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February 20, 2019

NHSX: The new organisation in charge of tech and data in the UK’s National Health Service

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock hopes NHSX will bring a new "culture of innovation" to the National Health Service as it looks to transform its use of tech and data

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February 20, 2019

As UK government announces stricter drone legislation, analyst warns it could hold back sector

Degassing lava erupts onto the seafloor at NW Rota-1 volcano, creating a billowing cloudy plume that is extremely acidic, and is full of carbon dioxide and sulfur. (photo credit: copyright Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

February 19, 2019

New North Sea oil fields cleared for exploration after previous belief of volcanic activity is quashed

Innovators

How doctors are using an AI app to detect rare genetic disorders

Water damage in mobile phones could no longer be a worry with new coating tech

Technology

Here are five cloud gaming companies pioneering a $90bn global industry

Introducing honcho, the new insurance comparison app aimed at millennial drivers

Influencers

Influencers February 19, 2019

11 Karl Lagerfeld quotes from the late Chanel fashion designer

Leadership

How hosting Secret Leaders business podcast helped Dan Murray-Serter set up his own business

Entrepreneurs

Europe’s young tech entrepreneurs who are tipped to make it big in 2019

Profiling Rosalind Brewer, the second black female board member in Amazon’s history

Features

Features February 19, 2019

From Dyson to JPMorgan, here are the companies that could leave the UK after Brexit

From Apple to Nestle, these are the companies hoping to profit from climate change

Analysing the American AI Initiative that’s just been green-lit by Trump

Champions League 2018/19 sponsors: Profiling the eight big backers, from Sony to Gazprom

Analysis

Analysis February 19, 2019

Should I stay or should I go? What the tech industry really wants from Brexit

As Huawei goes to war with the US, is it too big to ban? Assessing the impact on global 5G roll-out

Strategies for retailers to cope with payment trends in 2019 – as a mobile shopping revolution takes hold

Global urban population to account for 60% of all people on earth by 2025

News

February 13, 2019

Profiling the world’s top AI start-ups, from AEye to Unbabel

Pioneers in everything from medtech to autonomous driving were chosen by CB Insights as the top AI start-ups in terms of funding and market reach for its AI 100 list
February 13, 2019

Inside The Moonshot Factory: Five out-of-this-world ideas coming from Alphabet’s secret X division

From internet balloons to energy kites, Alphabet's secretive X laboratory is working on some of the wackiest and most innovative ideas in the world today
February 13, 2019

A history of how KCOM came to ‘monopolise’ Hull’s internet market – and whether it’s a good or bad thing

The vast majority of homes and businesses in Hull are only served with broadband and telephone coverage by the city’s network provider KCOM, in one of the UK’s last remaining modern day monopolies
- Artificial Intelligence
- Technology
February 13, 2019

In search of the perfect AI beer: How artificial intelligence is disrupting Japan’s brewing industry

Brewing is the latest industry to feel the effects of AI disruption but analysts warn companies of jumping on the craftbot bandwagon
- Politics
- Workplace
February 12, 2019

Analysing the use of zero-hour contracts in the UK and what it means for employees

The Trade Union Congress has called for a ban on zero-hour contracts in the UK following new figures that reveal the level of insecurity they bring for workers - but what are the figures behind this working practice
February 12, 2019

New selfie verification tech used by Monzo and Airbnb will prevent IDs from being ‘spoofed’

Jumio Authentication is a new AI-based technology that uses selfie verification to help clients such as Monzo and Airbnb prevent identity theft
- China
- Technology
February 11, 2019

What is Tencent? Profiling China’s largest social media conglomerate

China is home to an extraordinary web of tech conglomerates and Tencent, with its various subsidiaries such as WeChat, QQ and Qzone, is right at the top of the list
February 11, 2019

Failure is success if we learn from it: Five examples from the founders behind firms like Mumsnet and Babylon

From the founder of Mumsnet to the brains behind Babylon Health, many business leaders have experience of failure - and as the old adage goes, failure is success if we learn from it
February 8, 2019

What do Sinopec Capital’s calls to end ‘burning era’ tell us about China’s environmental policy?

China is the biggest contributor to climate change in terms of CO2 emissions but should the country be doing more to curb its pollution rates?
February 8, 2019

Five things you didn’t know about China’s Sesame Credit social ranking system

From Orwellian nightmare to state-imposed social engineering, Ant Financial's Sesame Credit system has been described as many things - here we take a closer look at the system and five things you may not have known about it