Lucy Ingham
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3 Aug
TikTok mulls selling US arm to Microsoft, but could UK move enrage Trump?
It’s all change at TikTok, as the Chinese social media company finds itself as the latest battleground in the US-China trade war – and now the UK and Microsoft are involved.
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3 Aug
Blockchain harnessed to “democratise” financial data
Swiss open-source financial information platform Decentralised Information Asset (DIA) is launching a Wikipedia-style platform built on the blockchain, which is designed to become the go-to source for financial markets data.
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31 Jul
Big Tech results for Q2/3: The good, the very good and the disappointing
Big Tech – Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google parent company Alphabet – all announced their latest financial results on Thursday, providing insight into how they have faired during the pandemic, and for the most part the news has been hugely positive.
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30 Jul
EduMe nets $5m funding to expand deskless workforce training
UK startup EduMe has raised $5m in a Series A funding round in order to expand its mobile workforce training and engagement platform for the deskless workforce.
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30 Jul
Remote monitoring harnesses AI to detect Covid-19 deterioration
Patients diagnosed with Covid-19 are being cared for using remote monitoring technologies that harness artificial intelligence (AI) to detect if there is a deterioration in their symptoms.
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29 Jul
Luxury in space: Virgin Galactic reveals cabin design in key step towards launch
Virgin Galactic has unveiled the cabin design that will take its first passengers into space, revealing an interior that is part 2001: A Space Odyssey and part private jet, as the company ramps up towards launch.
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28 Jul
Bitcoin price hits $11,000, raising possibility of “multi-year bull run”
The price of Bitcoin passed $11,000 on Monday, the highest it has reached in almost a year, and according to experts, there are more gains to come.
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28 Jul
5G infrastructure spending to double in 2020: Gartner
Global spending in 5G network infrastructure for 2020 is expected to grow to almost twice that of 2019, according to the latest forecast by Gartner.
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28 Jul
Advertima nets €15m funding to revitalise retail with smart technologies
Swiss startup Advertima has announced that it has raised €15m in a Series A funding round for its smart retail solutions.
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28 Jul
Withings: From Nokia acquisition to $60m funding round
When you’re acquired by one of the biggest names in tech, you don’t typically announce a $60m Series B funding round four years later, but that’s exactly what healthtech pioneer Withings has done.
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27 Jul
Garmin admits ransomware attack, but has its reputation been harmed?
Garmin services are at least in part back following a ransomware attack, but how much the company has been impacted remains unclear.
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27 Jul
Kerv created in £30m merger to take on Big Cloud
Three cloud firms have today announced that they have combined to form Kerv, in a £30m merger designed to challenge in cloud-centric managed services.
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24 Jul
Intel Q2 results: “Very strong quarter” marred by next-generation chip delays
Intel has reported its Q2 results, with above-expectations revenue and earnings-per-share.
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24 Jul
Garmin services still down following ransomware attack
Services from wearable device maker Garmin are still down following a ransomware attack on Thursday.
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24 Jul
Riiid raises $41.8m funding to transform education with AI
Riiid, a South Korean startup reshaping education with artificial intelligence (AI), has raised $41.8m in a pre-Series D funding round.
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23 Jul
1 in 3 email hackers camp out in accounts for over a week
Hackers that gain access to email accounts, using methods such as phishing, don’t just steal data and go.
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22 Jul
Quorum nets $2m seed funding to bring chat to passion economy
Quorum, a startup based in Dublin, Ireland has raised $2m in a seed funding round to expand the rollout of its subscription chat platform.
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22 Jul
Snap Q2 results: Revenue expectations beat, but Covid casts shadow
The Q2 2020 results for social media giant Snap have seen Covid again take its toll, as while it beat expectations on revenue, it fell short on user numbers.
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22 Jul
Cybersecurity is being harmed by employee mistakes – and stress is key
Employee mistakes are having a potentially dire impact on enterprise cybersecurity, with 43% of workers admitting to making an error that had a negative impact on corporate digital security.
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21 Jul
“Confusing and reeks of politics”: Cybersecurity community reacts to Russia report
The cybersecurity community has reacted with criticism and concern to the Russia report, which was finally published today after a nine-month delay.
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21 Jul
Russia Brexit interference: Russia report slams UK’s “failure to prepare”
The Russia report has criticised the UK Government, intelligence and security agencies for failing to prepare for or launch an adequate retrospective assessment of potential Russian interference in the Brexit referendum.
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21 Jul
Russia report: UK should lead offensive cyber efforts against Russia
The long-awaited Russia report, which explores how Moscow has used digital and intelligence capabilities to meddle in UK electoral matters, has called the UK’s development of offensive cyber capabilities “essential” to combat the issue.
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21 Jul
Smol nets £8m funding to expand disruption of laundry sector
Detergent subscription startup smol has raised £8m in a Series A funding that will enable it to expand its service to new markets.
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20 Jul
Neurovalens raises £5m to bring neurostimulation to healthcare
Healthtech startup Neurovalens has raised £5.1m in a funding round to bring its neurostimulation technology closer to being used in clinical settings.
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17 Jul
James Webb Space Telescope launch delayed over coronavirus pandemic
The launch of the long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope has been delayed by NASA over issues relating to the coronavirus pandemic.
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16 Jul
Companies “scrambling” as EU-US Privacy Shield data sharing voided
Companies that routinely transfer data between the EU and the US are currently scrambling to find a legal way to do so, after Europe’s top court voided the previous mechanism, the EU-US Privacy Shield.
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16 Jul
5G growth, startup funding and post-Covid success: Verdict Magazine Issue 4 is Out Now
Issue 4 of Verdict Magazine is out now, covering the latest and greatest developments in technology.
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16 Jul
Twitter hack hits Musk, Bezos, Biden, Obama and more in “coordinated social engineering attack”
Twitter has been hit by what may be its worst hack in history, which saw attackers take control of some of the most high-profile verified accounts, including those owned by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Barak Obama and Joe Biden.
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15 Jul
Cryptoasset insurance startup Evertas raises $2.8m seed funding
Evertas, an insurtech startup that claims the be the first in the world focusing purely on insuring cryptoassets and related blockchain technologies, has announced that it has raised $2.8m in a seed funding round.
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14 Jul
Amazon employees see security risks in TikTok – but many won’t delete it
The majority of Amazon employees believe that TikTok does pose a security risk to the company, but many won’t be deleting it from their phones.