Containers have quickly become a fundamental part of DevOps. Their lightweight and portable nature makes them attractive to all sizes of organisation, from small startups trying to reduce costs to large multibillion-pound companies wanting to ensure service availability. Compared with traditional hypervisor-based virtualisation, containers are not weighed down by emulated hardware, or the bloat […]

Application programming interfaces (APIs) expand ecosystems and market presence for major services such as Google Maps, Lyft and Facebook, and they have created new market channels and products for traditional players including Pitney-Bowes (location-related information services, for example), Capital One (bank accounts, credit card offers, rewards, and so on), and the Chicago Transit Authority […]

A report on food poverty data from the Open Data Institute (ODI) has revealed that the North East of England and black families throughout the country are suffering most from food poverty. The ODI is making available the data visualisation tool, built using Tableau, behind the findings available to explore. Louise Burke, managing director […]

More than 1,600 drivers working for ride-hailing app Bolt are seeking compensation “after years of being denied holiday pay and the National Living Wage”, on the basis they have been wrongly classified as self-employed. Brought on behalf of drivers by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) and law firm Leigh Day, the […]

Due to the emergence of new energy-intensive technologies, the rapid deterioration of the climate, and widespread corporate greenwashing, it is now more important than ever for CIOs to focus on sustainability. They can examine and monitor the environmental impact of technology as well as develop projects that will promote sustainability across the organisation by […]

Oil giant Shell has joined forces with green tech-focused open source foundation LF Energy to support its efforts to help decarbonise the global economy. Shell has joined as a top-tier Strategic Member of the Foundation at the same time as software giant Microsoft, which previously worked with the community as a lower-tier General Member. As members, […]

The European Union (EU) is rolling out a raft of measures designed to hold technology companies more accountable for how their products and services impact end-users, including new online safety and artificial intelligence (AI) liability rules. Regarding online safety, the European Council approved the Digital Services Act (DSA) on 4 October, which is designed […]

What is a filter in computing? The term filter in computing can mean a variety of things, depending on the technology or technical discipline in question. There are four distinct applications for filters in enterprise computing: computer applications and programs cybersecurity telecommunications multimedia applications How are filters used in computer applications and programs? In computer […]

Proposals in the Online Safety Bill to give the telecoms regulator Ofcom powers to mandate technology companies to use scanning software to monitor encrypted messages for illegal content should be dropped, it was claimed this week. According to Cambridge University professor of security engineering, Ross Anderson, proposals that could require tech companies to use […]

Tech Nation and PwC have selected 20 startups to join their inaugural climate technology accelerator programme, which is designed to support late-stage UK climate tech companies with high emissions reduction potential. Launched 4 October 2022, the Net Zero X programme aims to futureproof the UK’s climate tech sector by reducing the climate tech carbon […]