Tech and Auto

Thousands of jobs are at risk in Luton and Ellesmere Port after PSA Group, the owner of the Peugeot brand, has announced it is in talks to buy General Motor's European arm. General Motors employs around 35,000 people in the UK under the Vauxhall banner, including 4,500 staff at car plants in Ellesmere Port and Luton and 23,000 in its retail network. Significant job cuts could be in line after PSA, which has worked with GM in Europe since 2012, said it was...

Videogames in this day and age are something we take for granted – where else can you be placed in massive 3D worlds, spend a human lifetime exploring landscapes, meet cool new creatures, and achieve more than you ever will in the real world? And now we even have virtual reality systems making their way into our lives. Feel guilty children of the noughties, for you know not what you have. We recall the early days, as wee ‘90s kids,...

The first commercial flying car in the world has officially gone on sale this week after car manufacturer PAL-V unveiled the Liberty Pioneer and Liberty Sport. Following the successful test programs of their concept vehicles in 2009 and 2012, PAL-V started the design of the commercial products that have been launched today. PAL-V is now nearing an exciting phase for its continued business growth, namely fulfilling the first client orders. While other flying car manufacturers' concepts require modified regulations and in...

Opening Notes The Momentums are available in a variety of hardware compatibility options (I am testing a set configured for Samsung Galaxy devices), most likely to pair up with the inline three-button remote (volume, pause and built-in mic). All music audio tests were carried out using Spotify for mobile and desktop. Sound Quality As expected from the Momentum range the bass performance on the in-ear model is powerful. Out of the box it’s clear that balance and clarity took precedence...

There is a different kind of products; we can use in your own business. Using such kind of goods will make it easier to do your business, and it will also help you to make more and more profit, which is the product that everybody wants from a business. Among the various products, which you need for your business, here are the top 5 products; doing your own business should use us. Laptop There is no doubt when you consider...

The gaming industry has exploded over the past two decades, and there have never been more options for gamers in terms of genre, platform and online capability. A recent study led by ESA found that 155 million people play video games regularly just in the US, with four out of every five households owning a video game console of some variety. There’s no doubt that gaming is one of the most popular forms of home entertainment, but what type of...

Whether you want to sell niche products to a particular consumer, engage the masses with a range that undercuts the competition or get people to sign up for your services, you need an eCommerce site that is first and foremost, useable. Sounds obvious, but with consumer shopping preferences and the capacity of various technologies that cater to them evolving quickly, understanding what usability really means today could be the difference between your business thriving or sinking without trace. Think your...

A savvy student has designed a 'smart glove' which translates sign language - into speech. PhD student Hadeel Ayoub designed the BrightSign to help people with speech disabilities communicate without needing an interpreter. Hadeel, who specialises in digital and software design at Goldsmiths University, has been working on the BrightSign for the past two years as part of her PhD project. She said: "What it does is it translates sign language to text into speech in real time to allow...

The UK tech industry has bounced back from Brexit shock with a sharp rise in the community’s confidence since June. Almost half of tech businesses expect the environment to get better in 2017 compared to just eight per cent in the days immediately after the referendum. The dramatic improvement in confidence comes after the UK tech sector lobbied hard for the UK to remain in Europe and was rocked by the vote in June. Almost half of respondents now expect things to get...