You know the world’s topsy-turvy when the Governor of the Bank of England makes a speech which would have been more appropriate coming from the Leader of the Opposition. The Governor’s speech in Liverpool earlier this week put the official imprimatur on what everyone has been saying: . that the price for the 2008 crisis ...
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Today sees the formal adoption of the latest Bluetooth wireless comms standard - Bluetooth 5 - incorporating all the low energy features previously seen in Bluetooth Smart
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Wearables has boiled down to fitness bands and Apple’s watch is falling fast into oblivion. You don’t often see Apple gear marked down but this year’s Black Friday sales saw the iWatch discounted. Not surprising, perhaps, because unit shipments fell 71% between Q3 2015 and Q3 2016, according to IDC. Q316 iWatch units were 1.1 ...
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HiSilicon has taken a license for UltraSoC’s IP for system monitoring, analysis and optimisation. UltraSoC’s IP provides an independent system-level architecture that enables non-intrusive, wire-speed monitoring of the internal behavior of a system-on-chip (SoC). It accelerates and de-risks development by giving engineers an intimate understanding of the complex interactions between on-chip sub-systems, buses and software. ...
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If you can’t beat ’em join ’em. After a series of rebuffs in its attempts to buy Taiwanese technology companies, Tsinghua is to set up a $7 billion ‘Cross-Straits’ fund to try and promote co-operation between Taiwanese and mainland China companies. “Taiwan should not be afraid of the capital from the mainland, instead, the mainland’s ...
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We talk to Jesse Lozano, CEO and co-founder of pi-top about future directions for pi-top, establishing yourself as a tech-startup, crowd-funding, the Raspberry Pi and including the topic of Brexit...
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New airport security screening technology using millimetre waves have to potential to improve threat detection without using body images which invade personal privacy, writes Dr. Sherif Sayed Ahmed Long airport security queues are not fun for anyone involved. Waiting times can be stressful for travellers, who would rather be relaxing airside. The security staff themselves ...
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