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This week the tech industry has been in awe since the biggest case of ‘who done it’ could be finally solved, who really hacked Jeff Bezos’s’ phone? Opera have also made the headlines this week for all the wrong reasons with their new money lending apps, but they say any press is good press, and every struggling university student and pub quiz cheat’s favourite website is celebrating a...

Earlier this week Opera, a browser and software platform have been forced to respond to what can only be described as a PR s#@t-storm. Research conducted by Hindenburg (a short investment firm that bets against a company’s stock price) has suggested that all four of Opera’s money-lending apps have breached Google’s policies against ‘predatory short-term lending’. Opera currently have ...

We’re already halfway through January and there’s no sign of anything slowing down in the tech industry. This week we’ve got ski-slopes and phone leaks, and no that isn’t the plot to the new James Bond film. It’s time to forget about the January blues and terabyte out of the latest tech news. Easy as ABC Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has made another incredible milestone this wee...

Before we get started, there really is no need to panic. AI isn’t going anywhere. After significant advancements in 2019, ranging from automated delivery robots to litter boxes with machine learning, Artificial Intelligence is here to stay. The main worry today is that AI might be slowing in progress, not disappearing entirely. After a recent report by the BBC, tech experts have predi...

This week saw the annual 2020 Consumer Electronic Show descend onto the city of sin itself, Las Vegas. The usual clientele of high rollers and hen do’s made way for 170 thousand tech enthusiasts from around the world, all jostling to get their hands on the latest tech from almost every industry. Attendees had over four thousand exhibitors to choose from, from autonomous cars to the la...

The last ten years have been without doubt the most prosperous for job seekers specialising in the IT and Digital sectors. The rise of technologies such as: cloud storage, AI, new programming languages, digital marketing etc, have resulted in millions of new jobs being made available for IT professionals working at all levels. This does however mean that more job markets are becoming ...

2019 has been a tumultuous year for the tech industry, it has seen social media become a controversial platform for launching political campaigns, Apple condemned for their involvement in Hong Kong’s fight for independence and AI continuing to scare people across the world. There have also been some amazing breakthroughs; 3D printing is continuing to enhance medical services and the l...

1st stage interviews are the most common component of hiring processes across the world. Compared to other hiring processes, such as phone interviews or competency tests, they offer employees a chance to understand a candidate on a more enriched personal level. However, a recently conducted body of research has identified a key issue with the 1st stage interview, that is how unconscio...

So The Bridge IT have been getting into the festive spirit these last few weeks and have worked hard with two particular charities. We teamed up with one of the local radio stations here in Leeds, Radio Aire and were a drop off point for donations of gifts for Cash For Kids – Mission Christmas! As you can see from our photos we had a great response and had so many generous people dona...