Streams are the new downloads: Apple music service rumours swirl as Netflix tests ads and Spotify experiments with video June 2, 2015 The battle to dominate the growing online media streaming market, and to make money from it, is about to go up a level. Tech giant Apple is rumoured to be preparing to announce a $10 (£6.50) a month music streaming service at its WWDC conference for software developers on Monday. If the move [...]
Pinterest will bring in a buy button to app June 2, 2015 Pinterest, the online service that allows users to compile their favourite images and brands, has announced that it will introduce a new buy button on it iPhone and iPad apps in America. The company made the announcement yesterday in California. Images, known as pins. that are buyable, will have a blue price attached to it [...]
WWDC 2015: Apple Music, iOS 9, Apple TV and a new OS X – but no selfie sticks – what you need to know about Apple’s developer conference June 2, 2015 It’s that time of year, and no sooner have we been offered a host of goodies by Google, than Apple’s developer conference WWDC will be dropping even more juicy tidbits about what tech toys we’ll soon be playing with. Fresh from huge success with the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, Monday 8 June will see [...]
3D printer from Sheffield University can print products in less than a second using “high-speed sintering”. June 2, 2015 Sheffield University is building a 3D printer that should be able to spit out plastic products as quickly as a production line. The machine should be available in 2017 at a cost of £1m. It uses a new technique that uses less heat – meaning products are ready within seconds rather than hours. A single [...]
Facebook AI research: European robot lab opened in Paris to explore artificial intelligence June 2, 2015 Facebook has expanded its exploration of robot technology with the opening of a new European research centre. The Facebook AI research centre in Paris will be its third, building on existing teams in Silicon Valley and New York, and its first in Europe, looking into the application of artificial intelligence technology. "…[the] team will work [...]
The cost of cyber attacks on businesses has doubled in the last year June 2, 2015 The threat of cyber attacks on UK businesses is rising steeply, a government report has warned. Over the last year, the total cost of malicious attacks on business software and cyber breaches by employees came to £1.46m – over twice as much as the £600,000 they cost a year earlier. Nine out of 10 companies [...]
Have humans reached their maximum IQ? Intelligence is starting to plateau for the first time June 2, 2015 Over the last century, humans have become much, much cleverer. In fact, new research by the University of Vienna shows how across the world, the average IQ has risen by 30 points during that time. Why this has happened is not entirely clear, but the researchers say it's a combination of better food quality and [...]
Sit-stand desks and walkabouts: Experts say we should all be on our feet for four hours of the working day June 2, 2015 If you spend all day sitting in front of the computer at work, only to go home and sit on a sofa for a few more hours, it's time to reassess your lifestyle. People should aim to be on their feet for four hours of the working day, Public Health England has said – in [...]
Bad weather forces Solar Impulse 2 to take a break in Japan June 1, 2015 Solar Impulse 2 has had to take a short break from its round-the-world flight due to dangerous weather conditions. The fully solar-powered plane is landing at Nagoya airport in Japan before making its way across the Pacific ocean. The pilot was just 36 hours into a journey expected to take six days when the emergency [...]
Confirmed: Intel is buying Altera for $16.7bn June 1, 2015 Intel is buying Altera in an all-cash deal valued at around $16.7bn (£11bn), offering $54 per share, confirming earlier reports of an acquisition. “Intel’s growth strategy is to expand our core assets into profitable, complementary market segments,” said Intel chief Brian Krzanich. “With this acquisition, we will harness the power of Moore’s Law to make the [...]