Skill Zone News issue 118
Amazon is looking for a town in the USA to host its second headquarters, (and to gift it substantial tax breaks). Stonecrest, one of 238 towns bidding for the business, is so keen to become the site of HQ2 that it has offered to rename itself to Amazon, Georgia, provided the online giant moves there.
26th October 2017
Steaming open the envelope
At the Tory Party Conference at the start of this month, Home Secretary Amber Rudd gave a speech which predictably pointed the accusatory finger at secure communications, reiterated her call for the internet to be "no hiding place for terrorists", and once again widened the gulf between herself and the industry.
We all wear pants
The so-called "cookie law" of 2012 caused a lot of web-upheaval but was largely ineffective. A new regulation being cooked up by the European parliament offers much better consumer protection, but is struggling against the advertising lobby.
Strike one
Canada has witnessed the first documented incident of a hobby drone colliding with a commercial aircraft. Fortunately, in this case, there were no casualties.
Creepy creativity
Google wants to build artificial intelligence (AI) into everything, and this month it has revealed its AI-based camera, the Google Clip. But is it creative, or just downright creepy?