TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
The Digital Services and Digital Markets Acts are new pieces of legislation from the EU. To gain an insight into the details of each Act and what impact they could have on businesses - large and small - Silicon UK spoke with Stavroula ...
Contract between NHS and data mining firm Palantir now at centre of lawsuit filed by UK political website
The pandemic has thrown businesses into disarray, but can enterprises still use technology to become disruptors in their industry, sector and marketplace? Digital transformation continues – if in a different form. And what does disrupt ...
Industry 4.0 initiatives are transforming factories in a myriad of industries, from aerospace and health care to plastics and shipping. However, why do so many Industry 4.0 initiatives at today’s factories fail to scale? Silicon UK ask ...
Privacy and how the personal data of individuals is collected, stored, manipulated and shared is governed by GDPR. However, some high-profile data compliance breaches have thrown into doubt the effectiveness of the regulation. And as t ...
To maintain loyalty and brand advocacy, how has personalisation evolved? Highly focused data is, of course, needed to create personalised communications, but in an age where privacy is essential to consumers, how can businesses balance ...
As businesses of all sizes build their strategies for COVID recovery, data will play a vital role. As the commercial landscape has changed, information is critical to creating new secure and robust processes and trading environments to ...
News that Amazon has moved into the wearable health and fitness area with its Halo Band, Silicon UK considers the technologies and services we can all access to improve our health and stay fit. Wearable health has been an option for se ...
Big Blue once again accused of axing older staff, after another age discrimination lawsuit is filed against grandfather of tech industry
Gartner recently noted a shift away from data dashboard. Is this a trend that will continue? As businesses collect vast quantities of information from their customers and commercial partners, how can this data be visualized for insight ...
Much of the work being done today to fight crime is analyzing the vast quantities of data every police force now collects. How are these big datasets being analyzed? And how are the insights gained impacting on practical policing?
COVID-19 may have changed the retail landscape forever. What will retailing look like in a post-COVID-19 world? Will the high street be able to survive and, how will retailers evolve their strategic use of the omnichannel?
What is the current state of LawTech? LawtechUK, will this year, pilot a government-backed LawTech R&D programme - the Lawtech Sandbox - to help accelerate the digital transformation of the UK's legal sector. What could this mean for b ...
Big Blue appoints new cloud boss Howard Boville, as new CEO Arvind Krishna takes over the running of the IT industry veteran from Ginni Rometty
How are FinTech companies innovating? What's the tech that sits behind the development of their apps and support networks, and what these advancements might mean for wider industries and consumers.
Alphabet unit completes $2.6bn acquisition of Looker Data Sciences after approval from British competition watchdog
Is it hyperbole about the coming automation revolution? Are robots about to take our jobs? In this first feature, we bring some much-needed sanity to the debate. Which sectors are likely to be most affected? Should these people start l ...
Security firm Avast announces it is immediately winding down Jumpshot division and terminating data sharing with it, following privacy scandal
Largest Google Cloud event in Europe sees search engine giant commit to enhance European data protection with additional tools
Google kicks off its largest Google Cloud event in Europe touting contracts with Vodafone, as well as the John Lewis Partnership
IoT coupled with 5G are the key foundations onto which the smart city will be built. From transport to personalised services, a data-rich environment is taking shape
Health Secretary announces £250m to be spent on boosting the role of AI within the health service
World first dedicated office in Australia to police the likes of Google and Facebook and their algorithms
Big Blue's 30 year partnership at Wimbledon continues with AI used to power App and highlights programme
Responding to privacy and ethical concerns, Microsoft deletes facial recognition training database
One time bitter rivals Microsoft and Oracle agree to make their cloud services work together
Artificial intelligence to identify profiles of those who have passed away, to stop pain for family
Worried that AI may discriminate on race or gender? Government orders inquiry despite ongoing use in policing
New additions see business uses for Redmond's augmented-reality goggles HoloLens