Synopsys prepares for divestment of software integrity unit SIG
Synopsys, a chip design company, is initiating the process to sell its software integrity division SIG, reported Bloomberg, citing sources. …
Are these the most bizarre tech stories from 2022?
It's been a bizarre year for the global tech industry. When 2022 kicked off, the industry was coming out a…
What to expect of the space economy in 2023
The space economy is rocketing into 2023 on a gravitational wave of big headlines. Billionaire man-children racing to be the…
Following a string of scandals: where will the crypto industry go in 2023
To say that the crypto industry is heading into 2023 on a whirlwind would be an understatement. The 12 months…
50 fintech experts share industry predictions for 2023
Fintech is hurtling into 2023 along a rocky road. 2022 tormented the industry with a rock slide of setbacks such…
The 10 cybersecurity deals in November you should know about
The importance of cybersecurity hasn't always been clear to business leaders, but the past few years have certainly brought home…
Carmakers to turn to entertainment amidst falling revenue
Carmakers are expected to invest heavily in in-car entertainment in 2023 to curb the losses from the volatile market, according…
Online Safety Bill cannot “survive any further delays”
British politicians have hailed the Online Safety Bill as a landmark law to tackle the harms of social media. However,…
StructureFlow bags $3.5m in new deal to prevent the next FTX
The collapse of crypto darling FTX has shaken the tech industry. Over the past few weeks, the exchange has lost…
Social media firms must act on climate misinformation in 2023, analyst says
Social media companies will have to act more actively to tackle the spread of fake news about climate change in…
Talent wars: Four-day work weeks are coming
Following the onslaught of the Great Resignation, businesses are well-advised to introduce four-day workweeks. George Trotter, analyst at GlobalData, issued…
FTX collapse will slow down crypto regulations, analyst warns
The collapse of multi-billion cryptocurrency exchange FTX will slow down the introduction of new regulations to police the digital assets…
Will we be able to protect our privacy in the metaverse?
The metaverse should make everyone worried about their privacy. That’s the sentiment shared by a number researchers and market stakeholders…
15 tech firms that suffered through mass-layoffs in November
Tech watchers experienced absolute carnage in November as tens of thousands of workers lost their jobs in a string of…
Buckzy bags $14.5m in Series A despite fintech funding famine
Buckzy has managed to secure $14.5m in a Series A funding round despite the market turmoil that has reduced fintech…
Monzo CEO unfazed about “the big boys” launching their own neobanks
TS Anil is not worried. That is saying something. The fintech veteran is facing off against a mob of existential…
UK dropping rule to remove harmful content has ‘watered down’ Online Safety Bill, says expert
The UK government has announced it will no longer be forcing social media companies to remove “legal but harmful” content…
Ten companies hiring tech talent right now
Tens of thousands of professionals have lost their jobs due to the tech bubble bursting, but several companies have launched…
What could keep Dubai from becoming a cryptocurrency capital?
Dubai wants to become a cryptocurrency capital, but several challenges could keep the United Arab Emirates (UAE) city from achieving…
Revealing the 10 biggest metaverse deals you missed in October
Metaverse companies raised hundreds of millions of dollars in deals in October, proving that the future of the internet is…
Elon Musk’s amnesty for suspended Twitter accounts ‘could make women feel unsafe,’ says expert
Elon Musk has again poked a fire of controversy as “chief twit” by vowing to reinstate a large proportion of…
What are esports and why do they matter?
Esports are drawing in multi-million audiences, but not everyone is sure what it is and why it matters to businesses.…
The US economy is hurtling towards a recession in Q2 2023, analysts warn
The US economy could be heading into a recession as early as the first half of 2023, analysts warn. “I…
10 Twitter alternatives if Elon Musk kills off the blue bird
Twitter is in a bad way. If having most of its workforce cut by the new ‘chief twit’ Elon Musk…
Tech startups could suffer a funding crunch until 2024, experts warn
Tech startups have struggled to raise money this year, but industry experts warn that the funding winter could continue well…
Sportwashing and money: Will the Qatar World Cup hurt FIFA in the long run?
