Month: February 2020
How wearables will power the next phase of workplace productivity
Last year, productivity in the UK fell at its fastest annual pace in five years. In fact, global workplace productivity has also weakened, with the annual growth in output per worker falling from 2.9 per cent to 2 per cent in the past decade. Not only has this caused a…
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Samsung confirms coronavirus case at South Korean factory
A Samsung factory in South Korea was shut down after a confirmed case of coronavirus. The facility in Gumi, near the Southeastern city of Daegu, was closed until early Monday morning and the floor on which the affected employee was working on will remain shut until early tomorrow. “The company…
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Chess champion Garry Kasparov who was replaced by AI says most US jobs are next
Garry Kasparov dominated chess until he was beaten by an IBM supercomputer called Deep Blue in 1997. The event made “man loses to computer” headlines the world over. Kasparov recently returned to the ballroom of the New York hotel where he was defeated for a debate with AI experts. Wired’s…
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Your private WhatsApp group invites may have been listed on Google
WhatsApp is facing a security crisis after it emerged that over 4,000 links inviting people to join private groups have been listed on Google. Normally, these links are simply sent directly to the person being invited, but if they happen to be posted online anywhere, they can easily be indexed…
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Disney Plus announces preorder discounts for Europe
Disney is discounting the price of a yearly subscription to its streaming service in Europe, ahead of its regional launch on March 24th. Customers who subscribe before March 23rd will get £10, or €10, off the price of a year’s subscription, bringing the annual cost down to £49.99 or €59.99.…
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Google wants to help make Firefox faster
Google has announced it is bringing one of its most importan web testing tools to Mozilla Firefox. Lighthouse, an open source automation tool that helps in testing website or web app page load speeds, performance and user experience is available to download for Firefox users now. Frst announced in 2016…
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