AI will it work for us or enslave us?
The golden age of artificial intelligence is coming, according to the marketing companies. It will be a time when our lives will work in tandem with the technology and be immeasurably better. Read More …
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PassW0rd radio – Pollution crisis soon more plastic in sea than fish
The world’s seas are facing a plastic catastrophe that is devastating wildlife and could potentially choke the planet within 30 years due to our dependence on the material for technology and packaging.
Power breakthrough promises new future
UK scientists have made a breakthrough in energy technology that has the potential to let electric planes and cars travel the same distance as petrol vehicles and be recharged in the same time it takes to fuel a conventional tank.
Drivers turn over a new Leaf
Carmaker Nissan is claiming running costs of only 2 pence per mile for its Leaf electric car…
Tesla S offers drivers free fuel forever
Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s new superfast plug-in car promises free motoring forever
UK cleans up in EU data centre awards
Britain tops the European league table for clean, green operations in its data centres.
Solar-powered bike conquers Sahara
Adventurer Simon Milward has completed his journey across the Western Sahara on his solar-powered bicycle.
Solar powered bike in Sahara trial
Campaigner Simon Milward is crossing the Western Sahara on a solar-powered push-bike, to prove that sunlight is a viable source of renewable energy even in the desert.. Braving the burning sirrocco wind and getting his passport confiscated by Morrocan toll road officials were the least of his worries as he started the trek from Guelmin […]
London Mayor cheeses off telecommuters
It’s the stuff of nightmares, a home working Boris Johnson on the sofa eating cheese, hair dishevelled, probably in his pyjamas, but according to the business friendly London Mayor, it’s the truth of homeworking.
Solar power pack
Bags are not normally the stuff of history but they should be, bags play an elemental part in our lives, the bag, probably more than the wheel, was I am sure, the starting point of civilisation.
Power when you need it
It’s odd that the word solar keeps on conjuring up all of these images of the sort of technological ideas that you get in Saga Magazines. Devices that allow you to make a perfect cooked breakfast in a microwave if you stand on tiptoe and point in the general direction of Mecca.
£46bn sales prediction for solar panels
In yet more good news for the solar power industry figures recently released by a leading market research group have predicted that the global market for solar panels will reach £46bn by 2017.
The solar power stations in space
At some point in the near future a satellite orbiting the Earth will gently open a solar array like an unfolding flower and power from the Sun will pour down from it to both the Earth and the Moon, science fiction? No, not one bit.
Sun powers railway station
The upgrade to Blackfriars will see the London rail station become an environmentally friendly marvel, incorporating the City’s biggest solar array.
Sunny Spells For Solar Power
The US solar power industry has received a significant endorsement from a top US financier who stated that the sector is moving rapidly to the point it will no longer need government support.
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Ada Fest shows female tech high fliers
A little green person landing from Mars at the 2017 Ada Lovelace Festival would be astonished to learn that, here on Earth, technology is very much a man’s world…
Anti-terror expert warns of criminals switching from high street to online crime
One of the UK’s leading anti-terrorist experts has warned of a criminal exodus from the high-street onto the internet.
Mobile phone sales slump
The latest global trade figures from the United Nations UNCTAD show a slump in the sale of information technology, prompting fears that the market has reached saturation point.
Robots will do one third of jobs by 2024
Experts find one third of British workers will be replaced by robots in the next ten years
Mobile people ‘trade children’ for wifi
CSRI experts have built a fake wifi hotspot and captured passwords, emails and IDs from users…
Startup online, Minister tells jobless
UK Enterprise Minister urges Britain’s unemployed ‘start Internet-based businesses from home’.
Google ignites new space race
Internet giant Google is funding a prize for the first team to send a lander to the Moon
UK spaceport ‘within five years’ – Minister
Launching the Space Innovation and Growth Strategy at Westminster, David Willetts set out a vision of Public-Private Partnerships to fund a big expansion in Britain’s hi-tech industries.
Silicon secrets: ‘fresh air and fun’
A new book by Silicon Valley insider Deborah Perry Piscione reveals why it’s the high-tech innovation capital of the world.
