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We believe in being both a recruitment partner and business partner; helping you attract, recruit, and retain the best talent for your company. With a genuine passion for the tech market, Eligo Technology has led the way in connecting the tech community, attending, sponsoring, and speaking at events worldwide.
What does that mean for you? We understand the right fit both culturally and technically for your company and often know exactly the right person for your requirements straight away. We're also the first place the best candidates come to for insight and job opportunities.
With offices in London and Birmingham, we're perfectly positioned to help.
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With a genuine passion for the technology market and its community, our consultants go the extra mile recruiting for roles in Open Source, Mobile and Sitecore Development, Testing, Data Science and Analytics, Support and Infrastructure, SAP and ERP. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch to discuss how we can help with finding your next technology job or hire.
We have teams dedicated to covering a range of specialist markets including a Birmingham office for Midlands related recruitment and a bi-lingual International team working across Europe.
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Eligo consultants really understand the technology space, and are exceptionally attentive to client requirements, constantly refining their approach according to feedback. A standout service.
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Eligo's insight into the candidate market is invaluable and the consultants have a real grasp of what we are looking for.
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What makes Eligo different is the amount of time they invest in getting to grips with my company's requirements - not only in terms of the technologies but also the cultural requirement.
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The Eligo technology team are a breath of fresh air. It's refreshing to work with agents who understand my craft, and who take the time to understand me as a person and what it is I am looking for. If you are working with Open Source technologies and you aren't part of the Eligo family, then you should be.
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We worked with Eligo on two challenging hires; we couldn’t have asked for better support. Following a detailed briefing session with us on the role, our culture and needs they immediately understood our talent requirements. We were quickly presented with a strong bench of candidates, helping us employ two exceptional staff members to very specific briefs and in short order.
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They are a pleasure to work with and I would certainly recommend them to anyone looking for assistance in finding top talent.
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iDirect primarily engaged Eligo to utilise their network of Front End focused technical talent. Whilst performing well in this area, what really impressed me was their dedication to assisting the organisation across the board, including roles a lot of front-end recruiters would consider way out of their remit. Great service and excellent delivery from Eligo recruitment.
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Eligo has shown great enthusiasm and efficiency in providing the quality candidates we need. They invest time to fully understand our culture and take a real interest in what we do as a business. With new projects around the corner, we're looking forward to working more closely with Eligo to increase our recruitment drive.
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Eligo take the time to understand the environment and the culture of your business which shows in the quality of the candidates they put forward. They have found a number of gems for us and now Eligo are the only recruiter I go to when looking to fill a position in my team.
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Eligo are one of those rare agencies in the technical recruitment industry that care and understand about the importance of communities in Open Source and other technical disciplines. They are an advocate of getting people into the right place and are constant supporters of community events.
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Recruiters have a pretty bad reputation in the Open Source community. But Eligo consultants are a shining example of what a recruiter should be.
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Eligo is an exclusive partner of CV-Library and helps to support us with our technical recruitment, particularly with the harder to fill, senior roles. Rick has really taken the time to get to understand our team and the needs of the business, and as a result, is able to provide us with truly exceptional candidates. We've seen really positive results using Eligo and would definitely recommend it's services to others.
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Not only has Eligo helped us to successfully build our Perl team, but they have been a constant support to me in my role. They are always there with advice on our market and support me in what I'm trying to achieve. We've now been to events with Rick which has increased our brand within the market.
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Anne Rooke from Eligo has been responsible for bringing a wealth of IT talent to Dr Logic and has for the most part staffed our Company over the last few years! Working with Anne is almost like having an in-house recruitment specialist; she understands us like no other recruiter we’ve worked with and keeps one step ahead so that when we do have a requirement she often has someone earmarked for us already! Anne is professional but so easy to talk to she feels more a friend of the business than a supplier; she even popped across with Eligo beers for the team when we celebrated our 15th birthday earlier this year. It’s great having someone like Anne who understands the sort of talent we seek; she has an uncanny knack of finding the best people for our team, time and time again and I would have no hesitation in recommending her as a first class recruiter.