The advertisers of the Qatar World Cup desperately want people to not mention the host nation's human rights abuses. Instead,…
5 of the strangest Google products that spectacularly failed
Google is known for releasing a lot of products but it's also known for quickly shutting a lot of them…
10 tech startups that have imploded in 2022
The carnage in the tech industry continues. Hundreds of thousands of workers have lost their jobs in Big Tech cullings…
What will Twitter do next?
Twitter’s newly appointed ‘chief Twit’, Elon Musk, has always dreamed big. ‘He’s not like other people’ is the usual refrain…
Renault claims first ‘industrial metaverse’
Renault Group says it is accelerating its digitalisation with the first ‘industrial metaverse’. The company claims that by 2025, its…
The 10 biggest fintech deals you missed in October
Fintech has struggled this year. Industry funding has fallen in tandem with market volatility caused by the Russia's illegal invasion…
How virtual assistants like Alexa could enforce misogynistic stereotypes
Voice assistants are ubiquitous today. Everything from smart speakers to iPhones can be controlled by simply speaking to the likes…
20 tech companies suffering through mass-layoffs in 2022
The Big Tech industry is suffering through a bloodbath right now. New companies constantly add their names to the list…
Germany blocks Chinese semiconductor investments
The German government has blocked Chinese two semiconductor investments due to national security concerns. Germany blocked Chinese investments into semiconductor…
COP27: Mattie Yeta, CGI’s chief sustainability officer, on the first-ever ‘metaverse COP’
Energy Monitor reporter Nour Ghantous (left) in conversation with CGI’s chief sustainability officer Mattie Yeta at COP27 in Sharm El…
NVIDIA gets around US export rules against China with new chip
American chip maker NVIDIA has found a new way to maintain its relationship with Chinese tech firms despite Washington’s sanctions…
Oculus founder has created a VR headset that kills you if you die in-game
The founder of Oculus VR has taken the video game "permadeath" setting to a whole new level. The setting means…
Tech bloodbath continues: Meta and Salesforce announce mass-layoffs
Meta and Salesforce have announced new rounds of mass-layoffs as the tech industry continues to struggle with averse market conditions.…
The metaverse will be just as important as real life, experts say
Life in a virtual metaverse will soon become just as important as real life, according to experts. The news comes…
Man stashed $3.36bn worth of stolen dark web bitcoin in a popcorn tin
A man has pleaded guilty to committing wire fraud back in 2012 after 50,000 bitcoin obtained from the dark web,…
COP27 take note: Climate tech funding has soared in 2022
Climate tech firms have enjoyed an investment surge in 2022, but the funding falls short of the $1tn a new…
Why you won’t get flying cars any time soon
The first public test flight of Xpeng's new flying car in Dubai went down like a lead balloon. Executives from…
Former Apple exec blasts App Store crypto rules as “bad for the community”
A former Apple director has accused the iPhone maker of throttling the crypto community with new App Store rules. “It’s…
6G will make smartphones obsolete within 10 years, analyst predicts
As the world enters the age of 6G, where connectivity is more consistent and powerful, smartphones will be obsolete within…
What is the Digital Markets Act?
