The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has launched a new guide to help insurance firms use artificial intelligence (AI) responsibly.
Britain’s semiconductor startups are calling for policy changes ahead of the country’s budget announcement, as founders try to boost prospects for a sector the government deems as “vital to the UK securing our position as a science and technology superpower”.
The Spring Budget will include a £360m funding package to boost British manufacturing, research and development, including electric vehicles and pharmaceuticals.
UK universities have increasingly had to speak the language of ‘impact’, which has become another addition to the sector’s lexicon of buzzwords. For researchers, the REF exercise is about much more than just impact: it has become an important frame for discussion. A recent report commissioned by the British Academy and the Academy of Social Sciences unpacks this idea of impact for the disciplines we represent, and its findings are timely and telling.
We now know Amazon will be slashing hundreds of pounds off products in its annual Prime Day sale this July, as thousands of shoppers get ready to bag a bargain. Ahead of the two official sale dates the retailer is celebrating the run-up by offering 'secret' sales across selected products, including its own Amazon tech products, Samsung and Garmin.
Early in my career I remember one of my professors describing some research as “beautiful”. Up to that point beautiful wasn’t a word I would have used in research.
Founded in 2019, Space Perspective plans to send tourists to the edge of the Earth’s upper atmosphere in a capsule propelled by a high-altitude balloon the size of the Statue of Liberty.
Millions of us are already using smartphones, smartwatches and even smart glasses but the next big thing could be smart rings. Samsung teased this concept earlier this year during its Galaxy S24 showcase in California and now the Korean technology giant has shown off its idea for the very first time.
London Tech Week is an annual festival meant to celebrate the UK’s growing digital economy. Inevitably, ministers have spent the last few days doing the rounds at the event.