar ‘experiential’ venue is launching in London’s Spitalfields  Includes augmented reality hair consultations to virtually test out a new colour The salon will be taking bookings from the general public ‘in the coming … Read more

UK schools’ science and technology curricula ‘not fit for purpose’, say teachers

Science and technology curricula in UK schools are ‘not fit for purpose’ and need to be updated to help pupils ‘change the world for the better’, teachers have warned. Polls taken amid COVID-19 on behalf of the Amazon Longitude Explorer Prize found 47 per cent of teachers think the technology curriculum, specifically, is out of date. More … Read more

Son ‘brings grandparents back to life’ using deep fake technology

Heartwarming moment son uses AI to bring his grandparents’ portraits to life and shows them to his parents  Gagandeep Singh Anand, 26, uploaded footage of this grandparents online  He used the genealogy website MyHeritage to animate the old images  Gagandeep showed the images to his parents  Gurcharanjeet and Manjeet Both his parents reacted emotionally seeing the … Read more