Get Online Week: Stockport residents invited to ‘Try it Yourself’ Tech Day
Health and social care charity Alternative Futures Group (AFG) and social enterprise Starting Point Stockport are inviting residents to try the latest technology designed to boost wellbeing and improve their digital skills at an event for Get Online Week. The…
5 Technologies That Can Help You Grow Your Business
Are you planning to invest in new technologies for your business? A Lenovo study highlights that 71% of CIOs (chief information officers) in the UK plan to replace about half or even more of their company’s current tech stack if given a…
Addictive behaviour starts young – so give children experiences and not devices this Christmas, says Priory expert
As the Children’s Commissioner for England urges parents to buy children old-fashioned phones, a Priory psychotherapist warns that young people are spending an “obscene number of hours” on their smartphones, and says parents should “ditch addictive gadgets and buy children…
UK tech innovator creates sustainable filter to dramatically reduce microfibre pollution from your laundry
Did you know that up to 700,000 microfibres are released into the ecosystem after every laundry cycle? Long-lasting washing machine filter, Gulp, can catch up to 90% of all these microfibres from every machine wash. Bristol based microplastic technology company…
FIRST FULLY VERIFIED UK SOCIAL PLATFORM FOR COLLECTIVE GIVING SECURES HIGHEST EVER PRE-LAUNCH VALUATION OF £25 MILLION ON SEEDRS
Wunder to drive a revolution in social and giving Wunder launches today on crowdfunding platform, Seedrs, to the highest ever pre-launch valuation at £25 million. The UK start-up aims to revolutionise the way in which we use social, with the launch of the…
PENSIONERS ARE MORE SAVVY THAN TEENAGERS WHEN IT COME TO SCAMS AND ONLINE SECURITY, ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH
New research commissioned by unbiased.co.uk has highlighted that 16-29 year olds are scammed much more than pensioners. In fact 66% of teens and young people have admitted to falling for scams, as opposed to 25% of those aged 60+ –…
Why you should consider working out on a hoverboard
Whilst a hoverboard might not be the first thing that springs to mind when you are online shopping for home fitness equipment, here are five reasons why the new Official Hoverboard G2 8.5″ Off Road Hummer could become your new…
Why Tech Stress is a ‘thing’ and how to deal with it
Buffering, a frozen screen or loss of connection mid Zoom – if you’re among the four in five people (84%)1 working from home who have experienced an unreliable internet connection in the past 12 months – you’ve probably experienced tech stress. Zen…
Welsh film student secures prestigious Royal Television Society bursary
A NORTH WALES student has been awarded a prestigious bursary from the Royal Television Society. Former Coleg Cambria learner Ben Ledsham applied for the prize earlier this year and was “shocked and relieved” to have been among the 30 people…
Out with the New? Why Brits Are Embracing Simpler Tech
Adjusting to the ‘new normal’ can be easier said than done and looking back at the good old days can be a nice reprieve from the realities of the pandemic. The past is very present in our culture, including in…