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NatWest Launches Mettle, a Digital-Only Bank For SMEs

NatWest has launched Mettle, a purely digital proposition specifically for small businesses.

Mettle has been designed to offer organisations a new, forward-looking way to manage their finances, combining a current account with invoicing, payment chasing and bookkeeping capabilities.

Natwest says Mettle will enable customers to open a business current account in minutes, forecast their business performance, create invoices from their mobile phone and provide reminders for chasing payments. All of these features will be wrapped in a single, easy-to-use mobile app with a debit card, according to the company.

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Facebook Patent Shows Plans For Creepy Friend-Finding Feature

A proposed feature for Facebook users could allow you to communicate with other people in the same vicinity as you – regardless of whether you know them or not.

The recently granted patent shows that the social media company wants to introduce features that track who its users encounter in the real world.

While the People You May Know feature has been included on the social media platform for about a decade now, the company seems to be exploring new ways to make friends in public.

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Scotland to Create £15m AI Health Research Centre

Scotland is to get a £15.8 million artificial intelligence centre to help the country innovate and transform its healthcare system and deliver better outcomes for patients.

The purpose of the new Industrial Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research in Digital Diagnostics ( iCAIRD) is to enable better patient diagnosis, treatment and outcomes. The centre will bring together a pan-Scotland collaboration of 15 partners from across academia, the NHS and industry.

iCAIRD will be a Scottish centre of excellence with a special focus on the application of AI in digital diagnostics. It is hoped that the centre will create new jobs in the field of AI and digital technology in healthcare.

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A Quarter of Tech Professionals Think Current Job is a Big Mistake

As many as 23.4% of those working in technology feel that they should have rejected the offer of their current job.

A survey by Blind, an anonymous workplace community app, examined whether or not tech professionals had regrets about their most recent career move?

The app asked them to respond with either ‘TRUE’ or ‘FALSE’ to this statement: I regret accepting my job at my current company.

23.4% responded that this statement is TRUE, and that they regret accepting their current job. 76.63% responded that this statement is FALSE.

Snapchat led the way with 39.2% of employees answering with TRUE. Rounding out the top three were Oracle (with 34.13%) and Intel (with 32.04%). Facebook had the lowest percentage of employees answering with 12%. The two other companies with the lowest percentage of employees answering with TRUE are Google (with 14%) and LinkedIn (with 15.8%).

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Chinese State News Agency Unveils AI Presenter

China’s state news agency, Xinhua News, has launched a virtual newsreader, although it is not entirely lifelike.

The news agency claimed the presenter “can read texts as naturally as a professional news anchor.”

Kicking off its first report, the English-speaking AI presenter said: “Hello, you are watching English news programme.

“I will work tirelessly to keep you informed as texts will be typed into my system uninterrupted,” says the presenter in an introductory video.

“I look forward to bringing you the brand new news experiences.”

Chinese search engine Sogou was involved in the system’s development.

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Dutchman Wants To Legally Change His Age So He Has Better Luck on Tinder

A 69-year-old Dutch entrepreneur, Emile Ratelband, is trying to legally have his age changed to make him self 20 years younger.

Ratelband claims his doctor said he has the body of a 45-year-old, and says he should be allowed to be 20 years younger as it would help him attract women on Tinder and boost his job prospects.

He argues that if transgender people can legally change their sex then he should be allowed to alter his age.

Ratelband said: “You can change your name. You can change your gender. Why not your age? Nowhere are you so discriminated against as with your age.”

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