Tamlin Magee
Group Production Editor, UK
Tamlin is the group production editor for IDG UK. He has previously covered a wide range of beats at a variety of publications, from European channel markets, enterprise cloud and privacy, to architecture, design, film and music. He is particularly interested in the intersection between technology, the political sphere and the day-to-day.
Furloughed workers offered free JavaScript courses
Companies with large numbers of furloughed workers are offering staff an introductory course in JavaScript coding, thanks to the European coding bootcamp, Codeworks.
Developer models COVID-19 sneezing simulation on Gran Turismo software
A lone developer from the company that provided aerodynamic analysis for the cars in the PlayStation game Gran Turismo has applied the tooling to demonstrate the spread of germs with and without wearing a mask
British startups locked out of COVID-19 business continuity schemes
Many startups in Britain either do not intend to or cannot access the government's Coronavirus Business Interruption and Loan Scheme, and may be forced to respond with furloughs or layoffs, warns a report
How are UK tech startups helping fight coronavirus?
Health startups are being corralled by the NHS and the government to point their talents at the COVID-19 pandemic, while others are volunteering services to help stymie the spread of the infectious new disease
Technologists lead crowdsourced Coronavirus Tech Handbook response
A group of technologists has led crowdsourcing efforts to create a single repository of information for specialists fighting the Coronavirus outbreak. Techworld speaks with founder Edward Saperia to hear more about how collaboration...
Geofencing: what is it?
Inside the technology-led technique to track, understand, and sell to visitors depending on locations of interest
Inside the Quantum Race: Microsoft
As part of our series digging into the big technology companies investing in quantum computing, we speak with the senior director of quantum computing at Microsoft, Julie Love, to hear how the firm hopes to solve the "unsolvable"
Can digital help rejuvenate Britain's trade unions?
A decade of precarity for young workers has changed perceptions and expectations around the labour movement. Can digital offer a set of tools to boost engagement?
How BT used GDPR to get its data in order
BT's data governance director Horia Selegean outlines how the British telco used the looming GDPR regulation to boost its big data capabilities
How enterprise technology supports the British police
Here are the various pilot projects, digital initiatives and IT devices that are supporting cash-strapped police officers on their beats - from the seemingly benign to the highly controversial
Cardiff University's HateLab unearths online hate speech using AI
Cardiff University's HateLab is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to monitor links between online hate speech and offline hate crime in the wake of the Brexit referendum