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Technology Industry News Update - #issue13
We made it through what felt like the longest month of this year so far and to commence the end of January welcome back to our monthly news update, where we bring you the latest technology news updates and industry events. In our first technology news update of the year, we cover scientists creating the first-ever 'living robots', driverless pods begin public trials in the UK, a new code has been set up to protect children's privacy online, Facebook creates 1,000 new UK jobs and much more! You'll have to keep reading to find out! Technology news Major breakthrough for scientists who create first 'living robots' A team of researchers have taken cells from frog embryos and turned them into a machine that can be programmed to do, well, anything. These 'completely biological machines' otherwise known as 'xenobots' could be dispatched to transport medicine around a patient's body or clean up pollution from the oceans. The scientists also say that as the robots are entirely new life-forms created out of living cells, they can also heal themselves if they are damaged. The researcher team described their major breakthrough in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Click here to read more (Independent) 13/01/2020 Facebook to create 1,000 new roles in London Facebook has big plans this year, which includes creating 1,000 new roles in London, taking its UK workforce to more than 4,000. The company announced that these new job opportunities will be purely technology-focused, covering software engineering, product design and data science. This is all part of Facebook's 2020 plan to tackle harmful content online, after recent growing pressure on social media firms to remove posts promoting self-harm and political extremism. Many of these technology roles are expected to help the company address the challenges of an open internet and develop artificial intelligence to find and remove harmful content more quickly. Click here to read more (BBC News) 21/01/2020 New code set to protect children's privacy online The UK's data watchdog has set up a new privacy code that social media sites, online games and streaming services, used by children, will have to abide by. The new Age Appropriate Design Code includes a list of 15 standards that companies behind online services are expected to comply with, to protect children's privacy. These new standards follow concerns over young people suffering from grooming by predators, data misuse, problem gambling and access to damaging content which could affect their mental health. Click here to read more (BBC News) 22/01/2020 Public trials of driverless, autonomous transport pods begin in the UK Autonomous, driverless transport pods will be tested on the public for the first time in the UK, using sensors, radar and vision processing to navigate areas crowded with pedestrians, push-chairs and bikes. The driverless vehicles are being trialled in Bristol by infrastructure firm AECOM, which is working with partners including the Bristol Robotics Laboratory to develop autonomous vehicles. Researchers will be studying the public's reaction to autonomous transport, which will be the first test of it's kind allowing members of the public to travel in the pods without any dedicated supervisor inside. Click here to read more (Sky News) 21/01/2020 2019 was a record-breaking year for growth in UK tech sector 2019 was a record-breaking year for the tech industry as investments in the UK tech sector soared to £10.1bn, a £3.1bn increase in 2018 and the highest level in UK history. The number of rapidly growing UK tech companies soared as venture capital investment increased by 44% in 2019 and growth in VC investment exceeded 40% for the third year in a row. On a global scale the UK's performance in 2019 means it now sits behind US and China in terms of total VC funding received in 2019. Click here to read more (Tech Nation) 15/01/2020 AWS Engineer accidentally published passwords and confidential info to GitHub repository If you think you're having a bad day at work...An Amazon Web Services engineer has published exchanges with customers that included passwords, AWS key pairs and private keys to a public GitHub repository by accident. In addition to data related to computer systems like credentials, logs, and code, the repository also contained assorted documents that established the identity of the owner and their relationship to AWS. A couple of hours after the discovery, UpGuard notified AWS security, and the repo was taken offline. Click here to read more (The Register) 23/01/2020 Eligo blog of the month What’s imposter syndrome and how can you overcome it in 2020? At the start of a new year, many of us look to check in with our current career situation and if you’re coming back to the same job, wanting to move on or actually starting a new role this year. One thing you might have in common is the tiny voice at the back of your head whispering: “I have no idea what I’m doing”, “Am I good enough for this role?”, or “I don’t deserve this promotion”. That little annoying inner voice of career self-doubt is probably what is known as, imposter syndrome. Click here to read more Upcoming events Women in Tech Club Powerhouse Session - 18/02/2020 This interactive workshop led by some of the most well-respected coaches and mentors in the UK will give you the necessary tools and techniques to own your personal and professional development journey. Participants will be split into 10 coaching groups of up to 7 members each. Each participant will be assigned to a coaching group based on their area of interest. Find out more here PHP UK Conference - 20/02/2020 The largest dedicated PHP event in Europe, PHP UK welcomes hundreds of leading developers to London for three days of workshops, talks, networking and socials. Attend an event packed with up-to-date content about PHP development and related technologies in a comfortable and professional setting. Find out more here London Tech Job Fair Spring 2020 - 27/02/2020 TechMeetups is a Global cluster of 21 interconnected communities with 60,000+ startups, students and graduates, professionals, coders, salespeople, financiers, marketers & developers across the world. We have communities all over the world. Find out more here Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter straight to your inbox, then sign up below! Form ID:4640
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Technology Industry News Update - #issue12
