Video gaming in the UK was boosted by the arrival of a “new console generation” last year as the market surged to a record £7bn. Players pushed the sector’s value up 29.9pc compared to 2019 with increases across both digital and physical sales, according to a report by gaming industry body …
Read More »Royal Mail adds barcodes to stamps for first time
The barcodes are the latest in a line of efforts to help modernise Royal Mail. In October, it launched a parcel pick-up service that allowed postmen and women to collect returns from customers on their daily rounds. Royal Mail also established a partnership with a host of drone companies to …
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Read More »Savvy Edinburgh mum rumbles elaborate Royal Mail scam and warns others to beware
An Edinburgh mum has warned others to be on their guard after nearly falling for a convincing an online scam. Heather Dalgarno, 40, was targeted by fraudsters pretending to be from Royal Mail while she was waiting on a package arriving. The scam involved a text message and website claiming …
Read More »Sabien Technology establishes US subsidiary
Heating, cooling and transportation technology company Sabien has incorporated a wholly-owned United States subsidiary Sabien, Inc in the state of Delaware, it announced on Wednesday. The AIM-traded firm said US investor and technology company operator Danny Mills was appointed as president and Richard Parris as chairman and company secretary of …
Read More »Instacart board adds Facebook exec Simo, ex-Netflix CFO McCarthy
Fidji Simo, Director of Product at Facebook Frederick M. Brown | Getty Images Instacart is adding two tech heavyweights to its small board ahead of an expected IPO this year. Fidji Simo, who is the executive in charge of the Facebook app, and Barry McCarthy, former CFO at Spotify and …
Read More »Extreme E And AFC Energy Team Up For Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power
Photo: AFC Energy Mostly because its inaugural season is yet to be run, I don’t particularly follow Extreme E. But the machines are cool and the series’ conceit is fresh. An announcement that the series will bring fuel cell-based battery charging infrastructure everywhere the series travels has me intrigued. AFC …
Read More »Stock Futures Edge Down Ahead of Powell’s Comments
U.S. stock futures edged lower Tuesday as investors awaited Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony in Congress on the health of the economy. Futures tied to the S&P 500 ticked down 0.1%. The benchmark stocks gauge on Monday fell for a fifth consecutive day, its longest losing streak since last …
Read More »Some pharmacy customer data impacted in vendor hack
BOSTON (AP) — Kroger Co. says personal data, including Social Security numbers of some of its pharmacy and clinic customers, may have been stolen in the hack of a third-party vendor’s file-transfer service. The Cincinnati-based grocery and pharmacy chain said in a statement Friday that it believes less than 1% …
Read More »Nvidia cryptocurrency mining processor for Ethereum announced
Jensen Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia, speaks during the company’s event at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 6, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia on Thursday announced it will release a new series of semiconductors specifically for mining ether, the …
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