Tag: Tech
#MumsWhoCode campaign celebrates UK’s most family-friendly tech employers
Code First Girls and the MotherBoard Movement have teamed up to recognise the top tech employers leading the way in offering exceptional maternity and paternity policies, tackling the challenges faced by working parents in the industry. The #MumsWhoCode campaign recognises employers who, at a minimum, offer either a 6-month full-pay maternity policy or a 4-month full-pay paternity policy, alongside further…
How to keep your tech cool during a heatwave
With a heatwave on its way to the UK tomorrow, spirits are high and pub gardens are filling up. Friday temperatures are due to hit 34 degrees in some areas of the UK, which will be a welcome treat for sun worshippers working from home. While joining a Zoom meeting from the comfort of a…
How to Use Tech to Help You Bet
Use tech to help you improve your betting Whether you enjoy a flutter on the football at the weekend or class yourself as a professional bettor, there's always something to learn about betting. There's plenty that you can glean from reading the newspaper or catching the sport on television, but the…
2 in 3 Brits don’t know how to recycle tech items, claims survey
As the August bank holiday approaches, Currys PC World is asking Brits to think before they bin, as the nation gets set for a bank holiday weekend clear out. New research from the electricals retailer highlights the UK’s e-waste issue and growing customer confusion around what to do with old and broken tech items. It…
Parents spending £1000 on children’s tech this Xmas
Parents are expected to spend nearly £1,000 on their children's tech this Christmas. Nearly half of children are hoping for the brand-new PlayStation 5 which retails at almost £450, while 43 per cent have their fingers crossed for a set of Apple AirPods which sell for around £160. A third of children have a…
NASA among finalists of Diversity in Tech Awards
Multi-nationals Hewlett Packard Enterprise NASA and Ernst & Young are among the finalists for this year’s Diversity in Tech Awards (DITA) which takes place virtually on Tuesday the 10th November 2020 at 5 pm GMT. The ceremony, which acknowledges and celebrates Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DE&I) - and recognises organisations that have made strides in…
Brits now spend more on tech than utilities
The average adult will cough up nearly £1million in bills over their lifetime - and now spends more on tech than they do on utilities, a study has found. Research polling 2,000 UK adults found they will spend a total of £926,720 on gas, electricity, water, their phone and other bills during the course of…
Is tech really helping us explore outdoors? Yes, according to Laptops Direct survey
While most of us worry that tech is keeping us indoors too much (especially teenagers), new research suggests the very opposite may be true. A survey of 1,001 British adults carried out by gadgets and technology e-tailer, LaptopsDirect.co.uk, found that 72% of UK adults say gadgets inspired them to explore the outdoors more than they would have…
How did our 2014 tech predictions do?
[nextpage title="Next"] As we approach the end of the year it becomes time to look back and reflect, and in the case of TechDigest, review just how right or wrong I was about the year. At the end of last year, I posted some predictions for 2014. So let's see how I did. [/nextpage] [nextpage…
Time to wipe my browser history – I'm leaving Tech Digest
So then. It's time to share some news I've been sitting on for some time now. I'm…having a baby! No, just kidding – I've not turned into some "Schwarzenegger-in-Junior" style freak of nature. The real news, as you've probably figured…