With the New Year approaching now is a good a time as any to wrap up the end of the month with our technology industry news. This month we cover boards being left behind by digital, the top Google searches of 2019, Facebook pledges 130 Million to content oversight, Twitter's plans for a 'decentralized standard', and much more. See you again in 2020, Happy New Year! Boards being left behind by digital The International Research Report has found that digital innovation has risen rapidly towards the top of boardroom agendas this year (ranking 2nd as a priority), but board members report that they are losing confidence in the digital ability in the boardroom – as less than half (47%) feel they have the correct skills to drive digital transformation in comparison with 58% the previous year. Click here to read more (UKTN) 02/12/2019 Closing the tech wage gap: why people of colour get paid less Mehul Patel gives his opinion on the wage gap stating that racial pay disparity is arguably one of the biggest problems in tech today. "The technology industry brands itself as forward-thinking, but salary data tells another story." Data from City.A.M's State of Salaries report revealed that the wage gap between black tech workers and their white colleagues is worryingly large and growing. Click here to read more (City.A.M) 11/12/2019 New Instagram notification feature for possible offensive captions Instagram wants you to think twice about that photo caption, with its new feature that will notify you if your photo caption could be considered offensive, giving you the chance to change it before you post. This new addition is said to be part of the platform's growing antibullying efforts, with a spokesperson for the company stating In our continued effort to lead the industry in the fight against online bullying, we are launching a new feature that asks people to reflect on a post that may contain bullying before it's posted." Click here to read more (CNET) 16/12/2019 Top Google searches for 2019 With 2019 drawing to a close, Google announces its top searches from the year which includes Sport, TV, celebrities and Notre Dame. The Rugby tournament in Japan came out on top as the most searched term of the year as England climbed through the knock-out stage to lose 32-12 to South Africa in the October final. And sport was not the only thing gripping the nation, with Game Of Thrones coming in as the third most googled query as the eight-year TV drama series came to a controversial close. Click here to read more (Sky News) 11/12/2019 Facebook pledges $130 million to content oversight board Facebook has committed an initial $130 million to fund an independent oversight board, but said it would not announce its members this year, as originally expected. The board will be able to make final decisions on whether individual pieces of content - such as a sensitive video or ad - should be displayed on the site, even over-ruling Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg. The board is one of Facebook’s high-profile efforts to respond to criticism over how it handles problematic content and transparency around its decision-making. Click here to read more (UK Reuters) 12/12/2019 Twitter's plans for a 'decentralized standard' Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey has announced that Twitter Inc plans to set up an independent research group to create an "open and decentralized standard" for social media networks. According to Dorsey, centralized solutions are struggling to meet many new challenges faced by social networks, including large scale content moderation, and that the new standard will not be owned by any single private corporation. Click here to read more (Business Insider) 11/12/2019 AI facial recognition fails on race According to a US government study, facial recognition algorithms are far less accurate at identifying African-American and Asian faces compared to Caucasian faces. This throws new doubt on whether such technology should be used by law enforcement agencies. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (Nist) tested 189 algorithms from 99 developers, including Intel, Microsoft, Toshiba, and Chinese firms Tencent and DiDi Chuxing. Click here to read more (BBC News) 20/12/2019 Apple's top apps in 2019 Every year Apple reveals both its top choice for the best apps, along with the most downloaded across its devices and app stores. This time around, winners were revealed as part of an Apple "special event" in New York City, which honoured the developers who created them. Unusually, Apple did not use the event to make any of its own announcements or to reveal new products, but instead highlighted developers that make their apps available through its platform. Click here to read more (Independent) 03/12/2019 Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter straight to your inbox, then sign up below! Form ID:4640
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Technology Industry November News Update – #Issue11
It's that time of the month again where we bring you the latest news in the Technology industry and in the 11th issue of our tech news update we cover; Apple card facing a formal investigation over gender discrimination, 5G to cover 65 per cent of the global population by 2025, a Cybersecurity firm falls victim to a cyber attack and much more. New report shows investment in tech scale-ups increased fourfold The Blooming Late report by Tech.eu and Stripe analyses early-stage investment and growth-stage investment in European tech businesses and has revealed that In the first three quarters of 2019 alone, more than 52 deals of €100 million or above have been recorded across Europe. This is more than 2017 and 2018 combined and nearly four times as many as in 2016, and if the current trend continues the report states that we are likely to see around 70 mega funding rounds in 2019 - which would be more late-stage financing deals in a year than in the previous three years combined. Click here to read more about the quadruple increase in tech-scaleup investment (UKTN) 04/11/2019 Apple Card is facing a formal investigation over gender discrimination allegations A viral tweet has prompted a formal investigation into the newly launched Apple Card for alleged gender discrimination in the way it determines credit limits. The Apple Card uses a credit limit algorithm and operates entirely from the iPhone;s Wallet app which came under close scrutiny when a web programmer and author David Heinemeier Hansson shared a series of tweets detailing how he was offered 20 times the credit limit if his wife. After