Dyson invests £9m a week as global revenues top £7.1bn

Dyson invests £9m a week as global revenues top £7.1bn

Dyson is investing £9 million a week worldwide after bringing in record revenues of just over £7.1 billion last year. Global revenues were up 9 per cent on the year before. Annual profit was also up by 9 per cent at £1.4 billion. Over the year Dyson, which designs and manufactures its electricals and technology…

Fujitsu is preferred bidder for digital proof-of-age scheme

Fujitsu is preferred bidder for digital proof-of-age scheme

Fujitsu is in line to win a nationwide contract for a digital ID card scheme for checking the age of customers in pubs and supermarkets. The Japanese IT company, which has been at the centre of the Post Office Horizon scandal, is expected to be a key provider for the system, despite a voluntary pledge…

Apple Vision Pro review — I tried the VR headset and was lost for words

Apple Vision Pro review — I tried the VR headset and was lost for words

★★★★☆ I tried Apple’s new Vision Pro headset for the first time last summer and immediately wanted to have another go. Behind closed doors at Apple’s headquarters in California, I was one of a handful of people that were allowed to spend 30 minutes experiencing the company’s vision for the future. To say Apple’s headset…

Too much information risks a new dark age

Too much information risks a new dark age

Historians deplore the prejudiced and overgeneralising term “Dark Ages”. The centuries that followed the collapse of the Roman Empire, with their barbarian invasions, shrinking populations, declining literacy and crude carvings, are now recommended to us as having been relatively pleasant. Recent histories of the period suggest the “Light Ages” or the “Bright Ages” as alternative…

Computer power behind AI creates a world of haves and have-nots

Computer power behind AI creates a world of haves and have-nots

Excitement reached fever pitch on Monday as fans packed out a Californian arena, hollering and clapping. They were there for one thing. Not the Mean Girls musical nor Taylor Swift. No. The hype was for the latest computer architecture from Nvidia. “I hope you realise this is not a concert! You have arrived at a…

It’s time to solve the productivity puzzle once and for all

It’s time to solve the productivity puzzle once and for all

The annoying thing about overused economic sayings is that they tend to be true. That the UK is stuck trying to solve the productivity puzzle, one of those phrases that’s become common parlance over the past 15 years, is no different. Britain has performed particularly badly on productivity growth relative to comparable economies across Europe…

Taxi-driver’s son whose rivalry with an old friend will shape AI

Taxi-driver’s son whose rivalry with an old friend will shape AI

They were old friends from north London who built Britain’s most successful AI company. Now they are set to lock horns as rivals in the Big Tech battle to dominate the technology. Demis Hassabis and Mustafa Suleyman are co-founders of DeepMind, an AI research company they sold to Google in 2014 for $650 million. Hassabis…

Why is Apple being sued? The US antitrust monopoly case explained

Why is Apple being sued? The US antitrust monopoly case explained

American government lawyers are suing Apple, claiming that the technology company has created a monopoly with the iPhone, in an antitrust case that has been in the pipeline for years. Prosecutors from the Department of Justice (DoJ) paint a picture of a self-interested company that is only after financial gain; of a stitched-up Apple ecosystem…

Boomer bedrocker or late achiever? The new rules for your generation

Boomer bedrocker or late achiever? The new rules for your generation

Are you swaggering through your 70s as a sexually adventurous “boomer bedrocker”? Or are you shuffling towards your 60th birthday as a lost “middlescent”, still wondering how to make your mark? To a demographer or a brand consultant, you are more than an individual. You are a product of the era in which you were…

Five Nights at Freddy’s

Five Nights at Freddy’s

► Play Now! Description Five Nights at Freddy’s (FNAF) is a popular indie horror game created by Scott Cawthon that games place at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, a popular restaurant that entertains children with its puppet show featuring animatronics during the day. However, the classified ad you responded to is for a “quiet” night job as…

Dreadhead Parkour

Dreadhead Parkour

► Play Now! Description Get ready for the coolest adventure in Dreadhead Parkour! In this super fun game, you get to be the awesome Dreadhead, doing all sorts of flashy moves like sliding, backflipping, and front flipping to dash through each level and reach the finish line. Collect coins to unlock new looks and aim…

BookWorm Online

BookWorm Online

► Play Now! Description Help the Bookworm chomp letters to make words and score points. Gobble up a faster-paced new action mode and make words up to 12 letters long. Words are automatically scrambled Every Time you play. Just Have Fun!

Nitro Cars Highway Race

Nitro Cars Highway Race

► Play Now! Credits: Nitro Cars Highway Race is developed by RHM Interactive. Just Have Fun!

World Cup 2010 Penalty Shootout

World Cup 2010 Penalty Shootout

► Play Now! Description Sometimes the game is won in penalty shots. Make that your goal, and not your opponents! Just Have Fun!