Category: Editor’s Pick

Robots to be used in UK care homes to help reduce loneliness

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Robots that can hold simple conversations and learn people’s interests are to be deployed in some UK care homes after an international trial found they boosted mental health and reduced loneliness. The wheeled robots, called “Pepper”, move independently and gesture with robotic arms and hands and are designed to be “culturally competent”, which means that […]

Metal explorers DeepGreen collaborate with top researchers to protect the environment while collecting minerals

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Deep Green are a company that uses their expertise in mining metals for clean energy that’s integrated into the batteries of many of our electronic devices. And while we all need these metals to power our phones, cars and much more, Deep Green are mindful that extracting metals from the earth needs to be done […]

Tech Nation Unlocking Global Tech Report reveals 68% growth in UK global tech exports, and 35% further growth prediction by 2025

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UK exports are booming: trade surplus (imports vs exports) has increased by 68% over the last four years, to GBP12.8bn in 2019 UK digital tech exports are currently projected to grow by 35% by 2025, resulting in an additional GBP8.15bn worth of tech exports and bringing total digital tech exports to GBP31.45bn by 2025 Tech […]

GBP1.7m funding boost for London’s entrepreneurs

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Not-for-profit Virgin StartUp announces funding from the Greater London Authority and Virgin Group to help London-based founders build more viable and sustainable businesses. London’s entrepreneurs have today been given a welcome boost thanks to funding from the Greater London Authority (GLA) and the Virgin Group. The funding will support the not-for-profit organisation – Virgin StartUp […]

Middle East: Fear of Covid-19 triggers alarming rise in displaced children’s stress

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Displaced children in the Middle East are reporting an alarming rise in stress levels triggered by fear of Covid-19, with an average increase of 45 per cent since the pandemic started. Research conducted by the Norwegian Refugee Council in Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Jordan found 88 per cent of displaced and refugee children stressed by […]

Garden centre Plantorama picks Agillic to accelerate data-driven and personalised marketing

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Plantorama, Denmark’s largest garden centre offering plants, pets and interior design, has chosen to partner with marketing software company Agillic. Their new marketing automation software will enable them to unleash the next level of data-driven and personalised communication. “Working with Agillic is a clear upgrade – we had reached a point where our former platform […]

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 review: the new king of Android smartwatches

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Samsung’s latest, the Galaxy Watch 3, is an all-round refinement of its previous excellent smartwatch efforts – slimmer, lighter and with a larger screen. The GBP399 Galaxy Watch 3 comes in two sizes (41mm or 45mm), two colours and with or without 4G, aiming to be the Apple Watch of Android, here reviewed in black […]