AI startups need to prepare properly before setting off on their HPC and AI roadtrip
Kao Data is sponsoring the Startup of the Year category at next week’s Cambridge Independent Science & Technology Awards*. Here Kao Data VP, Adam Nethersole shares some valuable insights and advises AI startups to plan their computing journey carefully:
Regional ambulance service for young launched
A new ambulance service which will travel thousands of miles a year transporting the region’s sickest babies and children from hospital to the nearest specialist intensive care unit was launched this week.
Time for an ICT Network Audit?
If Covid-19 lockdown has highlighted issues with the current setup of your IT, or if you have doubts around how your IT is managed by the internal team or outsourced IT provider, it is time for an IT Audit.
Birketts advises on the sale of Delta-Simons to Lucion Services
Birketts has advised the shareholders of environmental consultants Delta-Simons Environmental Consultants Ltd on its sale to Lucion Services.
Evidence of new physics in highly-anticipated g-2 results
A much-anticipated result from an international science experiment provides strong evidence for the existence of an undiscovered subatomic particle or new force.
Businesses encouraged to invite employees’ work from home companions to Yappy Hour video call
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) is asking businesses to let employees put their work from home companions in the spotlight, as part of a feel-good fundraiser to coincide with World Pet Day.
Study examines healthcare costs
Moving elective procedures out of general hospitals can increase quality and reduce the cost of emergency services, says a 10-year study of all English NHS hospitals co-authored by Professor Stefan Scholtes of Cambridge Judge Business School.
Big gains for low-loss materials in the 5G market, reports IDTechEx
5G roll-out is in full swing, with 144 5G networks launched and 90 more expected in 2021. Over 200 5G devices are now on the market and 5G is expected to reach one in five people by the end of 2021. A new IDTechEx report outlines the key material challenges as the 5G deployment continues.
ARU in top 10% in country for skills and enterprise
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is in the top 10% of English higher education institutions (HEIs) for skills, enterprise and entrepreneurship and in the top 20% for local growth and regeneration, according to a new report by Research England.
ARU helps local businesses fight cyber-crime
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is co-hosting a cyber security conference on Friday 16 April to help local businesses from across the East of England protect themselves from new and emerging online threats.
Explore the Future of Computing at NVIDIA GTC: There’s something for everyone
NVIDIA’s GTC – the conference for AI innovators, technologists, and creatives – kicks off online next week from 12-16 April.
Meet Cambridge launches ‘Ready For You’ campaign as event inquiries take off
The official, free venue-finding service for spaces at the University of Cambridge, its Colleges and other facilities in and around the city, is unveiling a welcome back commitment, enabling those organising events to book ahead with confidence.
Havel & Partners becomes first Czech law firm to adopt 'Discovery'
Luminance, the leading artificial intelligence platform for the legal profession, has announced that the largest Czech-Slovak law firm, Havel & Partners, is blazing a trail in innovation with the adoption of its cutting-edge ‘Discovery’ platform.
COMSOL Multiphysics® wins 2020 Tech Briefs readers’ choice Product of the Year award
The latest release of COMSOL Multiphysics® wins readership vote as most important new product for the engineering community.
Taylor Wessing advises on £300 million main market IPO of Digital 9 Infrastructure plc
Taylor Wessing has advised Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (DGI9) on its £300m initial public offering on the Specialist Fund Segment of the London Stock Exchange and on its £160m acquisition of Aqua Comms.
Elemendar publishes latest blog
Elemendar was too busy to release news for February but its latest blog is packed full of cybersecurity updates from Tristan Palmer, CMO (Head of Growth).
Debunking and dynamics
Any approaches or analytics need to be challenged approriately as they could be inately skewed due to cognitive bias, inappropriate hypothesis or poor data sampling. Having a challenging mindset is critical to success.
An apprentice's journey to team manager
Prototype Projects has a long history of employing apprentices since it was established in 1980. Its General Manager, Gary Turner, was the firm's first ever apprentice at the age of 16 and he is still there over 40 years later, now passing on his knowledge to other colleagues and apprentices.
East of England firms back pace of Covid-19 lockdown easing
The majority of East of England businesses support the pace of easing of lockdown restrictions, according to the latest data from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking research, with two-thirds ready to operate at close to full capacity when COVID-19 restrictions are lifted from Monday, 12 April.
Purpose, flexibility and empowerment: What financial services employees want in the future of work
Over half (54%) of financial services employees want their organisation to offer alternative working patterns, such as flexible hours or choosing where to work from following the pandemic, new research from Deloitte has revealed.
Partnerships to create technologies of the future
Nine new partnerships bring together world-class expertise from a range of UK businesses and academia to develop technologies of the future and create new jobs.
Magna’s camera-based technology helps take the ‘distracted’ out of driving
As distracted driving remains one of the leading causes of vehicle accidents around the world, Magna is combining its expertise in cameras and mirrors to help automakers make roads safer. Magna’s new Driver Monitoring System is an advanced technology that alerts drivers when they take their eyes off the road for too long.
Cambridge Index rises 1.3%
The Cambridge Index rose 352.4 points or 1.3% to close at 27,110.2, as five of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly gains to their share prices.
Darktrace appoints James Sporle as General Counsel
Darktrace, a leading autonomous cyber security AI company, announced that it has appointed James Sporle as General Counsel and Company Secretary.
Mologic’s COVID-19 rapid antigen self-test selected by NIH for RADx initiative funding
Mologic, a leading developer of lateral flow and rapid diagnostic technologies, announced its rapid antigen self-test for COVID-19 has been selected by the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADxSM) initiative launched by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). The initiative aims to speed innovation in the development, commercialisation, and implementation of technologies for COVID-19…