contacting customer service, Apple Card representatives insisted it was the result of an elusive algorithm and insinuated there was an issue with her application. Click here to read more about Apple Card facing gender discrimination allegations (Business Insider) 10/11/2019 Uber loses licence to operate in London due to safety concerns Transport for London (TfL) has declared that Uber will not be granted a new licence to operate in London after repeated safety failures, believing the taxi app to be not 'fit and proper' as licence holder, despite having made a number of positive changes to its operations. After initially losing its licence in 2017, Uber was granted two extensions, which will expire on Monday. The taxi firm is appealing and will be able to operate during that process, but if its appeal is unsuccessful, some think Uber drivers would move over to rival-ride sharing firms such as Bolt and Kapten. Click here to read more about Uber losing its licence to operate in London (BBC Tech) 25/11/2019 Tim Berners-Lee launches new initiative to fix the internet Inventor of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee, has officially launched the 'Contract for the web', a set of principles designed to "fix" the internet. This contract includes nine core principles for a better internet, which governments, companies and individuals should adhere to, which includes the responsibilities to provide affordable, reliable internet access, whilst respecting civil discourse and human dignity. The initiative has the backing of over 150 organisations, including tech companies such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook and DuckDuckGo and the launch comes as tech companies such as Facebook and Google have faced mounting pressure around the amount of user data they collect and how they collect it. Click here to read more about Tim Berners-Lee new contract for the web (The Verge) 25/11/2019 5G to cover 65% of the global population by 2025 According to The Ericsson Mobility report, Mobile subscriptions are increasing with the release of 5G and a total of 13 million 5G subscriptions are expected to exist by the end of 2019. The report also found that by 2025, 5G networks will support nearly half of the world's mobile data traffic, with the potential to cover up to 65% of the world's population in 2025. With 5G promising faster mobile data speeds and more reliable mobile networks, 5G will have a large impact on smartphone users, and Internet of Things (IoT) device users, in the coming years, Click here to read more about 5G set to cover 65% of the global population by 2025 (Tech Republic) 25/11/2019 Tensions rise after Google fires four employees Google US has fired four employees in what activists within the company described as an attempt to "crush" workers' attempts to organise. Staff were told by an internal memo that the findings for their termination where related to data security and employee safety. But the individuals who lost their jobs have come forward to say they were being punished for "speaking out". The sackings followed a demonstration at Google's San Francisco office on Friday, attended by over 200 Google employees. Click here to read more about Google firing four of its employees in the US (BBC Technology) 26/11/2019 Cyber-security firm falls victim to data breach A cybersecurity company Trend Micro has said thousands of customers personal data has been exposed by a rouge member of staff. The employee sold information from the company's customer support database, including names and phone numbers to a third party. Trend micro said it believed approximately 70,000 of its 12 million customers has been affected and became suspicious after customers started receiving phone calls from scammers posing as them. The company has said it has contacted those whose details were exposed and said it has been working with the police and the employee who sold the details has been fired. Click here to read more about the cyber-security firm that fell victim to a data breach (BBC technology) 06/11/2019 Upcoming Events FinTech Connect 2019 - 03/12/2019 FinTech Connect is where large teams from major financial institutions go to make informed buying decisions on the latest innovations on the market, and where fintechs come to accelerate dialogues with digital buyers with responsibility across digital transformation, payments, financial security, regtech and blockchain. View more information and how to attend here Tech For Good Gathering - London 2019 - 05/12/2019 The Tech for Good Gathering will feature speakers who are using technology to make our world a better place, celebrating how tech is being used to make positive social change. View more information and how to attend here Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter straight to your inbox, then sign up below! Form ID:4640
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Technology Industry October News Update – #Issue10
In the latest tech news update we cover; a new code academy launched by an AI firm, Government partnership provides a £50m cyber fund, Mark Zuckerberg addresses threats to free speech and Facebook agrees to pay Cambridge Analytica fine, Starling bank launches a Euro debit card and top coding salaries for 2019 are revealed. Businesses encourage AI learning for young people and the UK government funds further research for cybersecurity The Code Academy launched by AI firm Sidetrade Artificial Intelligence firm Sidetrade has announced the launch of The Code Academy, a new training and career pathway for young people into the UK’s AI industry. The free training will be based in Birmingham, giving 12 young people a life-changing experience, and the opportunity to apply for newly created data and software jobs. The Academy also distinguishes itself by it’s focus on the midlands, workplace experience and a chance to secure a job at the end. Click here to read more about Sidetrade launching The Code Academy (UKTN) Government partners with UK tech giant Arm on £50m cyber fund The government has partnered with UK tech giant Arm as it pumps more than £50m into a new programme to improve the country’s cybersecurity. The company will receive £36m to develop new chip technology that is more resistant to cyber-attacks and a further £18m will be injected into a new scheme aimed at cracking down on online disinformation, fraud and misuse of personal data. Click here to read more about £50m cyber fund for UK tech giant Arm (City A.M) 18/10/2019 Facebook CEO defends role in providing a voice for the public and the social