Author: Trendici
SAP has reported revenue of €36.8bn for 2025, up 8% on 2024, despite what Christian Klein, chief executive office, called a “rough start to the year” caused by geopolitical tariff turmoil engendered by the US Trump presidency, in a press conference. The supplier also reported Q4 revenue of €9.864bn, up 3% on the same year-ago quarter. In a statement, Klein said: “Q4 was a strong cloud quarter, with bookings resulting in 30% Total Cloud Backlog growth to a record €77bn. The significant Current Cloud Backlog growth in Q4 has laid a strong foundation for accelerating total revenue growth through…
Brandon Sanderson, a popular author of high-fantasy and science fiction books, has signed a deal with Apple TV to adapt his works set in the Cosmere fictional universe into films and TV shows. Sanderson said last year at Celsius 232, Spain’s annual sci-fi and fantasy convention, that his ultimate dream project is a “really good Mistborn film.” Apple TV is making that come true: Some of the first projects to come out of the deal are feature film adaptations of the Mistborn books and a TV show based on series.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sanderson’s deal with the streaming service…
The Earl of Shrewsbury broke rules on claiming travel expenses, a conduct committee finds.
It turns out Manchester United chiefs are actually pretty good at transfers, and a veto of a Michael Carrick request will be another win… It has long been the perception about Man Utd that they have been very poor at transfers since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement, and this is true to a certain degree. Man Utd have got a lot wrong in the transfer market, but there has been a turning of the tide since Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his recruitment team took over. Ratcliffe and co. have been far from perfect regarding other matters (i.e., with his brutal cost-cutting…
Cyber security is now the UK’s fifth fastest-growing profession, with the number of people working in the field having almost trebled since 2021 to 83,700, according to an analysis of more than 400 occupations tracked by the Office for National Statistics. The analysis was conducted by managed security services provider Socura, which claimed this means there are now more cyber professionals than there are architects, bricklayers, farm workers, armed forces officers and vets – and there is now one cyber security pro for every 68 businesses in the country, up from one per 196 just five years ago. Socura…
It’s the year 2026 and the hottest game in my living room is Fruit Ninja. No, I’m not in the midst of an ill-advised retro mobile gaming kick. Instead, my family and I have been jumping around and slicing flying fruit in our living room using the Nex Playground. It’s a tiny gaming system built entirely around Kinect-like games. With its camera and onboard computer vision processing, the $249 Nex Playground can track up to four players as effectively as Microsoft’s clunky old Xbox motion tracker. Simply put, the dream of the Kinect, as well as Nintendo’s Wii, lives on…
The leader and his Labour cabinet majority twice approved decisions opposed by most councillors.
Premier League sides Liverpool and Manchester United are ready to make bids for Barcelona winger Raphinha in the summer, according to reports. The Brazil international left Leeds United for Barcelona in July 2022 in a deal worth a reported £55m despite the Catalan club’s financial struggles. Raphinha has contributed nine goals and three assists in 18 appearances in all competitions this season and would have hoped to be in better form at some points this term. But the former Leeds man has now scored two goals in two matches against Real Oviedo and FC Copenhagen and he is attracting interest…
The UK government has announced that over a million artificial intelligence (AI) training courses have been completed since the AI Skills Boost programme was introduced in June 2025. The initiative is part of the government’s goal to ensure the UK workforce is adequately skilled, confident and ready to grasp the full opportunities of AI. A suite of industry-developed AI-focused courses is now available on the government’s AI Skills Hub. The courses, which the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) said can be completed in under 20 minutes, are available online and open to all UK adults. These courses…
Google has agreed to a preliminary $135 million settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by Android users who accused it of harvesting their data without consent. The suit alleged that since November 12, 2017, Google has been illegally collecting cellular data from phones purchased through carriers, even when apps were closed or location features were disabled.As reported by , the affected users believed Google using their data for marketing and product development meant it was guilty of “conversion.” In US law, occurs when one party takes the property of another with “the intent to deprive them of it” or…