What is Adobe Flash? Adobe Flash is a software platform used to create rich digital content containing animation, graphic effects, streaming video and other interactive elements to deliver engaging user experiences over many platforms, including desktops and mobile devices. Originally developed by FutureWave, Flash was first known as FutureSplash Animator. Then, when Macromedia purchased the […]

As the technology industry grows across the UK and beyond, there is a huge demand for tech jobs and a lack of talent to match. With a growing digital skills gap also at play, technology industry leaders are always on the lookout for skilled workers to bridge the gap and help their organisation innovate. […]

From bots to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, web scraping to application programming interface (API) abuse, and account takeover to credit card fraud, a range of increasingly automated cyber threats are set to present a serious challenge to the e-commerce sector as it heads into its busiest time of year. Although such issues are a […]

Russia is at risk of a shortage of PCs, software and other IT equipment due to the ongoing exodus of Western suppliers and the ever-deteriorating economic situation in the country.   According to the latest data, published by the local IT and computing distributor Marvel, PC sales in Russia for the first six months of […]

Representatives of 36 countries – including both the UK and Ukraine – and the European Union (EU) have issued a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to tackling ransomware. They were in Washington DC for the second International Counter Ransomware Initiative (ICRI) Summit convened by the White House. The first such event was held online […]

It felt apt for retail warehouse robotics to be on prominent display at Manhattan Associates’ Exchange 2022 event in Berlin from 10 to 12 October. Packing, sorting and collaborating robotics machines were working away in the foyer of the Kosmos conference centre, displaying their capability to the hundreds of retail delegates wandering around the […]

It wasn’t so very long ago that IT was confined to the back office, contained within its own end-of-the-corridor function and regarded mainly as a form of infrastructure support. Now, all that’s changed – narrow “IT” has become all-embracing technology and is seen as a crucial enabler, a dynamic connector (internal and external) and […]

Digital teams are failing to keep up with the pace of change in UK tech because of skills shortages, according to research by Nash Squared. The talent provider’s Digital leadership report found that 68% of the digital leaders surveyed in the UK said a lack of skills is standing in their way, while 57% […]

What is a display? In computing, a display is a device with a screen that shows a rendered electronic image made up of pixels that are illuminated in a way that distinguishes text and graphic elements. Pixels are tiny areas of illumination — bright dots of light — that can number in the millions on […]

Microsoft datacentres drank no more water than usual during the summer heatwave, the software giant has claimed, contrary to press reports that portrayed one of its massive European campuses as guzzling scandalously high volumes of drinking water as temperatures across the continent hit record highs. In July, Microsoft president Brad Smith declared that corporations […]