Technology changes fast and tech jobs are changing just as rapidly, according to Belinda Finch, CIO at enterprise technology company IFS. Finch joined IFS late last year from mobile company Three, where she led Three’s digital transformation and helped to drive system developments to support customer experience as CIO. She has also held senior leadership…
CIO interview: Belinda Finch, CIO, IFS Read More »
When Amazon released the first batch of Fire Tablets, it was pretty clear what the company’s intention was. As is the case with many of its other product lines, Amazon looked to undersell all of its top competitors by offering dirt-cheap options that were actually pretty good. Then, as time went on and the company…
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has significantly increased its spending on data science expertise, according to figures revealed by a Freedom of Information (FoI) request. The FoI findings have been analysed by the Parliament Street think tank, who have been investigating the data capabilities of the department over the past three financial years. The FoI request…
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The delivery of government services is fundamentally an information processing challenge. Consider the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), which administers benefits for millions of UK citizens. To determine eligibility and process payments, the DWP needs numerous bits of personal information and documents from applicants, many of which were issued by other parts of the…
How the next government could rewire the state Read More »
It’s been almost ten days since Apple launched the new M4 iPad Pro and M2 iPad Air. While the highest-end models are thinner, lighter, and more powerful than ever, Apple decided words don’t mean much with the M2 iPad Air release, as it’s heavier and thicker than the new iPad Pro. Still, this tablet has…
iFixit’s 13-inch M2 iPad Air teardown reveals these 4 changes Read More »
A new hypersonic plane could fill the gap left in air travel since the retirement of the Concorde — a tailless supersonic plane that last flew in the early 2000s. The new design is based around a blade-less Dyson jet engine, and it’s called the Sky Magnetar. The kicker? It could be able to fly…
This futuristic hydrogen-powered jet might fly from New York to London in 90 minutes Read More »
Smartphone cameras have come a very long way in the past decade. While all those new AI features make your new images look great, what about all the older, lower-resolution ones? Well, now you can make them look great, too, thanks to a new, free AI image upscaler.The new app is very aptly named Upscale,…
Free AI image upscaler makes blurry photos look brand new Read More »
Former CEO Paula Vennells removed a reference to the Post Office Horizon system in the IT risk section of a Royal Mail prospectus, as it was being floated on the stock market, and later bragged about doing so. During the flotation of the Royal Mail in 2013, a prospectus was drawn up for potential investors. There was…
The legislation required to quash the convictions of wrongly prosecuted subpostmasters has been passed by Parliament as part of the “wash up” of pending laws following the announcement of the UK general election on 4 July. Once the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill receives Royal Assent, it will allow branch managers convicted of theft,…
Over 700 wrongful subpostmaster convictions overturned by new legislation Read More »
I told you recently that I ran my first marathon using AirPods 2 and Apple Watch SE and that I trained for it with the help of ChatGPT. So, why was my first marathon slower than expected? That’s simple, actually, and something I’ll prove in this post: I didn’t stick to ChatGPT’s training regimen, and…
I ran my slowest marathon ever because I didn’t listen to ChatGPT Read More »
