Deliveroo has announced that it will create 400 high-skilled technology roles to support its growth. The move is part of the company’s wider plan to further develop its logistics technology.
Budget constraints and buy-in from senior leadership are two of the biggest barriers to the adoption of smart technologies, according to new research. A report from Johnson Controls found that while 99 per cent of decision-makers see the value of smart technology, only 34 per cent of buildings are currently fitted with smart solutions.
British Airways has settled a case brought by both customers and staff members that had been impacted by a huge data breach in 2018. The breach resulted in personal data being leaked, the lead solicitors in the case said on Tuesday, according to a report by Reuters.
Artificial intelligence has been used during a British Army operation for the first time. Soldiers from the 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade used an AI engine which provides information on the surrounding environment and terrain.
An app created to help promote social distancing on busy beaches has been rolled out nationally. Beach Check UK, which was launched by BCP Council last July, is now funded by the Local Digital Collaboration Unit at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Less than 50 per cent of the people that have downloaded Scotland’s contact tracing app are actively using it, according to the BBC. Protect Scotland only has 950,000 active users, despite being downloaded by two million people.
Britain has been named the eighth worse country in Europe for cybersecurity in new research. The study from ESET analysed European countries based on a number of factors.
The European Commission is to propose a new digital levy to fund its recovery from the pandemic, which will cover hundreds of businesses, according to a report from Reuters. The majority of the companies covered by the proposed scheme will be European.
Zipline has doubled its valuation to $2.75 billion, following a $250 million funding round. The drone delivery company said the money will be invested in accelerating the development of a new model for instant logistics.
Over 200 high-profile women have urged social media companies to address abuse on their platforms in an open letter. The document has been signed by former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard, ex-US tennis player Billie Jean King and British actresses Thandiwe Newton and Emma Watson.
Chief constable Simon Bailey has said that technology giants are not taking the scale of child abuse on their platforms seriously enough. According to a report in The Metro, the senior officer warned that social networks are not spending enough money on technology to prevent paedophiles sharing images online.
50 per cent of European and US pharmaceutical manufacturing companies believe AI can help bring new drugs to market more rapidly and securely, according to new research. But 96 per cent of pharmaceuticals face challenges using technology to derive value from their data, a report from Aspen Technology has found.
Facebook AI has announced a new collaboration with Matterport that will advance Habitat, a simulation platform for research in Embodied AI, to help robots better interact with the physical world.
A flying car has completed its first inner-city test flight from Slovakia’s international airport in Nitra to the country’s capital Bratislava. Klein Vision’s AirCar, a dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle, made the 35-minute flight earlier this week. The flight represented the 142nd successful landing at Bratislava.
Orange has announced plans to launch what it describes as Europe’s first 5G Stand Alone, fully end-to-end experimental cloud network. The network, which will launch in France in July, will be the blue-print for Orange’s plans to head towards a ‘zero touch network.’