Category: Gadgets
Why the dangers of cyberbullying can’t be stressed enough?
The news about the tragic consequences of cyberbullying doesn’t seem to be abating. It can seem like every time one opens up a newspaper or turns on a television, another report pops up to drive this point home. There are times when the media overplays a story, either because they think it will sell or…
Top 100 Fastest-Growing businesses: TransferWise tops SyndicateRoom’s list
Judged to be the UK's fastest growing business by investors SyndicateRoom, Transfer Wise was behind a recent campaign to reduce hidden foreign exchange fees Payments platform TransferWise has secured top spot in a report from online investment company SyndicateRoom of the fastest growing businesses in the UK. The report, entitled Top 100: Britain’s…
CES 2018: Nissan unveils mind-reading tech to improve drivers’ reaction times
A car that can read your mind. That's what Nissan is claiming to offer with its latest Brain-to-Vehicle technology. The Japanese car manufacturer reckons that by interpreting signals from the driver’s brain, it can redefine how people interact with their cars. Most importantly, by anticipating intended movement, the systems can take actions, such as turning…
What are the trends for 2018? Bitcoin value rises further, robo-pop, flying taxis and a cryogenic Queen?
What are the key trends for 2018? What does the year ahead hold, given all the industry upheavals, and complex social, economic, and political forces looming on the horizon? Fast Future give us their opinions... Here are 10 developments we might see emerging in 2018 and how they might play out over the next five…
The top 3 pros and cons of using Waze instead of Google Maps
Navigation apps are an essential tool nowadays, providing most people with a solution to crucial commutes within different areas. Waze and Google Maps are among the top and most popular navigation apps which can be used on iOS and Android for free. Waze was designed in 2013 by an Israeli company. However, it was bought…
Trends and movie releases for 2018 – including Solo: A Star Wars Story and Frozen 2!
We live in a world of forever changing trends that can define our lives way beyond our wildest expectations. Take, for example, the way that we have embraced technology and how we have adapted it to fit into our everyday lives. Who would have thought that it would now be so easy to communicate withs…
Will a robot take my job? We reveal top 12 jobs to go first..and it’s not good news
Will robots take away all of our jobs? Fast Future Publishing authors identify just some of the jobs that are set to disappear altogether over the next few years We are already seeing jobs being transformed by AI technologies. While new jobs will be created some jobs that we currently do could be eliminated entirely.…
Motorola launches £60 Focus 68 home security camera? Is this the cheapest so far?
According to a report by the Office of National Statistics there were 485,000 home burglaries between August 2016 and July 2017 in the UK with December inevitably the busiest time for break-ins. So whether visiting relatives for a couple of nights during the festive break or escaping to sunny weather for a couple of weeks, home security…
Filming beatboxing in VR with the Kodak PixPro – whatever next?
I may be showing my age, but when I first started off as a tech journalist back in the 1990s, TVs were virtually square, weighed a ton, and most people were listening to grunge music coming out of Seattle. Nearly 30 years later, everyone has a super light flat widescreen TV and early adopters (admittedly…
#YouTube Rewind 2017: Ed Sheeran tops video and music lists
Everyone loves a list - especially Ed Sheeran I would've thought, given his massive success in recent years. As 2017 draws to a close, the scruffy ginger singer is revealed once again as number one for both the video and music categories according to the latest lists compiled by #YouTubeRewind. Globally, Luis Fonsi’s Despacito is the most viewed music video of all…
