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• Regular steam trains service returns to Waterloo Station

  08-04-2019 21:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Although occasional steam trains leave Waterloo, there hasn’t been a regular service for over 50 years, until now.
  This summer, there will be a steam train service running regularly from Waterloo to Windsor. Tapping into the tourist market for people wanting to visit Windsor Castle and Eton, but also want to travel in style.The steam trains will leave Waterloo three times a day (8am, 11am & 2pm) every Tuesday between June and September. Note that for these trips, the costs are one way
  
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• EU plan for driverless cars to connect by WiFi hits block

  08-04-2019 18:43
  Opponents fear vote for wireless technology will jeopardise 5G possibilities
  
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• Europe unveils its own attempt to address ethical AI

  08-04-2019 17:33
  Addressing the ethical implications of artificial intelligence has become very fashionable in recent months, and right on cue, the European Commission has produced seven guidelines for ethical AI.
  The guidelines themselves are not much more than a theoretical playbook for companies to build products and services around for the moment. However, any future legislation which is developed to guide the development of AI in the European Union will likely use these guidelines as the foundation blocks.
  
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• Stratford’s oldest building – the Old Dispensary

  08-04-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Just around the corner from the main shopping area in Stratford is an old building — the Old Dispensary, and it’s the oldest building in the town.Stratford is a part of London that’s comparatively new, being mostly marshes until the railways arrived in the 1830s, so it’s not hugely surprisingly that it lacks much in the way of ancient buildings.
  Being built around the early 1800s, it’s not massively old, but still the oldest thing around here.
  Although called a Disp
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: 5G, tech politics and notspots

  08-04-2019 14:22
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• Virgin Media rumoured to be considering Openreach competitor

  08-04-2019 14:04
  Virgin Media is sitting firmly in the middle of the rumour mill, with reports suggesting the team is considering opening-up its network as a wholesale connectivity competitor to Openreach.
  For the majority of ISPs in the UK, there is very little option aside from working with Openreach. This position lead to a prolonged battle between Openreach parent company BT and the UK Government in an effort to separate the wholesale business from the group, and while the dust has settled, most feel the out
  
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• UK finally runs out of patience with internet players

  08-04-2019 13:00
  The UK Government has unveiled a public consultation which may well see stricter rules placed on the digital giants as the era of the wild-west internet draws to a close.
  To date the internet giants have largely been unregulated. This was fine when everyone admired the likes of Google, Facebook and Amazon, though numerous scandals have exposed the darker side of the internet economy. Many might have seen the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos as friendly folk, out to democratize technology,
  
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• Tickets Alert: A week of science in pubs is back

  08-04-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The annual Pint of Science festival is back once more, putting lots of science inside pubs and letting people learn over a pint.
  The event, now in its sixth year takes place in the second half of May.
  Tickets cost £4 per evening, and booking is necessary – you can select the talk you want from the venues below. Each venue is putting on a number of talks, and each evening is a different topic.
  Each event is unique, but in general there tend to be two talks per evening that are around
  
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• Huawei’s software comes under renewed scrutiny

  08-04-2019 12:59
  A leading UK cyber security expert has slammed Huawei’s software engineering as “very, very shoddy”.
  The comments comes from the Technical Director of the National Cyber Security Centre Dr Ian Levy in an interview with the BBC. It was part of a documentary that will be broadcast this evening called Can We Trust Huawei? In it Levy says “The security in Huawei is like nothing else – it’s engineering like it’s back in the year 2000 – it’s very,
  
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• If 52% don’t understand data-sharing economy, is opt-in redundant?

  08-04-2019 12:22
  Nieman Lab has unveiled the results of research suggesting more than half of adults do not realise Google is collecting and storing personal data through usage of its platforms.
  The research itself is quite shocking and outlines a serious issue as we stride deeper into the digital economy. If the general population does not understand the basic principles behind the data-sharing economy, how are they possibly going to protect themselves against the nefarious intentions from the darker corners of
  
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• telent wins IT and communications contract for UK’s first new nuclear plant in a quarter of a century

  08-04-2019 10:00
  Warwick, 08 April, 2019: telent Technology Services Ltd (telent), a leading UK technology and network services company, has been awarded a six-year contract to supply the communications and IT infrastructure at Hinkley Point C (HPC) – the UK’s first nuclear plant to be built in 25 years. telent was chosen by EDF Energy to provide a multi-faceted, IT and communications package at the new site. Once running HPC will generate low carbon electricity for around...Source: RealWire
  
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• London’s Alleys: Harp Alley, EC4

  08-04-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is a fairly wide modern looking alley just off Fleet Street that follows a path which is traceable back to Tudor times.The alley runs alongside what was once fenced off pasture land and lead down to now buried Fleet River. The Faithorn and Newcourt map of 1658 shows a bridge over the Fleet at roughly the end of the alley, suggesting that it was of some significance at the time.
  John Rocque’s map of London was the first to give it a name, Harp Alley (although it shows up as Harp Street
  
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• Future of connected cars in Europe faces critical vote

  08-04-2019 06:00
  Brussels set to determine if WiFi-based or neutral approach will be standard
  
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• UN: Huawei must be given equal opportunity to bid for 5G business

  08-04-2019 02:00
  Allegations that Huawei's 5G infrastructure is less secure than that of its rivals are baseless and are being motivated by a political agenda in the US, according to the UN's internet and telecoms agency…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telefonica to push original content in Latin America

  08-04-2019 02:00
  International telecoms giant, Telefonica, has outlined plans to launch a range of original content for its TV and video streaming platform in Latin America.  The move reaffirms Telefonica's commitment to become the leading producer of Spanish language TV and video content in the world…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Openreach passes 1.2 million homes as the UK's FTTH push kicks into gear

  08-04-2019 02:00
  The UK's incumbent broadband network provider, Openreach, has confirmed that 1.2 million premises in the country are now able to access its fibre to the home (FTTH) services.
  A year after launching its Fibre First policy in the UK, Openreach reports that it is "on course" to deliver its target of 3 million FTTH connections by the end of 2020.
  “Our full fibre build is speeding ahead and we&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Amazon to launch thousands of satellites, in bid to boost global broadband connectivity

  08-04-2019 02:00
  US web giant, Amazon, is exploring plans to launch over 3,000 satellites to boost broadband connectivity in remote locations across the world. The plan, dubbed Project Kuiper, would see Amazon launch a total of 3…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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