New Government report aims to curb fake news 18th February 2019
The Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee will publish their final report on disinformation and fake news on the 18th February. The report follows government action to introduce new laws by the end of the year, to protect users online. Media companies are tackling the issue head on by hiring more content moderators and using next-generation technologies to flag-up toxic content.
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Is there such a thing as too much technology? -
Accessibility at Apple: innovating for all -
Growing need for advanced battery technology -
The list of SparkFun's u-blox shields just got longer -
A story for the science books and a legacy of success -
Technology advances for food delivery in 2019 -
83% of brits want robots to do the dirty work -
Ethernet bridges using low-power sub-states enable power savings
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Is there such a thing as too much technology?There was a buzz at this year’s BETT show, but if you missed it then here is a round up from the informative talks to the very impressive demonstrations. Over the past few years, decades even, education has changed. It has changed the way we learn and therefore the way we need to be taught, and one major impact to both these is technology.
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Accessibility at Apple: innovating for allAt the recent BETT education show in London, a lot of different methods and systems to education were explored but a key theme that covered them all was technology - but as I listened to all the talks and visited the booths I asked myself how important is technology to education? And the answer was yes very, but to others it holds greater importance, to the point where it’s considered a necessity.
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Terminal blocks for solar power plantsConnectivity and sensor specialist, TE Connectivity (TE), has introduced the new TE ENTRELEC PI-Spring range of terminal blocks ZK-PV, dedicated to large commercial and utility-scale photovoltaic installations. The PI-Spring range have voltage of 1,500VDC (IEC)/1,000VDC (UL), complementing the existing 1,500V offering including DBL distribution blocks and SNK screw power terminal blocks ZS150/ZS240.
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The list of SparkFun's u-blox shields just got longerImagine you had a pet turtle. Let’s call him u‑lysis. u‑lysis the turtle lives in his pen in your backyard and spends most of his time hiding behind rocks, which is why you can never find him when you are looking for him. Surveillance cameras won’t do the trick, unless you set one up in each corner of his pen. What you need is a tracker. You could buy one online. But wouldn’t it be a lot more fun to make one yourself?
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EDA tool vendor selected for advanced node chip designIt has been announced that GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF), has chosen Cadence Design Systems as the primary EDA tool vendor for use in Avera Semi, a GF subsidiary, for advanced node chip design projects. The Avera Semi engineering team has reportedly come to rely on the features, capacity, speed and scalability of the Cadence digital and signoff, system and verification, custom IC and PCB design and analysis tools and flows.
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New Government report aims to curb fake newsThe Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee will publish their final report on disinformation and fake news on the 18th February. The report follows government action to introduce new laws by the end of the year, to protect users online. Media companies are tackling the issue head on by hiring more content moderators and using next-generation technologies to flag-up toxic content.
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Technology advances for food delivery in 2019According to CGA’s Go Technology report, 28% of British consumers are now ordering more food online than a year ago. Half of food deliveries are ordered by millennials and 44% of grub ordered is purchased via online channels. Sixty one percent of frequent delivery consumers think the quality of the food they receive is better than, or the same as, food served in a restaurant.
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Taiwan maintains largest share of global IC wafer fab capacityIn a recently released report from, IC Insights, entitled: ‘Global Wafer Capacity 2019-2023’, the company provides in-depth detail, analyses, and forecasts for IC industry capacity by wafer size, process geometry, region, and product type through 2023. The graph below shows the worlds installed monthly wafer production capacity by geographic region (or country) as of December 2018.
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