China’s tech future depends on children and surveillance
If the children of China face a prosperous future, it’s probably down to their country’s bountiful tech industry. One side of the story sees the benefits of consumer wares from...
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Pressure mounts on NSO Group over Pegasus spyware scandal
Surveillance firm NSO Group is facing mounting pressure from US politicians, Israeli authorities and an...
Jabs and jobs: Tech firms divided on Covid office return
Big Tech is seemingly taking a cue from Katy Perry's early noughties banger Hot N Cold in terms of Covid...
Google and Apple seek to position themselves as privacy champions
Don’t laugh. It may sound like a bad joke, but Google and Apple are trying to rebrand themselves as privacy...
The E2EE tech that keeps Emmanuel Macron off Slack or WhatsApp raises $30m
Element, a new messaging platform with end-to-end encryption, is used by spies, politicians and a selection of government agencies around...
Was Covid-19 the jab needed to make companies fight fake news?
If this is the era of fake news, then it's likely to be the calm before the storm. The true tempest will begin to howl once the age of deepfakes…
“At least we’re better than credit cards” – Afterpay speaks out on putting users at risk of debt
Contrary to recent criticism, Afterpay believes the buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) doesn't put people's financial health at risk as much as traditional credit cards. Instead, the fintech is adamant about it actually…
Verdict Magazine Issue 10: Privacy Matters
Verdict Magazine Issue 10 is out now, providing the deep analysis, long reads and comment articles on the biggest topics impacting the world of technology our devoted readers have come…
Global corporation tax plan: Biden walks softly, but he does have a big stick
Corporation tax is a hot issue right now. The new Biden administration in the US was elected on a promise that it would make big multinational corporations – often ones…
The Tokyo Olympics are a 5G tragedy
“Without any doubt or qualification, the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics undermined any type of meaningful or impactful 5G rollout not only for Japan, but for the rest of…
UK fintechs celebrate Revolut becoming a tridecacorn and being more valuable than NatWest
The British fintech sector is in a celebratory mood after news broke that UK challenger bank Revolut has joined the tridecacorn club on the back of a $800m funding round,…
