Information Technology

The vast amount of data created by a smart city data risks being of limited use unless it is supported by context, according to European standards body ETSI, which is attempting to formalise contextual information. ETSI said: Data without context are meaningless. The context seems obvious to humans: the temperature sensor is attached to an air-conditioner in the house, the ...

Educational approaches to IoT security aren’t working, according to a new user survey, and there is a call for the IoT industry to do more to address device security issues. Most UK consumers are vulnerable to cyber-attackes because they do perform vital firmware updates on their PCs and connected devices. An IoT security survey from software provider Canonical fond that only 31% of ...

Design firm Plextek completes a proof of concept project with the MoD to create an immersive skills training system for trainee tank drivers and pilots

With a software programming industry saturated with men it is believed that software companies could be losing out on gifted women coders. Inspiring women from a young age to enter the technology industry could see software development companies receiving a greater number of female applicants. However, according to data released by Coupfy, more than half (56%) of women in tech positions leave companies in ...

European supercomputer finding will be aimed at low energy processors, said Dr Sandro D’Elia of the European Commission speaking at the HiPEAC Autumn Computing Systems Week in Dublin. “We’re looking for innovative processor designs orientated to high performance computing, which is very important to European industry’, said D’Elia, who is from the EC’s Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and ...

Canonical has released Ubuntu Core 16 for IoT, with regular and reliable security updates, and app stores for intelligent connected devices. Ubuntu Core is already in use in top-of-rack switches, industrial gateways, home gateways, radio access networks, digital signage, robots and drones. “Ubuntu Core secures the Internet of Things and provides an app store for every device,” said Mark Shuttleworth, ...

A security flaw has been discovered in Schneider Electric’s Unity Pro software for managing and programming industrial controllers across the globe – and has been subsequently fixed. The flaw was found by secrity firm Indegy Labs, and would allow industrial control boxes overseen by Unity Pro to be disrupted. “The vulnerability in Unity Pro allows any user to remotely execute code ...

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has responded to a new report on robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) from the House of Commons Science and Technology (S&T) Committee by saying that it is important to prepare for the new jobs that AI will create, rather than dealing with the fallout of the jobs that it will replace. Paul Davies, ...

Researchers at The Alan Turing Institute have been given a cloud computing resource with the award of $5m worth of Microsoft Azure cloud computing credits to support data science research.

Four finalists in the of Design Council Spark’s 2016 Awards will share up to £200,000 to help bring their innovative products to market. Last night, as part of the London Design Festival, Design Council announced the 2016 Spark Awards: Nick Webb, Matt Sparrow and Matt Dyson have answered the needs of sleep-deprived parents everywhere with Rockit, a portable rocker which ...