Digital platform and smart baggage management company AirPortr has entered a partnership with Swissport, the provider of airport ground services. The collaboration aims to enable off-airport baggage processing for airlines and airports.
Tech Nation has announced that 30 companies have joined its growth programme ‘Libra’, designed to equip black and multiracial entrepreneurs with knowledge, tools, and networks to help scale their businesses.
Seven projects have been awarded funding to develop technologies that support the coexistence of offshore windfarms and UK air defence systems. The funding is part of the second phase of Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence, a competition which aims to develop tech that reduces the impact of offshore windfarms on Air Defence surveillance.
The government has launched a consultation on measures to help put the UK at the forefront of transport technologies like drones and electric vehicles. The government said that it plans for a robust and expansive charge point network that will “allow everyone to make the switch to electric.”
Instagram has announced that it will pause the launch of its platform for under 13s. The social media company said that it wanted to work with parents, experts, and policymakers to “demonstrate the need for this product.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The number of cyber training course participants at the Department for Education (DfE) has jumped from 7,000 last year to more than 30,000 in 2021. The 329 per cent rise is the result of the department increasing security courses on offer to staff from four to 44.