THE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY is the unsung hero of the modern world. Since it was first commercialised in the early 1990s, it has transformed the technology industry with its ability to store huge amounts of energy in a relatively small amount of space. Without lithium, there would be no iPhone or Tesla – and your laptop would be a lot bigger and heavier. But the world is running out of this precious...
As I power up the two phones side by side, the Huawei Nova 9 and Honor 50 drive the point home. The deleterious effect of Huawei and Honor’s separation last year is clear. The practically identical-looking smartphones are like two puzzle pieces that can’t join. Both brands claw for the winning balance they struck in 2019, which offered Google support plus Huawei’s camera polish and world-class...
For the last two years police and internet companies across the UK have been quietly building and testing surveillance technology that could log and store the web browsing of every single person in the country. The tests, which are being run by two unnamed internet service providers, the Home Office and the National Crime Agency, are being conducted under controversial surveillance laws...
This article was first published in the November 2015 issue of WIRED magazine. Be the first to read WIRED’s articles in print before they’re posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online. WIRED product editor Jeremy White — winter sports enthusiast and gadget buff — decamped to Skiwelt Wilder Kaiser-Brixental in Westendorf, Austria, for a WIRED snow sports...
Seven start-up teams with the potential to scale businesses have been chosen for the latest Ignite Accelerator programme. The Newcastle-based scheme, which over 11 years has helped start-ups raise more than £150m investment, has chosen the group that will benefit from investment coaching, support from entrepreneurs and a trip to San Francisco to meet investors. The eight-week accelerator is...
Tyneside tech firm SoPost is set to explore further expansion overseas following rapid growth. The growing Newcastle firm helps brands run the most powerful product sampling campaigns in the world, with a focus on relevance, data and analytics. Working with major companies such as L’Oreal, Estee Lauder and Coty, SoPost sends one sample every couple of seconds and has seen huge growth since it was...
Broadband infrastructure company Netomnia is rolling out its high speed network in Wrexham as part of an up to £12 million investment in the area. Its FTTP (fibre-to-the-premises) broadband infrastructure will reach around 40,000 premises in Wrexham and the surrounding area. The company is partnering with business-to-business communications firm G-Force Communications to rollout its broadband...
The luxury perfume market has blossomed into a $12 billion industry, but it’s facing a fresh challenge in the form of counterfeit fragrances. While companies have long had to deal with plagiarists ripping off their recognisable packaging and iconic bottle shapes to peddle their sub-par offerings, technology advancements have meant that counterfeiters have taken to copying their famous scents in...
WIRED Awesome performance, aesthetics, brakesTIRED Price, luggage space, only 1,000 built Back in 2015, WIRED was given exclusive access to the top-secret bunker where Ford conceived the new GT. The car that wowed the Detroit Auto Show that January went on to win its class at Le Mans in 2016, 50 years after the iconic GT40 won Le Mans outright. Now, at a race circuit near Salt Lake City in Utah...
Grimsby’s rapidly-expanding smart eco-tech innovator Myenergi is to launch its own training academy. A first intake will join this coming month, with apprentices welcomed as the company looks to develop the ‘team of tomorrow’. Named just last month as a top 10 growth business in the UK, the firm behind the Zappi EV charger and other green developments has pulled together a dedicated in-house...