EV News Round-up Winter 2019-20
By RICHARD THOMAS
THE MOST-CLICKED recent news story in the world of electric vehicles has been the launch of the Tesla Cybertruck.
In itself that wouldn’t...
3 reasons why consistent implementation is critical for the EU’s GDPR
A particularly momentous year in the world of privacy, 2018 will see the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) move from policy...
Humanise tech … resistance is futile … beep
HUMANISE technology or digital transformation is doomed — that’s the message from one of the experts speaking at the Retail Technology Show being held...
Out of this world: Space tourism touchpaper is lit
By HAL WILLIAMS
A BV REPORT on space tourism seemed like a glimpse of a more distant future when it was published in Summer, 2018,...
The takeaway from UK govt’s chip order
THE UK government will spend £100m of taxpayer money to accelerate the production of computer chips.
The aim is to build a national AI resource...
4 ways business is stepping up to meet global climate goals
Non-state actors like businesses are essential to meeting the ambitious goals outlined in the Paris Agreement. A panel discussion at the recent ECOCITY World...
Microbes making cleaner jet fuel a reality as history meets science
Innovators in the fields of fuel, steel and aviation reveal how a low-carbon aviation fuel made with steel process gases could revolutionise air travel....
If you want to get ahead, freeze your brain — for...
Cryogenics takes a giant step sideways with glassy grey matter and voluntary, um, suicide
By HAL WILLIAMS
NOW here’s a variation on control+alt+delete: get dead and...
We ‘can’t opt-out of AI race’, says Chancellor
UK CHANCELLOR Jeremy Hunt wants Britain to “win the race” for AI development and lead the country’s international growth challenge.
Failing to do so will...
Bright idea to combat flying foes
By HAL WILLIAMS
WAGENINGEN University in the Netherlands has found a hi-tech means of virus-prevention. And no, this has nothing to do with Covid.
The virus...