Despite Big Tech fighting tooth and nail against the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the new EU competition entered into force…
Fintech layoffs continue with digital bank Chime cutting 12% of staff
Revolut rival Chime has become the latest fintech to slash its workforce due to market uncertainties. The neobank has laid…
TikTok dismisses FCC commissioner’s ban demand
TikTok has dismissed a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) representative’s demand that the US should ban the app as social media…
Microsoft provides no remedy to the EU for Activision deal
Microsoft has not offered up any remedy to EU antitrust regulators currently reviewing its proposed $69bn bid to acquire “Call…
Cover Genius bags $70m Series D amidst insurtech investment drop
Cover Genius has secured $70m in a new funding round at the same time as the rest of the insurtech…
Fake news to continue to plague Brazil after election – experts
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won the presidential election in Brazil, but experts warn fake news will continue to…
Lines between gaming and video streaming to blur by 2030 – analysts
Netflix's plans to open a new video game studio is only the beginning as analysts predict streaming platforms will move…
Vertical farming will lead a new agritech revolution
Food shortages are worsening. Supply chain woes, rapid population growth and Russia’s war in Ukraine have all aggravated the crisis.…
Edtech Pixaera bags $5.7m and rejects “metaverse” label
Edtech startup Pixaera has secured $5.7m in fresh funding to boost its immersive professional training platform. However, the CEO rejects…
Klarna rival Tymit bags £23m round as BNPL industry keeps struggling
The buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) industry has had a really bad 2022. Market leader Klarna has suffered a down round that slashed…
Schadenfreude up as Whatsapp is down
Tried to text your friends on WhatsApp without getting anywhere this morning? You're not alone. The Meta owned messaging app…
Why are tech and crypto experts feeling hopeful about Rishi Sunak as prime minister?
Rishi Sunak, the former finance minister who bagged the generous name of “Dishy Rishy” for his discount meal scheme during…
“Complacency” is the biggest cybersecurity risk ICO warns after £4.4m fine
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has warned corporate Britain that "complacency" is the biggest threat to their cybersecurity after levelling…
What is cloud gaming and why does it matter?
Cloud gaming is gearing up to fundamentally change the video games industry over the next decade, but what is it…
China holds emergency meetings over US chip sanctions
Beijing has called for closed-door emergency meetings with some of its biggest tech companies after the US introduced new chip…
What will Liz Truss’ resignation mean for the UK’s tech community?
Well that was fast. Liz Truss has officially become the shortest serving prime minister in the history of the UK.…
Suella Braverman quitting over email faux pas stark warning for businesses, cybersecurity experts say
Suella Braverman resigning as home secretary after sending official documents from her personal email should be a stark warning for…
Giphy said GIFs are “cringe” to try and uphold Meta acquisition
Giphy, the popular animated image service, might have taken the crown for being the most self-deprecating company ever. Before UK…
What fintech experts hate that you get wrong about embedded finance
People get things wrong about embedded finance and fintech experts are tired of hearing their misconceptions. Moreover, those mistakes could…
The cost of charging EVs
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had many widespread and unaffected side effects, even in the motor finance sector. For…
How talent shortages could scupper Dubai’s AI superpower ambitions
Dubai aims to become a hot bed for artificial intelligence (AI) innovation. The city has invested billions of dollars to…
Ukraine hopes to launch own cryptocurrency in 2024
Ukraine plans to launch its own central bank-run cryptocurrency in 2024, the director of the Digital Economy Directorate of Ukraine…
Battery electric vehicles need investments to hit the roads by 2030
A lack of accessible public charging points for electric vehicles (EV) means increased investment in EV will not pay off…
Meta doesn’t want you to talk about these five things at Connect Conference
Meta is super excited to show off its brand-new virtual reality (VR) headset at its annual Connect Conference tomorrow –…
Why the space industry is heading towards a boom
The space industry is projected to enjoy a huge boom in the next few years, according to analysts. The final…
Space billboards could soon make money among the stars, study claims
Imagine laying under the stars on a beautifully clear night. As you let your finger trace the different constellations in…
FITFCK is the new dating app for gym bunnies backed by OnlyFans’ founder
The idea behind FITFCK is simple. Single gym bunnies and fitness aficionados tired of hitting the iron by themselves can…
Diplomat tells Elon Musk to “fuck off” after his Ukraine war tweets