Startup aims to score online
New web platform Bugscore aims to rate every company, product and service on the planet and to make a fortune for its young co-founders.
Top economist defends under-fire Bitcoin
Leading economist Professor Jon Rushmore has defended the Internet’s own currency Bitcoin against fears it could be used by drug dealers or terrorists.
Watchdog warns on BT’s Chinese whispers
It’s been revealed that Chinese firm Huawei could have run a spying operation at the heart of Britain’s Critical National Infrastructure without any political scrutiny for the past ten years.
Sonic baton waved over Canary Wharf
Acoustic artist Joseph Young has developed a new technology that allows him to ‘conduct’ an orchestra of pre-recorded sounds. He calls it a ‘sonic wand’. In his latest performance he magically summons up the sounds of Wall Street back in 2008, the day before the Lehmann Brothers crash that heralded the start of the worldwide […]
Digital divide deepens millions left behind
A stark report from the World Economic Forum has warned that lack of access to the internet is creating centres of digital poverty across the globe.
Lawyers state data in cloud a business risk
European companies using the cloud are potentially contravening data protection laws in the UK and Europe.
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UK police declare war on cybercrime
Britain’s police forces have made a New Year resolution to crack down on cyber crime, promising every incident reported in 2019 will be investigated.
Trump hotels were wide open to hackers
Millions of electronic hotel door locks including those of US President Donald Trump’s hotel group and other chains around the world have been found to be vulnerable to hackers.
Family Rules for children’s time online
A new survey reveals fear, uncertainty and doubt about children’s online activity and how to control it ..
Police computer game for digital evidence
The police have turned to computer games to find the places criminals hide digital evidence in their fight against cybercrime.
Police fears over online toys and devices
Safety concerns over smart home appliances and toys have prompted police in the UK and US to call for controls on Internet of Things devices.
Did NHS spending cuts open the door to ransom attacks? PassW0rd investigates..
Hospitals in the grip of the world’s biggest-ever ransom attack are already asking: how could this happen? Future Intelligence’s PassW0rd radio show on London’s Resonance FM looks for answers.
Fake news ‘threat to European elections’
In the run-up to three European elections top cyber security experts warn of the dangers of fake news attacks from Russia in a bid to influence the result.
University offers free cybersecurity training to bridge skills gap
With the modern world is increasingly dependent on smart technology, experts are becoming concerned with the alarming cyber security skills gap. A gap that is only going to grow according to Michael Brown, the head of the cyber security company Symantec, who says that the company has estimated that there will be 6 million jobs […]
Yahoo hack: US charges two Russian spies
Two Russian secret agents and two paid hackers have been charged by a grand jury in California for hacking Yahoo email accounts
Join the great Artifical Intelligence debate
There’s growing concern about the need for proper ethics, law and regulation of Artificial Intelligence. Future Intelligence brings together the world’s top experts to examine the ricks and solutions of ubiquitous AI in smart cities, industry and everyday life
Satellite security ‘risks a real Star War’
One of Britain’s top scientists is calling for an international ‘community of the willing’ to prevent a potential war in space. She warns that a lack of cyber security puts us at risk.
UK parties signal surveillance crackdown
A massive blow has been dealt to the controversial internet surveillance practices of the UK intelligence agencies by the manifestos of an overwhelming majority of political parties in the forthcoming election.
UK Minister’s cyber insurance task force
The Government has launched an urgent fact finding task force to find ways of insuring UK businesses against the cyber threats that it warns “are happening all the time”.
‘Snooping’: the backlash begins
A new survey shows that 86 percent of Britons believe mass spying on citizens is wrong.
Tech Police chief’s plea for new powers
Troels Oerting, the head of Europol’s Cybercrime Centre has made a passionate plea for extra surveillance powers to counter cybercrime.
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Did NHS spending cuts open the door to ransom attacks? PassW0rd investigates..
Hospitals in the grip of the world’s biggest-ever ransom attack are already asking: how could this happen? Future Intelligence’s PassW0rd radio show on London’s Resonance FM looks for answers.
Who’s watching the watchers?
Demonstrators plan a worldwide protest of one million people against mass surveillance
Will you wear it well?
