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Councils sign up for Government ID pilots

Nineteen local authorities will be involved in a Government pilot scheme for its new ident...

TALKING POINT: Is voice recognition tech too creepy?

Google has unveiled its Home ‘smart speaker’. Google Home is a direct competitor t...

Toyota unveils robot BABY as birth rate plummets

Toyota has unveiled a miniature robot which is intended to substitute for a BABY. The c...

Government funding to “future-proof post-Brexit Britain”

The Government has pledged £220 million of tech funding in healthcare and life sciences t...

Jaguar Land Rover launches intelligent car tech platform

Jaguar Land Rover and engineering consultancy Altran have launched a software platform for...

Amazon to pay above living wage to 20,000 Christmas staff

Amazon has pledged to pay its seasonal employees well as it recruits 20,000 members of sta...

Government ‘must harness tech to drive transformation’

A digital services firm has called on the Government to improve public services, deliver g...

Majority of banks and financial firms to adopt blockchain

Blockchain technology is to be used by majority of financial institutions within three yea...

Students need “bridge” into companies to counter skills gap

Tech students who aren’t gaining the skills they need in the workplace need “more of a...

Up-and-coming Leeds is “world class in e-health”

Leeds’ healthtech offering has been described as “world class” by a leading entrepre...

Entrepreneurs don’t know how to commercialise their dreams

Entrepreneurs are big on dreams but are falling short when it comes to turning their idea ...

Manchester’s NCC buys Silicon Valley cyber security firm

Manchester-based IT services provider NCC Group has bought a Silicon Valley cyber security...