We’ve hit peak gig economy, according to JP Morgan November 15, 2016 The number of people racing to make money from driving an Uber, offering their services on TaskRabbit or renting out a spare room on Airbnb has peaked, according to one top investment bank. Growth in the number of people participating in the gig economy has slowed and is now plateauing, new research from JP Morgan has [...]
Super Mario is coming to your iPhone next month November 15, 2016 If you're one of the legions of 80s and 90s kids whose misspent youth was taken up frantically punching at SNES and Nintendo 64 controllers, rejoice – for Super Mario is finally about to appear on your iPhone. Today Nintendo said it was planning to release Super Mario Run to Apple's App Store on 15 [...]
Mute button: Twitter is finally taking a major step in tackling abuse November 15, 2016 Twitter has just taken a major step forward in trying to tackle the problem online abuse and trolling on the social network. It is rolling out a mute button which can be used to silence conversations, keywords and phrases, something long demanded by users who have only been able to block accounts before. And it looks like [...]
You can now choose genders other than man or woman on Tinder as it seeks to become more inclusive November 15, 2016 Tinder has announced its newest update which allows users to opt for a gender identity other than man or woman. From its launch back in 2012 up until today, the app only offered users two options when selecting their gender: man or woman. For those who identified as transgender or between or outside the gender [...]
TalkTalk hack: 17-year-old boy admits seven offences November 15, 2016 A 17-year-old boy has admitted seven hacking offences in connection with the TalkTalk data breach in Norwich Youth Court today. The teenager, who cannot be named, pleaded guilty to seven charges under the Computer Misuse Act. The data breach occurred last year and the telecoms firm was hit with a record £400,000 fine by the UK data regulator [...]
TalkTalk boss Dido Harding: Customers “trust us more” after handling of cyber attack November 15, 2016 Dido Harding, the chief executive of TalkTalk, believes her company has improved as a result of last year’s cyber attack. More than one year on from the hack, which affected 157,000 customers, Harding told Morning Wire she does not believe the recovery process will ever end. Speaking shortly after Tesco Bank was rocked by a [...]
Amazon Restaurants’ food delivery expands to more London locations November 15, 2016 Tech giant Amazon is ramping up its battle with Deliveroo and UberEats, extending its food delivery service to more locations in London. Amazon Restaurant has added more than 20 new areas to the list of locations it delivers food to, from restaurants such as Strada and Pod. Read more: Black Friday: Four pairs of wireless [...]
Google just promised everyone in the UK free digital skills training November 15, 2016 The boss of Google has promised every single person in the UK free digital skills training. In a speech in London today, Sundar Pichai will say: “No matter where you live, no matter where you’re from, no matter what your job is – you deserve access to all the information, education, and opportunity the web has [...]
Facebook and Google have finally taken some action on fake news November 15, 2016 Facebook and Google have both responded to a firestorm around the proliferation of fake news during the US Presidential race by promising to crackdown on advertising against such content. Google has said it will restrict advertising on pages "that misrepresent, misstate or conceal information about the publisher, the publisher's content, or the primary purpose of the [...]
Metro Bank, Deloitte and Setl are testing a blockchain-based contactless card November 15, 2016 Metro Bank, Deloitte and blockchain startup Setl have created a card for making simple contactless payments such as buying a morning coffee, using the distributed ledger technology (DLT) in a trial that's understood to be the first of its kind. The card has been tested by 100 people as part of the City watchdog's fintech sandbox [...]