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Report: Digital tech adoption aids climate goals

A report from Vodafone and WPI Economics calls on the UK Government to put the fast deployment of digital technology at the core of its forthcoming net zero strategy. The research shows that the adoption of technology in manufacturing, transport and agriculture could reduce the UK’s overall emissions by as much as 4 per cent […]

September 14, 2021

Veego raises $13m for connected home insights

Connected home analytics specialist Veego Software has closed a $13 million (€11.7m) Series A financing round led by Magenta Venture Partners, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage Israeli start-ups in the artificial intelligence (AI), IoT, and enterprise software domains. The round also includes continued support from existing investors, State of Mind Ventures (SOMV), Robert […]

August 25, 2021By Colin Mann

NVIDIA/Arm deal: Competition concerns

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that NVIDIA’s purchase of Arm raises serious competition concerns. A summary of the CMA’s report, which was sent to the Secretary of State (SoS) for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on July 20th ahead of the set deadline, has now been published. […]

August 23, 2021By Colin Mann

Research: US smart home device adoption reaches 36%

Parks Associates research shows that 36 per cent of US broadband households now own a smart home device, an increase of 2 per cent over Q4 2020. “The residential security industry continues to experience a blurring of lines between professional and DIY solutions,” said Elizabeth Parks, President, Parks Associates. “Professional monitoring providers, like ADT, Brinks, […]

August 18, 2021

Community Fibre partners with Lifemote

Community Fibre, London’s full fibre broadband provider, is partnering with Lifemote, a cloud-based AI-driven WiFi analytics company. The partnership will see WiFi issues experienced by Community Fibre customers solved quicker. This is thanks to advanced intelligence from Lifemote which can detect and flag any problems experienced by customers before they even notice them. Peter Rampling, […]

August 18, 2021

Report: Advertising fuels $1.34bn piracy market

Online criminals who offer stolen movies, TV shows, games, and live events through websites and apps are reaping $1.34 billion (€1.14bn) in annual advertising revenues – including from some of the most iconic global companies, according to new research from Internet security education body the Digital Citizens Alliance and piracy risk data and protection, brand […]

August 13, 2021By Colin Mann

SeaChange enables fully-migrated cloud video delivery

Video delivery platform technologist SeaChange International has strengthened its longstanding collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable enhanced data analytics on top of its fully-migrated, cloud-based video delivery platform. Building on a collaboration that dates back to 2016, SeaChange is leveraging AWS’s artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) services to facilitate a robust […]

August 9, 2021

UK universities’ 6G research hub

What its originators describe as a “pioneering” centre is being launched to take mobile technology to the next level and put the UK at the global forefront of 6G research, innovation, and education. The new virtual hub, called 6G Futures, unites more than 400 world-renowned experts in telecommunications networks, cyber, Artificial Intelligence, digital humanities, social […]

August 5, 2021By Colin Mann

ThinkAnalytics powers Tata Sky Binge aggregation

Indian content distribution platform Tata Sky is delivering OTT aggregation with the introduction of Tata Sky Binge. Content discovery and viewer analytics solution provider ThinkAnalytics’ Think360 cloud-based personalised content discovery and viewer engagement platform is now live on Tata Sky’s Binge Fire TV Stick service and Binge mobile app. Binge subscribers now benefit from personalised […]

July 29, 2021

Forecast: Programmatic adspend to increase

The use of automation and machine learning technology to purchase and display digital ads to segmented audiences in real time is set to increase dramatically over the next three years, according to research from AI enterprise SaaS advertising platform Alfi. Findings reveal that

July 27, 2021