Insect-inspired silicon brain startup Opteran secures £2.1m funding
Opteran, a startup developing lightweight silicon 'brains' for use in robots and autonomous vehicles, has raised £2.1m in seed funding.…
23 Nov 2020
How AI can be the logistics industry’s climate-conscious catalyst
Logistics is an essential component in the retail chain. Perfumes, printers and pepper mills don’t appear on the shelves out of thin air. But for decades, the majority of consumers…
19 Nov 2020
UK launches Cyber Force to conduct offensive operations
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced the formation of a new National Cyber Force, pulling together the capabilities of GCHQ and the Ministry of Defence. Capable of undertaking offensive…
17 Nov 2020
Huawei sells Honor brand due to “tremendous pressure” from US sanctions
Chinese smartphone maker Huawei has announced it is selling budget smartphone brand Honor. Huawei said that "a persistent unavailability of technical elements" had put the brand under “tremendous pressure”. This…
17 Nov 2020
Airbnb files IPO, warns it may never be profitable
Home rental startup Airbnb has conceded that it “may not be able to achieve profitability” as it filed its initial public offering (IPO) prospectus ahead of its highly anticipated stock…
11 Nov 2020
Apple unveils M1 chip – here’s why it switched to its own silicon design
Apple has unveiled the M1 chip, the tech giant’s first in-house processor that will power its future Mac computers. Based on command instructions developed by UK semiconductor firm Arm, the…
09 Nov 2020
Why Lockheed Martin wants to launch small satellites from Shetland
Lockheed Martin is transferring its small satellite launch operations to Shetland Space Centre, located on the archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, after the UK Government gave the US…