A Ukrainian diplomat has told Elon Musk to “fuck off” after the tech billionaire tweeted about how he thought the…
SEC catches up with Kim Kardashian: Reality star fined $1.26m for cryptocurrency promotion
Controversies are Kim Kardashian's bread and butter. Since a leaked sextape hurled her into the public eye back in the…
Stellantis CEO says semiconductor drought to haunt car industry into 2023
The semiconductor shortage will continue to haunt the car industry at least to the end of 2023, the CEO of…
The metaverse is going to flip the manufacturing industry on its head by 2030, analyst predicts
The manufacturing industry will be heavily disrupted by the metaverse in under a decade and will be able to work…
ARM founder joins choir dissing the UK’s tech supremacy dreams
Liz Truss isn't having a great week. The UK's latest prime minister is failing to face down the backlash to…
Currensea bags £2.4m for open banking travel card launched with the “worst timing in history”
Travelling is changing. Customers no longer dart down to the local travelling agency to organise their next trip, but plan…
Four-day work weeks are coming for Big Tech
Working after the pandemic is different. The new normal has left corporate chieftains engaged in a constant battle over whether…
Ark Kapital CTO has gone from building games to being part of the Swedish tech wave
If you've missed the Swedish tech boom, then you haven't been paying attention. From buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) posterchild Klarna to music…
Will China lead the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
If you ask some commentators, China has already taken a lead over the US in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. People…
Many of today’s hackers are teenagers and access to “mass resources online” are helping to train them
Last week, an alleged hacker behind the breaches at Rockstar Games and Uber was arrested in London. He was just…
European telecoms unlikely to get Big Tech firms to pay for data costs – experts
European telecoms are urging Big Tech firms to pay their fair share of soaring data costs across the continent, but…
Let’s not get physical: The bank of the future is digital and cashless
Money may make the world go around, but physical cash is increasingly becoming a thing of the past. Touchable dosh…
Is this the end of buy-now-pay-later?
Buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) companies are staring into the abyss. After two years of explosive pandemic-fuelled growth, the sector has found itself…
Will Africa’s poor power supply hold back its AI and automation charge?
The pace at which automation, AI and robotics is being adopted in Africa will inevitably accelerate during the next decade…
Medtech platform Optellum secures $14m Series A to use AI to treat early-stage lung cancer
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow more sophisticated, the possibilities of its usage continue to expand. From creating original…
Tech industry gives mini-budget lukewarm welcome
Kwasi Kwarteng "won't apologise" for focusing on growth, but tech sector stakeholders still only gave his mini-budget a cautious welcome…
Elon Musk slams Tesla recall reports as “outdated and inaccurate”
Elon Musk has spoken out against reports that Tesla is recalling 1.1 million US vehicles to fix their automatic window…
Healthcare in 2030: smart toilets, robots and digitalisation
In under a decade, healthcare will see physicians use smart home devices like mirrors and toilets to diagnose diseases while…
Agritech drones will lead the way in food and farming by 2030
An increased investment in technology – like agritech drones – will help grow the agricultural sector and ensure the supply…
“Shoot now, pay later”: Fintech has become the latest gun control battleground
Guns don't kill people; payment companies kill people. A firestorm has erupted in Washington D.C. after lawmakers made that claim…
YouTube unveils latest strategy in war against TikTok: Money
Social media platforms YouTube and TikTok are clashing over short videos. While the Google-owned video platform has seen pretenders to…
Vladimir Putin could become a crypto bro to evade sanctions during Ukraine invasion
Vladimir Putin might become the newest member of the ever-growing crypto bro army to side-step sanctions. In a chilling warning…
Fintech startup Ledgy bags $22m in Series B round
Growing a startup is hard. You've got to have the right idea, market fit and the ability to source top…
White House orders social media review on accounts run by US spooks
The White House has opened a sweeping review into US national security agencies' clandestine operations across social media platforms. In…
Uber and Rockstar Games hacks show employee messaging privacy needs work
Last week wasn’t an easy one for Big Tech. In the space of seven days both Uber and Rockstar Games…
White House orders SEC to “aggressively pursue” cryptocurrency firms and introduces framework for new rules
The White House isn't playing around with cryptocurrency companies. The Biden Administration has not only presented a framework for new…
Will YouTube’s pledge to fight online extremism make a difference?
