Facebook users have continued to rise despite a series of data privacy scandals and criticism over its attempt to stem toxic content. The social media giant said the number of people who logged into its site at least once a month jumped 9% last year to 2.32 billion people. Fears the firm’s scandals could put […]
Apple has acknowledged a flaw in its FaceTime software that allowed for brief eavesdropping – even if the recipient did not pick up. In some cases the target iPhone could send video without the receiver’s knowledge. The company said it had developed a fix and an update would be rolled out this week. In the […]
New Facebook vice-president Sir Nick Clegg has told the BBC the firm will do “whatever it takes” to make its social media platforms safer for young people. Sir Nick was responding to the case of 14-year-old Molly Russell, who took her own life after viewing distressing images on Instagram. He added that some experts say […]
A groundbreaking international study conducted by The Center for Generational Kinetics and commissioned by WP Engine reveals that Generation Z, born between 1996-2015, is fuelled by technology in all facets of their life, and expect the Internet to connect them, entertain them, sell to them and build their digital brand. It’s a generation whose relationship […]
Social media firms could be banned if they fail to remove harmful content, the health secretary has warned. Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show, Matt Hancock said: “If we think they need to do things they are refusing to do, then we can and we must legislate.” But he said it would be better […]
Research by security firm Gemalto has revealed that 52% of businesses worldwide cannot detect if any of their IoT devices suffer a breach, pointing to the fact that the state of IoT device security could be much worse than projected at present. Two years ago, when the adoption of IoT devices in the UK had […]
Leading Enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software company UiPath has issued a new report ‘RPA: The Next Step in Retail Automation’. This comprehensive report outlines how RPA is actively reshaping the retail sector worldwide. Leading European retailers have contributed their thoughts on their usage of RPA across multiple functions, from finance to HR, marketing and […]
The need to seamlessly fuse online and offline experiences and fulfill anytime-anywhere convenience has retail executives concerned about the maturity of their customer experience and supply chain capabilities, according to new research from JDA Software, Inc. The 2019 Retail C-Suite Viewpoint Survey in collaboration with Microsoft, conducted by retail research firm Incisiv, finds that while […]
88% of UK gaming firms are using artificial intelligence (AI) to get to know customers and increase personalisation, research by global reviews and customer insights technology company Feefo has found. More than half (54%) have been using AI for a year or more, while 34% started using the technology this year. Only 10% of businesses […]
Approximately 80 percent of IoT device users in the United States, in the UK, and in Canada do not trust their IoT devices to ensure their security and privacy, a survey carried out by BlackBerry has revealed. The survey also revealed that consumers in these three countries are more likely to purchase new IoT devices […]