Wellness apps put fitness first but fashion needs to catch up, say researchers…
Save Our Skin – app ‘abolishes ageing’
New wearable technology promises to keep you young by rationing UV exposure
‘Set data free’ – Tim Berners Lee
The founder of the World Wide Web declares data should be open by default..
Xbox ‘more secure than X-ray machines’
The US Department of Homeland security warns hundreds of widely-used medical devices are open to hack attacks.
Phillips shines a ray of hope on cancer
Multi-national technology giant Phillips is working with the University of Eindhoven to test a new cancer killing technology.
Hush-hush technology relieves stress
Britain’s Noise Abatement Society is on a mission to reduce stress in the workplace and at home by promoting technologies that make machines and computers operate more quietly.
Suffolk Tele-Health Summit
Invited audience for Future Intelligence and Radio Castle’s PassWord programme presentation on the future of healthcare in Suffolk. Click to join event.
Baby powder powers new batteries
Talcum powder promises new power source for health sector
MRSA inside: the killer computer bug
Scientists in the US have linked the spread of the hospital super bug MRSA to a sharp increase in the use of technology in hospitals.
Scientist announces plant aphrodisiac
Forget the cultivated roses on Valentines' Day, wild jungle aphrodisiacs are much better
Mirror talks truth
Mirror, mirror on the wall - tell me all
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Politicians need AI skills says tech expert
One of Europe’s leading technologists has called for all politicians and civil servants to be urgently educated in machine learning and artificial intelligence, so they can understand the impact it will have on society.
Defence analysts dismiss cyber war fears
The claims that the UK and Russia are heading towards a confrontation in cyberspace have been dismissed by leading experts in cyber security.
Tech companies must rebuild public trust
One of the UK’s leading technology thinkers has called for profound changes to technology companies’ relationship with the public in relation to Artificial Intelligence.
Expert dubs US X37 plane ‘flying hoax’
A top US defence expert has branded the US’s mysterious X-37 Orbital test vehicle an elaborate flying hoax, writes Bradford Davies.
”Put humans first” warning on data use
Putting mankind first in an age of mass data collection and machine learning is vital, according to a new report from the UK’s Royal Society and British Academy.
Did NHS spending cuts open the door to ransom attacks? PassW0rd investigates..
Hospitals in the grip of the world’s biggest-ever ransom attack are already asking: how could this happen? Future Intelligence’s PassW0rd radio show on London’s Resonance FM looks for answers.
Fake news ‘threat to European elections’
In the run-up to three European elections top cyber security experts warn of the dangers of fake news attacks from Russia in a bid to influence the result.
Join the great Artifical Intelligence debate
There’s growing concern about the need for proper ethics, law and regulation of Artificial Intelligence. Future Intelligence brings together the world’s top experts to examine the ricks and solutions of ubiquitous AI in smart cities, industry and everyday life
Satellite security ‘risks a real Star War’
One of Britain’s top scientists is calling for an international ‘community of the willing’ to prevent a potential war in space. She warns that a lack of cyber security puts us at risk.
Political parties’ surveillance positions
Conservative Party A Conservative Party spokesman said: ‘We are determined that as far as possible there should no safe spaces for terrorists to communicate. The Conservative manifesto will therefore make very clear that a Conservative government will introduce the legislation we need to restore our declining communications data capability. And we will use all the […]
UK parties signal surveillance crackdown
A massive blow has been dealt to the controversial internet surveillance practices of the UK intelligence agencies by the manifestos of an overwhelming majority of political parties in the forthcoming election.
Do we need a Digital Bill of Rights?
UK MPs and campaigners are debating a Digital Bill of Rights to protect citizens’ privacy.
Hong Kong protestors defy Chinese bugs
The Chinese authorities are bugging protestors using computer viruses built into the smartphone apps they have been using.
Open data ousts Burkina Faso’s old guard
The UK’s Open Data Institute has helped Burkina Faso to peaceful regime change
Hackers’ million mask march misses mark
Hacktivists in the Anonymous group and their supporters have marched in cities across the globe but missed their target of ‘one million masks’