The White House says social media giants like YouTube and Meta have pledged to clamp down hard on online extremism,…
Experts warn Elon Musk that Tesla’s tough return to office policy could ‘backfire’
Elon Musk's demand that all Tesla employees must be in the office for at least 40 hours per week could…
The once ‘recession-proof’ video game industry is looking wobbly this year
Video games keep levelling up. The graphics become more realistic and fantastical by the day, the gameplay grows smoother and…
Loab is the latest scary meme haunting the internet
The pantheon of internet horror saw newcomer Loab claw herself into the ranks of Slender Man and Momo this week…
Minority neobank Majority secures $37.5m in Series B raise
Magnus Larsson is used to people crying in his office. "They're crying because we're able to open a bank account…
Internet of things hiring levels in the tech industry rose in August 2022
The proportion of technology and communications companies hiring for internet of things related positions kept relatively steady in August 2022…
What is mobile gaming and why does it matter?
Mobile gaming is not just fun, but big business worth billions of dollars and is in many ways the cornerstone…
What are deepfakes and should we be worried?
The premiere of the second season of BBC drama The Capture has put the spotlight on deepfakes and how the…
Fintech innovation among tech industry companies has dropped off in the last three months
Research and innovation in fintech in the technology and communications sector has declined in the last year, GlobalData data reveals.…
North America is seeing a hiring jump in tech industry cloud roles
North America extended its dominance for cloud hiring among tech industry companies in the three months ending July, according to…
Chatbots’ failure to satisfy customers is harming businesses, says study
In the wake of Meta's chatbot failures, customers are growing frustrated dealing with chatbots rather than people. A new report…
JP Morgan optimistic of a potential trillion dollar metaverse market in China
Meta is betting hard on the metaverse, but new research suggests the future of the internet may be found in…
Can drinks brands monetise the metaverse?
Meet Florence. She is bold, resilient and hardworking. She is very determined and never afraid of a challenge. Florence loves…
Edda bags $5.8m in first round after getting its new Viking name
Investors need help. The tech industry is rumoured to be heading towards a major bust, the valuations are plummeting and…
Meta’s Queens of the Metaverse event offered strangely outdated AR technology and hardly any metaverse
Edible metaverse lipsticks, metaverse-themed candy floss cocktails and a drag queen extravaganza. Last night Meta threw possibly one of the…
New Bitstamp CEO isn’t worried about the cryptocurrency winter
Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux, the new CEO of Bitstamp, looks down the barrel of the webcam and says that everything is fine…
US bans chip firms from working in China as tech war heats up
The tech war between Washington and Beijing is heating up after the US government barred chipmakers to operate in China.…
What are data centres?
Data centres are the beating heart of the tech industry. However, not everyone knows what they are, how they work,…
Google reinstates disgraced Parler app but keeps Trump’s Truth Social at arm’s length
Right-wing app Parler has been allowed back onto the Google Play Store after being banned over claims it helped incite…
Meta and Qualcomm team up to develop the metaverse
Meta and Qualcomm are teaming up to build the technology needed to deliver Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse dream. Internet denizens spent…
Will Twitter’s new edit button help spread more fake news?
The Twitterati's prayers have been answered: Twitter has officially announced it will be launching an edit button for its paid…
FDI in electronics in 2021: The state of play
Global greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) in electronics grew by 15.5% in 2021 compared with an overall increase of 18.1%…
Klarna CEO bullish despite tripling losses
Sebastian Siemiatkowski is "proud" of Klarna's latest results, despite the Swedish fintech heavyweight's losses having tripled in the last year.…
Why is virtual reality important to the metaverse?