network finally agrees to pay Cambridge Analytica fine Facebook CEO addresses threats to free speech Speaking to a live audience at Georgetown University, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended Facebook's role in providing a voice to more than 2 billion people around the world, and why he feels it's essential to protect freedom of expression on the internet. Though Facebook has faced constant criticism for allowing misinformation to spread on the platform, Zuckerberg focused on the positive action that has resulted from people expressing themselves freely on social media. Click here to read more about Mark Zuckerberg addressing threats to free speech (Business Insider) 17/10/2019 Facebook agrees to pay Cambridge Analytica fine For it’s role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has agreed to pay a £500,000 fine imposed by UK’s data protection watchdog. Initally Facebook had appealed the penalty, causing the ICO to pursue if own counter-appeal. Deputy commissioner of the ICO said: “The ICO’s main concern was that UK citizen data was exposed to a serious risk of harm.” However as part of the agreement, Facebook has made no admission of liability. Click here to read more about Facebook agreeing to pay Cambridge Analytica fine BBC news 30/10/2019 Digital bank Starling helps reduce business costs with new Euro card and top salaries for developers in 2019 are revealed Starling Bank launches Euro debit card Starling Bank has announced that it has launched the Starling Business Euro Account, giving business and personal customers the power to spend directly in pounds or euros with a single debit card. The aim is to help 77,000 business customers make transactions across the Eurozone and reduce curency exchange costs. Click here to read more about Starling’s new Euro debit card and business account (UKTN) 30/10/2019 Top coding salaries for 2019 revealed Stack Overflow recently surveyed developer salaries in 14 countries including, Canada, France, Germany, UK, US, Australia, Brazil, India, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain and Sweden. The salaries were calculated based on a range of factors such as location and education, level of years of coding experience, types of coding work, and technologies used professionally. Click here to read more about top coding salaries for 2019 (Tech Republic) 16/10/2019 Eligo blog of the month My experience of mental health at work (and how you can help at your workplace) Daily life and work stress can take its toll on our mental health and admitting that you are struggling and suffering with a mental health issue is most definitely a difficult step to take. Eligoid Karolina writes a candid experience of her mental health at work along with some tips for how you can help promote good mental health at work. Read all about it here Upcoming Events Tech For Good Gathering - London 2019 - 05/12/2019 The Tech for Good Gathering will feature speakers who are using technology to make our world a better place, celebrating how tech is being used to make positive social change. 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We made it through what felt like the longest month of this year so far and to commence the end of January welcome back to our monthly news update, where we bring you the latest technology news updates and industry events. In our first technology news update of the year, we cover scientists creating the first-ever 'living robots', driverless pods begin public trials in the UK, a new code has been set up to protect children's privacy online, Facebook creates 1,000 new UK jobs and much more! You'll have to keep reading to find out! Technology news Major breakthrough for scientists who create first 'living robots' A team of researchers have taken cells from frog embryos and turned them into a machine that can be programmed to do, well, anything. These 'completely biological machines' otherwise known as 'xenobots' could be dispatched to transport medicine around a patient's body or clean up pollution from the oceans. The scientists also say that as the robots are entirely new life-forms created out of living cells, they can also heal themselves if they are damaged. The researcher team described their major breakthrough in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Click here to read more (Independent) 13/01/2020 Facebook to create 1,000 new roles in London Facebook has big plans this year, which includes creating 1,000 new roles in London, taking its UK workforce to more than 4,000. The company announced that these new job opportunities will be purely technology-focused, covering software engineering, product design and data science. This is all part of Facebook's 2020 plan to tackle harmful content online, after recent growing pressure on social media firms to remove posts promoting self-harm and political extremism. Many of these technology roles are expected to help the company address the challenges of an open internet and develop artificial intelligence to find and remove harmful content more quickly. Click here to read more (BBC News) 21/01/2020 New code set to protect children's privacy online The UK's data watchdog has set up a new privacy code that social media sites, online games and streaming services, used by children, will have to abide by. The new Age Appropriate Design Code includes a list of 15 standards that companies behind online services are expected to comply with, to protect children's privacy. These new standards follow concerns over young people suffering from grooming by predators, data misuse, problem gambling and access to damaging content which could affect their mental health. Click here to read more (BBC News) 22/01/2020 Public trials of driverless, autonomous transport pods begin in the UK Autonomous, driverless transport pods will be tested on the public for the first time in the UK, using sensors, radar and vision processing to navigate areas crowded with pedestrians, push-chairs and bikes. The driverless vehicles are being trialled in Bristol by infrastructure firm AECOM, which is working with partners including the Bristol Robotics Laboratory to develop autonomous vehicles. Researchers will be studying the public's reaction to autonomous transport, which will be the first test of it's kind allowing members of the public to travel in the pods without any dedicated supervisor inside. Click here to read more (Sky News) 21/01/2020 2019 was a record-breaking year for growth in UK tech sector 2019 was a record-breaking year for the tech industry as investments in the UK tech