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Robert Half collaborates with Amazon to boost cloud skills


By Alexandra Leonards

Specialist recruitment firm Robert Half has announced that it is partnering with AWS re/Start, a 12-week cloud computing skills development programme. The collaboration aims to help place graduates into entry-level cloud roles in the UK.


UK airports face huge queues as e-gate system goes down

Over the weekend Heathrow and other UK airports experienced massive queues after a technical issue forced e-gate systems offline. According to a report by Sky News, crowds of people struggled to pass through customers when the e-gates failed.

New initiative helps kids learn computer programming

A new scheme from the government-funded National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) is enabling children in primary and secondary schools across England to access the latest technology to learn how to control objects by computers.

Twitter launches crypto tips

Twitter is expanding its tipping feature to everyone and including more payment options – including cryptocurrencies. The social media platform said that people already drop links to their payment profiles in their bios and Tweets and that ‘Tips’ makes this easier to do.

USB-C to become common EU charging port

The USB-C connector is set to become the common charging port for mobile phones, tablets, and headphones in the EU under a new European Commission (EC) proposal. The EC claims the move will have environmental benefits and save consumers $293 million.

UK employees ‘lose over three weeks’ looking for IT support

Brits are losing up to two and a half hours every week looking for support on how to use software applications, according to new research.

Apple almost ‘banned Facebook’ over slavery posts

In 2019, Apple reportedly threatened to ban Facebook products from its App Store after domestic “slaves for sale” were found by the BBC on the social media platform’s apps, including Instagram.
Scotland new hot spot for technology roles

Tech jobs in Glasgow and Edinburgh have increased by over a quarter in the past two years, according to new government figures. The data analysed by Adzuna for the UK’s Digital Economy Council and Tech Nation, also reveals that 30 per cent of available vacancies in the country’s capital are in the technology sector, the highest of any UK city.

AI rejected as inventor by Court of Appeal

A man’s plea to have an AI system recognized as the inventor of two patents has been rejected by The Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Stephen Thaler, founder of US-based AI firm Imagination Engines, attempted to credit two inventions to the firm’s neural network model DABUS.

Video-game chats ‘used to spread hate’

Extremists are using gaming platforms to push antisemitic, racist, and homophobic rhetoric, according to BBC Click. According to the programme, people are using platforms such as DLive and Odysee, where users chat about games like Call of Duty and Minecraft, to spread hate online.

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