Virtual reality (VR) technology is front and centre to Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse plans. The CEO of Facebook-owner Meta has made…
Cost of living crisis hits insurtech startups as deals dry up
The cost of living crisis is to blame for insurtech deals running dry following the pandemic and we're all worse…
The 10 biggest internet of things funding deals so far in 2022
Investors have poured billions of dollars into internet of things (IoT) companies in venture capital (VC) financing deals. So what…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Nils Hellberg of Virti
Nils Hellberg is the CTO of Virti, an immersive augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) platform tailored to provide…
The APAC region will lead the edtech industry by 2030
The future of the edtech industry is in the APAC region, according to analysts. Pedagogically inclined tech companies have thrived…
A space hotel could be coming sooner than you think – but you might want to start saving now
A commercial space hotel might be coming sooner than we think, but you’ll have to start saving if you want…
Filings buzz in the tech sector: 29% increase in cloud computing mentions since Q2 of 2021
Mentions of cloud computing within the filings of companies in the tech sector were 29% higher in the second quarter…
Tornado Cash ban is just the beginning: Regulators take aim at cryptocurrency mixers
The anger started to rip through the cryptocurrency community as soon as the US Treasury sanctioned mixer Tornado Cash. Bitcoin…
Block lawsuit over cybersecurity incident is the latest setback for Jack Dorsey
Jack Dorsey is not having a great week. Over the past four days, his friend Elon Musk has dragged him…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Andrey Korchak of Monite
Andrey Korchak is the CTO and co-founder of Monite. The Berlin-based fintech startup secured a €4.4m ($5m) funding round in…
An AI rapper signed to the same label as The Beatles faces backlash over racial slurs
A rapper powered by artificial intelligence (AI) is facing a backlash over the use of racial slurs in his songs,…
The 10 biggest metaverse funding deals so far in 2022
Investors have already injected billions of dollars into metaverse companies via venture capital (VC) financing deals. The trend highlights that…
How internet of things projects can benefit the beverage industry (and why they often fail)
Over the past 20 years the value of data has skyrocketed as companies across all sectors look to leverage siloed…
How upping spending on IoT can benefit food manufacturers
Food manufacturers continue to grapple with cost inflation and, as a result, are exploring new ways of manufacturing and distributing…
Why is Elon Musk so excited about brain-computer interfaces?
Brain-computer interfacing (BCI) is like something out of a sci-fi movie. The idea of hooking up a person's brain to…
The NFT market has collapsed (but that may not be a bad thing)
While much attention has been focused on the 2022 cryptocurrency market implosion, the corresponding collapse of the non-fungible token (NFT)…
SolarWinds CEO understands customers’ anger after the Sunburst hack
Sudhakar Ramakrishna understands that people are angry. They have a right to be. "You can't be dismissive of that, you…
Bookie Bots threaten to ruin summer of sport as cyberattacks are on the rise
Bookie bots targeted 25% of gambling sites in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in June, according to new research.…
KKR complete $3.8bn Barracuda acquisition as cybersecurity deals fall
Investment firm KKR has completed its $3.8bn deal to acquire cloud-first security company Barracuda as cybersecurity investments slow down. KKR…
Have a taste of this: OakNorth boosts board with Gousto founder hire
OakNorth Bank has just added some flavour to the fintech firm's leadership by appointing food box startup Gousto's founder as…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Kevin Li Ying of Future
Kevin Li Ying is the CTO of multimedia powerhouse Future. The $2.1bn company is the owner of publications like PCGamer,…
Streaming wars go old school with streaming bundles
Disney, Paramount and YouTube rely on a blast from the past to ensnare new users in the escalating streaming wars:…
DALL-E 2 urged to ‘shape up’ as TikTok releases new AI-powered image generator
TikTok's latest feature wears a striking resemblance to viral sensation DALL-E 2 from OpenAI, but it's not as good –…
Why are the UK and US so far behind China’s live shopping chokehold?