sector soared to £10.1bn, a £3.1bn increase in 2018 and the highest level in UK history. The number of rapidly growing UK tech companies soared as venture capital investment increased by 44% in 2019 and growth in VC investment exceeded 40% for the third year in a row. On a global scale the UK's performance in 2019 means it now sits behind US and China in terms of total VC funding received in 2019. Click here to read more (Tech Nation) 15/01/2020 AWS Engineer accidentally published passwords and confidential info to GitHub repository If you think you're having a bad day at work...An Amazon Web Services engineer has published exchanges with customers that included passwords, AWS key pairs and private keys to a public GitHub repository by accident. In addition to data related to computer systems like credentials, logs, and code, the repository also contained assorted documents that established the identity of the owner and their relationship to AWS. A couple of hours after the discovery, UpGuard notified AWS security, and the repo was taken offline. Click here to read more (The Register) 23/01/2020 Eligo blog of the month What’s imposter syndrome and how can you overcome it in 2020? At the start of a new year, many of us look to check in with our current career situation and if you’re coming back to the same job, wanting to move on or actually starting a new role this year. One thing you might have in common is the tiny voice at the back of your head whispering: “I have no idea what I’m doing”, “Am I good enough for this role?”, or “I don’t deserve this promotion”. That little annoying inner voice of career self-doubt is probably what is known as, imposter syndrome. Click here to read more Upcoming events Women in Tech Club Powerhouse Session - 18/02/2020 This interactive workshop led by some of the most well-respected coaches and mentors in the UK will give you the necessary tools and techniques to own your personal and professional development journey. Participants will be split into 10 coaching groups of up to 7 members each. Each participant will be assigned to a coaching group based on their area of interest. Find out more here PHP UK Conference - 20/02/2020 The largest dedicated PHP event in Europe, PHP UK welcomes hundreds of leading developers to London for three days of workshops, talks, networking and socials. Attend an event packed with up-to-date content about PHP development and related technologies in a comfortable and professional setting. Find out more here London Tech Job Fair Spring 2020 - 27/02/2020 TechMeetups is a Global cluster of 21 interconnected communities with 60,000+ startups, students and graduates, professionals, coders, salespeople, financiers, marketers & developers across the world. We have communities all over the world. Find out more here Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter straight to your inbox, then sign up below! Form ID:4640
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With the New Year approaching now is a good a time as any to wrap up the end of the month with our technology industry news. This month we cover boards being left behind by digital, the top Google searches of 2019, Facebook pledges 130 Million to content oversight, Twitter's plans for a 'decentralized standard', and much more. See you again in 2020, Happy New Year! Boards being left behind by digital The International Research Report has found that digital innovation has risen rapidly towards the top of boardroom agendas this year (ranking 2nd as a priority), but board members report that they are losing confidence in the digital ability in the boardroom – as less than half (47%) feel they have the correct skills to drive digital transformation in comparison with 58% the previous year. Click here to read more (UKTN) 02/12/2019 Closing the tech wage gap: why people of colour get paid less Mehul Patel gives his opinion on the wage gap stating that racial pay disparity is arguably one of the biggest problems in tech today. "The technology industry brands itself as forward-thinking, but salary data tells another story." Data from City.A.M's State of Salaries report revealed that the wage gap between black tech workers and their white colleagues is worryingly large and growing. Click here to read more (City.A.M) 11/12/2019 New Instagram notification feature for possible offensive captions Instagram wants you to think twice about that photo caption, with its new feature that will notify you if your photo caption could be considered offensive, giving you the chance to change it before you post. This new addition is said to be part of the platform's growing antibullying efforts, with a spokesperson for the company stating In our continued effort to lead the industry in the fight against online bullying, we are launching a new feature that asks people to reflect on a post that may contain bullying before it's posted." Click here to read more (CNET) 16/12/2019 Top Google searches for 2019 With 2019 drawing to a close, Google announces its top searches from the year which includes Sport, TV, celebrities and Notre Dame. The Rugby tournament in Japan came out on top as the most searched term of the year as England climbed through the knock-out stage to lose 32-12 to South Africa in the October final. And sport was not the only thing gripping the nation, with Game Of Thrones coming in as the third most googled query as the eight-year TV drama series came to a controversial close. Click here to read more (Sky News) 11/12/2019 Facebook pledges $130 million to content oversight board Facebook has committed an initial $130 million to fund an independent oversight board, but said it would not announce its members this year, as originally expected. The board will be able to make final decisions on whether individual pieces of content - such as a sensitive video or ad - should be displayed on the site, even over-ruling Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg. The board is one of Facebook’s high-profile efforts to respond to criticism over how it handles problematic content and transparency around its decision-making. Click here to read more (UK Reuters) 12/12/2019 Twitter's plans for a 'decentralized standard' Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey has announced that Twitter Inc plans to set up an independent research group to create an "open and decentralized standard" for social media networks. According to Dorsey, centralized solutions are struggling to meet many new challenges faced by social networks, including large scale content moderation, and that the new standard will not be owned by any single private corporation. Click here to read more (Business Insider) 11/12/2019 AI facial recognition fails on race According to a US government study, facial recognition algorithms are far less accurate at identifying African-American and Asian faces compared to Caucasian faces. This throws new doubt on whether such technology should be used by law enforcement agencies. