The UK government has rolled out an online digital visa application process to 180 nations, marking a major milestone for the Access UK project which began life in 2014 solely for Chinese citizens. It...
Apple’s share of the smartphone market declined in the second quarter of 2016 to 12.9 per cent, even though global smartphone sales increased. Data from Gartner showed that Apple sold 44.39 million...
Bulk collection and analysis of data by MI5, MI6 and GCHQ is relevant and worthwhile for national security, according to an in-depth report by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, David Anderson...
Uber and Volvo have announced a partnership to work on self-driving car technologies, each contributing to a funding pot of $300m. The firms said that their efforts will create a new ‘base vehicle’...
Sainsbury's has appointed Andrew Day to the newly created position of chief data officer. Day will be responsible for creating the retailer's overall information management strategy, and improving the...
Twitter has explained its ongoing efforts to rid the site of accounts that promote terrorism and violence, claiming to have suspended almost a quarter of a million accounts in the past six months. Some...
Facebook is making an audacious play for the gaming market in a deal with Unity Technologies, the company behind the popular Unity games development engine. The surprise "strategic partnership" will...
SAN FRANCISCO: Intel has given a sneak peek of the firm's next-generation Xeon Phi processor, codenamed Knights Mill, which will be optimised for artificial intelligence (AI) software. Attendees at Intel...
The US is set to loosen its grip on the Domain Naming System (DNS) and leave the internet as a truly global entity, although not everyone is happy about the move. The Internet Corporation for Assigned...
SAN FRANCISCO: INTEL HAS made its first moves into the world of virtual reality (VR) with the launch of Project Alloy, the first "completely contained” head-mounted display (HMD). Project Alloy was...