“TOMORROW’S WORLD” TODAY!
Tomorrow’s World” was a groundbreaking BBC television series that aired from 1965 to 2003, showcasing emerging technology and making bold predictions. Some of its forecasts were remarkably accurate, particularly in areas like artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, online shopping, and transportation. In a 1995 episode, the show attempted to predict what the Continue Reading
Stephen Fry on 21st Century Firsts
Stephen Fry, comedian author and broadcaster and a self confessed ‘technology lover’ looks back over the last 20 years at the firsts since the 21st Century began in the year 2000. Here we see a collection of firsts including the invention of Bluetooth and SatNav (including the first voice); the Continue Reading
Scrap Digital Tax, or no Free Trade Deal
The US will not negotiate a free trade deal with the UK unless a new digital services tax is dropped, according to a newspaper report – Source: Sky News The measure, which was proposed in 2018 by then chancellor Philip Hammond in response to fears that technology giants were not Continue Reading
Eternal Blue was a NSA tool
Source: BBC News Dave Lee, North America technology reporter The huge cyber-attack affecting organisations around the world, including some UK hospitals, can be traced back to the US National Security Agency (NSA) – raising questions over the US government’s decision to keep such flaws a secret. Elements of the malicious software used Continue Reading
Windows 10 and Hololens!
This week Microsoft unveiled it’s new plans to package a holographic headset to accompany it’s new operating system soon to be released, Windows 10. The “Hololens” as it’s known, will be shipped with the new operating along with it’s voice activated software “Cortana” which is already available on it’s Continue Reading
IBM Brain Chip
IBM has unveiled a new experimental computer chip that it says mimics the human brain in that it perceives, acts and even thinks. It terms the machines built with these chips “cognitive computers”, claiming that they are able to learn through experience, find patterns, generate ideas and understand the outcomes. Continue Reading