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (Nist) tested 189 algorithms from 99 developers, including Intel, Microsoft, Toshiba, and Chinese firms Tencent and DiDi Chuxing. Click here to read more (BBC News) 20/12/2019 Apple's top apps in 2019 Every year Apple reveals both its top choice for the best apps, along with the most downloaded across its devices and app stores. This time around, winners were revealed as part of an Apple "special event" in New York City, which honoured the developers who created them. Unusually, Apple did not use the event to make any of its own announcements or to reveal new products, but instead highlighted developers that make their apps available through its platform. Click here to read more (Independent) 03/12/2019 Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter straight to your inbox, then sign up below! Form ID:4640
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It's that time of the month again where we bring you the latest news in the Technology industry and in the 11th issue of our tech news update we cover; Apple card facing a formal investigation over gender discrimination, 5G to cover 65 per cent of the global population by 2025, a Cybersecurity firm falls victim to a cyber attack and much more. New report shows investment in tech scale-ups increased fourfold The Blooming Late report by Tech.eu and Stripe analyses early-stage investment and growth-stage investment in European tech businesses and has revealed that In the first three quarters of 2019 alone, more than 52 deals of €100 million or above have been recorded across Europe. This is more than 2017 and 2018 combined and nearly four times as many as in 2016, and if the current trend continues the report states that we are likely to see around 70 mega funding rounds in 2019 - which would be more late-stage financing deals in a year than in the previous three years combined. Click here to read more about the quadruple increase in tech-scaleup investment (UKTN) 04/11/2019 Apple Card is facing a formal investigation over gender discrimination allegations A viral tweet has prompted a formal investigation into the newly launched Apple Card for alleged gender discrimination in the way it determines credit limits. The Apple Card uses a credit limit algorithm and operates entirely from the iPhone;s Wallet app which came under close scrutiny when a web programmer and author David Heinemeier Hansson shared a series of tweets detailing how he was offered 20 times the credit limit if his wife. After contacting customer service, Apple Card representatives insisted it was the result of an elusive algorithm and insinuated there was an issue with her application. Click here to read more about Apple Card facing gender discrimination allegations (Business Insider) 10/11/2019 Uber loses licence to operate in London due to safety concerns Transport for London (TfL) has declared that Uber will not be granted a new licence to operate in London after repeated safety failures, believing the taxi app to be not 'fit and proper' as licence holder, despite having made a number of positive changes to its operations. After initially losing its licence in 2017, Uber was granted two extensions, which will expire on Monday. The taxi firm is appealing and will be able to operate during that process, but if its appeal is unsuccessful, some think Uber drivers would move over to rival-ride sharing firms such as Bolt and Kapten. Click here to read more about Uber losing its licence to operate in London (BBC Tech) 25/11/2019 Tim Berners-Lee launches new initiative to fix the internet Inventor of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee, has officially launched the 'Contract for the web', a set of principles designed to "fix" the internet. This contract includes nine core principles for a better internet, which governments, companies and individuals should adhere to, which includes the responsibilities to provide affordable, reliable internet access, whilst respecting civil discourse and human dignity. The initiative has the backing of over 150 organisations, including tech companies such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook and DuckDuckGo and the launch comes as tech companies such as Facebook and Google have faced mounting pressure around the amount of user data they collect and how they collect it. Click here to read more about Tim Berners-Lee new contract for the web (The Verge) 25/11/2019 5G to cover 65% of the global population by 2025 According to The Ericsson Mobility report, Mobile subscriptions are increasing with the release of 5G and a total of 13 million 5G subscriptions are expected to exist by the end of 2019. The report also found that by 2025, 5G networks will support nearly half of the world's mobile data traffic, with the potential to cover up to 65% of the world's population in 2025. With 5G promising faster mobile data speeds and more reliable mobile networks, 5G will have a large impact on smartphone users, and Internet of Things (IoT) device users, in the coming years, Click here to read more about 5G set to cover 65% of the global population by 2025 (Tech Republic) 25/11/2019 Tensions rise after Google fires four employees Google US has fired four employees in what activists within the company described as an attempt to "crush" workers' attempts to organise. Staff were told by an internal memo that the findings for their termination where related to data security and employee safety. But the individuals who lost their jobs have come forward to say they were being punished for "speaking out". The sackings followed a demonstration at Google's San Francisco office on Friday, attended by over 200 Google employees. Click here to read more about Google firing four of its employees in the US (BBC Technology) 26/11/2019 Cyber-security firm falls victim to data breach A cybersecurity company Trend Micro has said thousands of customers personal data has been exposed by a rouge member of staff. The employee sold information from the company's customer support database, including names and phone numbers to a third party. Trend micro said it believed approximately 70,000 of