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How technology will make cities better places to live in

by James Fenner | Jun 13, 2018 | Technology

Technology isn’t just about your home or office, it’s also about the environment that surrounds us all. And it’s happening now. Urbanites are the driving force of economies, innovation and lifestyle. By 2045, the world’s urban population will increase by 1.5...

Britain has the chance to lead the world in AI. Will we take it?

by Matt Ridley | May 2, 2018 | Technology

The government announced a “sector deal” for the artificial intelligence industry today, which it says is worth £1 billion. About a third of that comes in the form of public funding and a third from new private sector investment, the rest being a mixture of...

How the Internet of Things will benefit older and younger generations

by James Fenner | Apr 8, 2018 | Technology

Having recently hosted an event at MIPIM 2018 on the topic I can confidently say the Internet of Things (IoT) is here to stay and is set to make big differences in the way we live, work and shop. You can look at stats such as there being a predicted 20.4 billion...

Robots are coming for our jobs. Isn’t that great?

by Andrew Lilico | Apr 6, 2018 | Technology

Technological progress has frequently resulted in changes in the nature of work, sometimes affecting skilled workers more and sometimes affecting unskilled workers more. But whichever categories of worker were affected, such changes have almost universally been to the...

Data, data everywhere but what to do?

by Robert Bould | Feb 22, 2018 | Technology

Rob Bould past chairman of the Investment Property Forum and NED of Coyote Group gives his perspective the tech revolution in the property industry and looks at the practical applications of these new technologies. Few people can define ‘Big Data’ let alone say...