Not providing enough practical experience in science classes will have a direct impact on whether children work in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) roles in the future, research suggests. EngineeringUK and The Royal Society’s Science education tracker asked hundreds of science teachers about delivering hands-on lessons and found there has been a decline in…

Rumors have suggested that Apple will revamp the design of iOS 19, iPadOS 19, and macOS 16. However, the new design language won’t be limited to these systems. It will also reportedly hit every upcoming OS update, including tvOS 19 and watchOS 12.In his latest Power On newsletter, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reports: “When I broke the…

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT has appointed Sharron Gunn as its new group chief executive officer. Gunn takes over leadership from interim CEO Rob Deri, and she has been working for BCS since February to transform its learning and development and membership divisions.  She previously worked for 23 years at the Institute of Chartered…

The government has announced £5.5m of funding to support projects that will be streamlined by the Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) to cut bureaucracy.  The RIO, headed by David Willetts, was set up by the government to cut red tape, remove barriers to innovation and accelerate the time it takes to bring emerging technologies to market.…

A broad coalition of technology partners and law enforcement agencies, spearheaded by Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), has disrupted the dangerous Lumma Stealer malware-as-a-service (MaaS) operation, which played a key role in the arsenals of multiple cyber criminal gangs, including ransomware crews. Using a court order granted in the US District Court of the Northern…

The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) is demanding the European Commission (EC) support allocation of the upper 6GHz band to licence-exempt use for its members to ensure Europe uses Wi-Fi technologies to benefit Europe’s businesses to the fullest, leaving the blunt message that “Wi-Fi matters”. The DSA describes itself as a global, cross-industry, not-for-profit organisation that…

Subscribing to ChatGPT Plus was a no-brainer move. I realized I wanted access to all the ChatGPT novelties OpenAI had to offer as soon as they were ready. Also, ChatGPT Plus came with higher limits, something I needed.Soon enough, I said I’d rather ditch Netflix than cut access to premium ChatGPT AI. This isn’t just…

A year and a half ago, WhatsApp announced it was working on an iPad version. While it seems Meta is also focusing on bringing an Instagram app to Apple’s tablet, the long wait has made users question whether Mark Zuckerberg’s company was serious about getting its chat app to the iPad.WhatsApp recently teased on X…

In May 2024, BT reported a financial year of flat revenues and a significant fall in profits, but generated enthusiasm in stock markets by announcing that it had reached a peak for its significant investments in full-fibre broadband – but now, having published its current end-of-year results, the comms giant has turned the capital spending…

I don’t know about you, but one of the reasons I used to fight with ChatGPT until recently was the AI’s inability to visit certain web pages. I’m not even talking about paywalled content that the AI can’t see. It’s regular web pages you might give the AI when looking to discuss a certain topic.Sometimes,…