its 12 million customers has been affected and became suspicious after customers started receiving phone calls from scammers posing as them. The company has said it has contacted those whose details were exposed and said it has been working with the police and the employee who sold the details has been fired. Click here to read more about the cyber-security firm that fell victim to a data breach (BBC technology) 06/11/2019 Upcoming Events FinTech Connect 2019 - 03/12/2019 FinTech Connect is where large teams from major financial institutions go to make informed buying decisions on the latest innovations on the market, and where fintechs come to accelerate dialogues with digital buyers with responsibility across digital transformation, payments, financial security, regtech and blockchain. View more information and how to attend here Tech For Good Gathering - London 2019 - 05/12/2019 The Tech for Good Gathering will feature speakers who are using technology to make our world a better place, celebrating how tech is being used to make positive social change. View more information and how to attend here Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter straight to your inbox, then sign up below! Form ID:4640
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In the latest tech news update we cover; a new code academy launched by an AI firm, Government partnership provides a £50m cyber fund, Mark Zuckerberg addresses threats to free speech and Facebook agrees to pay Cambridge Analytica fine, Starling bank launches a Euro debit card and top coding salaries for 2019 are revealed. Businesses encourage AI learning for young people and the UK government funds further research for cybersecurity The Code Academy launched by AI firm Sidetrade Artificial Intelligence firm Sidetrade has announced the launch of The Code Academy, a new training and career pathway for young people into the UK’s AI industry. The free training will be based in Birmingham, giving 12 young people a life-changing experience, and the opportunity to apply for newly created data and software jobs. The Academy also distinguishes itself by it’s focus on the midlands, workplace experience and a chance to secure a job at the end. Click here to read more about Sidetrade launching The Code Academy (UKTN) Government partners with UK tech giant Arm on £50m cyber fund The government has partnered with UK tech giant Arm as it pumps more than £50m into a new programme to improve the country’s cybersecurity. The company will receive £36m to develop new chip technology that is more resistant to cyber-attacks and a further £18m will be injected into a new scheme aimed at cracking down on online disinformation, fraud and misuse of personal data. Click here to read more about £50m cyber fund for UK tech giant Arm (City A.M) 18/10/2019 Facebook CEO defends role in providing a voice for the public and the social network finally agrees to pay Cambridge Analytica fine Facebook CEO addresses threats to free speech Speaking to a live audience at Georgetown University, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended Facebook's role in providing a voice to more than 2 billion people around the world, and why he feels it's essential to protect freedom of expression on the internet. Though Facebook has faced constant criticism for allowing misinformation to spread on the platform, Zuckerberg focused on the positive action that has resulted from people expressing themselves freely on social media. Click here to read more about Mark Zuckerberg addressing threats to free speech (Business Insider) 17/10/2019 Facebook agrees to pay Cambridge Analytica fine For it’s role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has agreed to pay a £500,000 fine imposed by UK’s data protection watchdog. Initally Facebook had appealed the penalty, causing the ICO to pursue if own counter-appeal. Deputy commissioner of the ICO said: “The ICO’s main concern was that UK citizen data was exposed to a serious risk of harm.” However as part of the agreement, Facebook has made no admission of liability. Click here to read more about Facebook agreeing to pay Cambridge Analytica fine BBC news 30/10/2019 Digital bank Starling helps reduce business costs with new Euro card and top salaries for developers in 2019 are revealed Starling Bank launches Euro debit card Starling Bank has announced that it has launched the Starling Business Euro Account, giving business and personal customers the power to spend directly in pounds or euros with a single debit card. The aim is to help 77,000 business customers make transactions across the Eurozone and reduce curency exchange costs. Click here to read more about Starling’s new Euro debit card and business account (UKTN) 30/10/2019 Top coding salaries for 2019 revealed Stack Overflow recently surveyed developer salaries in 14 countries including, Canada, France, Germany, UK, US, Australia, Brazil, India, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain and Sweden. The salaries were calculated based on a range of factors such as location and education, level of years of coding experience, types of coding work, and technologies used professionally. Click here to read more about top coding salaries for 2019 (Tech Republic) 16/10/2019 Eligo blog of the month My experience of mental health at work (and how you can help at your workplace) Daily life and work stress can take its toll on our mental health and admitting that you are struggling and suffering with a mental health issue is most definitely a difficult step to take. Eligoid Karolina writes a candid experience of her mental health at work along with some tips for how you can help promote good mental health at work. Read all about it here Upcoming Events Tech For Good Gathering - London 2019 - 05/12/2019 The Tech for Good Gathering will feature speakers who are using technology to make our world a better place, celebrating how tech is being used to make positive social change. View more information and how to attend here FinTech Connect 2019 - 03/12/2019 FinTech Connect is where large teams from major financial institutions go to make informed buying decisions on the latest innovations on the market, and where fintechs come to accelerate dialogues with digital buyers with responsibility across digital transformation, payments, financial security, regtech and blockchain. View more information and how to attend here Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter straight to your inbox, then sign up below! Form ID:4640
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