Lucy Ingham
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28 Sep
Fintech Acin nets $12m funding to grow risk digitisation efforts
Fintech startup Acin has today announced that it has raised $12m in Series A funding to further expand its digitising efforts for non-financial and operational risk.
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18 Sep
Networking harmed by working from home, Big Tech employees report
Employees of leading technology companies, including Google, Apple and Amazon, are concerned about the lack of networking opportunities since switching to working from home, with potentially harmful implications for their career prospects.
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17 Sep
Card to overtake cash in Germany in historic first
The number of payments made by card are expected to exceed those made using cash in Germany for the first time in history this year.
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17 Sep
The Pinter brings fresh beer to lockdown with at-home brewing technology
The Pinter, a device that enables consumers to brew fresh beer from their kitchens, has today launched in the UK amid an ongoing shift away from pub drinking.
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16 Sep
AI harnessed to tackle space debris with £1m from UK Space Agency
The UK Space Agency has today announced seven projects that have received a share of £1m funding to combat space debris using sensors or artificial intelligence (AI).
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16 Sep
TikTok to become US company with ByteDance, Oracle owning shares
TikTok parent company ByteDance is resolving US President Donald Trump’s attempt to ban the Chinese social media giant in the US by making TikTok's global arm a US-based business.
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15 Sep
Verdict Magazine Issue 5: Politics in the Technology World Order
Verdict Magazine issue 5 is now out, providing the usual analysis, long reads and deep dives into the biggest topics impacting the world of technology.
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15 Sep
Sternum nets $6.5m funding to bring cybersecurity to IoT
Internet of things (IoT) cybersecurity startup Sternum has today announced that it has raised $6.5m in a Series A funding round.
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14 Sep
Nvidia buys Arm from SoftBank for $40bn in key AI bid
American hardware giant Nvidia is to buy UK chipmaker Arm from Japanese technology major SoftBank for $40bn.
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11 Sep
Contact tracing app launch shows “flawed understanding of software development”
The UK government has finally announced a launch date for its contact tracing app after multiple delays saw its release pushed back by months.
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11 Sep
Meat-Tech acquisition brings lab-grown meat closer to reality
Meat-Tech 3D, an Israeli company developing lab-grown, bioprinted meat, has announced that it is acquiring an unnamed company to aid its goal of producing cruelty-free meat for mass consumption.
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10 Sep
Mixed reality gets creative boost with purpose-build studio
The use of mixed reality in the creative industries has been advanced today with the launch of a purpose-built studio in London.
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10 Sep
Connexin raises £80m funding to advance UK smart cities
Connexin, a smart city operator based in Hull, the UK, has announced that it has raised £80m funding to build its presence in the country’s internet of things (IoT) and smart infrastructure sector.
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8 Sep
UK tech jobs buck trend to surge amid pandemic
UK tech jobs are proving to be a rare beacon of light in the wider job market, seeing the number of vacancies rise by 36% between early June and early August.
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7 Sep
Fears of post-pandemic civil unrest backed by history, researchers find
Fears that civil unrest will continue to spark following the Covid-19 pandemic are supported by evidence from history, according to new research.
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7 Sep
Investcorp backs Chinese AI city provider Terminus Technologies
Alternative investment product provider Investcorp has today announced that it has invested in Terminus Technologies, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) city and internet of things (IoT) technologies.
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4 Sep
Just East Grubhub acquisition receives decisive green light from regulators
The acquisition of US food delivery startup Grubhub by European giant Just Eat Takeaway has today received all regulatory approvals to proceed.
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3 Sep
Healthtech uMotif nets £5m funding to transform clinical trials
Startup uMotif has raised £5m in a Series A funding round to speed up the clinical trials process by introducing a decentralised model.
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2 Sep
NerdWallet acquires Know Your Money to bring financial guidance to UK
US-based consumer financial advice app NerdWallet has today announced plans to acquire UK price comparison site Know Your Money, as part of a bid to move into the UK market.
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1 Sep
Eat Out to Help Out transformed dining habits, app data shows
The UK government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme has had a transformative impact on when in the week consumers spend money on dining, according to data published by personal finance app Yolt.
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1 Sep
Bitcoin, Ethereum traded on Vienna Stock Exchange for first time
Bitcoin and Ethereum are today available to trade on the regulated market of the Vienna Stock Exchange for the first time.
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28 Aug
Virtual sterling? Bank of England ponders digital currency
The world of banking is poised for a step-change as many central banks ponder the introduction of a digital currency, and among those leading discussions is the Bank of England.
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27 Aug
CBDCs and cross-border payments: Are central bank digital currencies the future?
As central banks look to the future, they are increasingly exploring the potential of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to improve speed, transparency and efficiency.
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27 Aug
Box Q2 earnings surge beyond expectations as cloud use booms
Cloud storage company Box has announced its Q2 earnings results for fiscal year 2021, reporting strong growth and beating analyst expectations.
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26 Aug
Majority of Scots Wikipedia articles are gibberish due to single prolific editor
Thousands of articles on the Scots language version of Wikipedia are gibberish, with little resemblance to the actual language, due to the efforts of a single US teenager.
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25 Aug
Central bank digital currencies: A step-change in finance
Around the world, central banks are pondering a technology that will provide one of the biggest changes to the world of banking in decades: central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
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25 Aug
North Korean hacking group behind global cryptocurrency attacks
Lazarus Group, a hacking organisation that has been linked to North Korea, has been attributed to global cyberattack campaign targeting companies in the cryptocurrency space.
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25 Aug
Supermetrics nets €40m to bring data warehousing to marketing
Finnish martech company Supermetrics has announced that it has raised €40m in a Series B funding round to expand into data warehousing and grow use of its products globally.
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24 Aug
US election will drive up Bitcoin price: deVere CEO
The US presidential election, combined with the currently weak US dollar, will serve as a key driver of the price of Bitcoin for the rest of 2020, an expert has said.
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24 Aug
Zopa steps up digital bank war with fixed term savings account launch
Digital bank Zopa has made a key move in the growing UK market with the launch of a fixed term savings account.