Live shopping is a multi-billion business in China, but has so far failed to catch on in North America and…
Stop watching ‘stupid cat videos” right now if you want to save the planet
Cat videos may not be the first thing that comes to mind when contemplating climate change, but its something researchers…
Ring is releasing a new home-video style TV show and people are freaked out
Amazon is facing a public backlash after announcing that its Ring doorbell is launching a TV show in the States…
Buying iRobot is another step for Amazon to achieve robotic supremacy – analysts
Amazon broke the news in August that it plans to buy Roomba-maker iRobot to the tune of $1.7bn, a deal…
Crypto crash continues as SEC makes power grab with securities investigation
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to police the crashing cryptocurrency industry. Semi-new chair Gary Gensler has publicly…
Conservative dating app The Right Stuff announces launch with bizarre video
Controversial dating app The Right Stuff has released a bizarre video, announcing the launch of the conservative platform in September…
Deliveroo pulls out of another European market as industry struggles continues
Deliveroo looks set to leave the Netherlands, providing further evidence that the food delivery industry could be facing hard times…
How to find and retain tech talent
When asked what keeps them up at night, many businesses will highlight the global labour shortage and the pressing need…
Meta chatbot bashes Facebook and spreads fake news
Meta is trialling a new chatbot, but it seems as if it has already picked up a tendency to bash…
Google is publicly shaming ‘bully’ Apple into implementing RCS
In a fierce new publicity campaign, Google has called on Apple to get rid of its old SMS and MMS…
Elon Musk VS Twitter: A timeline of billionaire beef
Elon Musk is now reportedly in charge of Twitter. The Tesla CEO has, after months of the most chaotic deals…
Is facial recognition a threat to privacy?
Facial recognition is under fire again. Privacy rights group Big Brother Watch filed a legal complaint against supermarket chain Southern…
Cybersecurity experts reveal the mistakes that give them the biggest headaches
Companies cannot afford to make mistakes when it comes to their cybersecurity. However, they do make them and often. No…
Is DoorDash beating the downward trend of the food delivery industry?
Market watchers believe the food delivery industry could be facing a downward trend, but the new quarterly results from DoorDash…
Can Bitcoin miners recover from the 2022 crypto crash?
The crypto markets are collapsing. Across May and June 2022, cryptocurrencies lost approximately $1trn in value. Bitcoin experienced a colossal…
Just Eat claims ‘recession and inflation doesn’t impact industry’ as shares continue to crumble
There’s no shying away from the fact that food delivery platforms are suffering. A quick glance at the shares of…
Revolut believes it can make it big in the USA despite the market slump
Yuval Rechter is taking the market downturn seriously. The murky outlook of the world's economy has taken many of his…
Insatiable data centres’ power consumption at risk when the next heatwave hits
The Met Office and other institutions have warned that scorching temperatures, like those experienced in July in the UK, will…
Meta backs metaversities as edtech boom seems to be over
Social media giant Meta is taking edtech into the metaverse by backing the rollout of 14 so-called metaversities announced in…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Neustar Security Services about the cybersecurity hype
Michael Smith is the field CTO at cybersecurity firm Neustar Security Services, which provides him with a insider's view into…
Trellix unearths “devastating” cybersecurity vulnerability: 200,000 small businesses at risk
A vulnerability in WiFi routers developed by DrayTek could put hundreds of thousands of offices at risk of being hacked,…
SEC charges Russian Forsage founders with cryptocurrency fraud
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged 11 individuals linked to smart contract company Forsage, including founders last…
Fintechs welcome FCA push to regulate investment marketing
The UK's top financial markets watchdog is clamping down on misleading investment products and the fintech community couldn't be happier…
The streaming wars: Can Netflix come out on top?
The streaming wars rage on. When Netflix unveiled its quarterly results in July, it showed just how much at risk…
Log4j is a pervasive vulnerability. Update your devices now
Log4j is an piece of open-source code enabling system administrators to handle and record errors. However, a disastrous vulnerability in…
How Anonymous’ cyberwar keeps embarrassing Russia
Hacktivist group Anonymous has been busy embarrassing the Kremlin after declaring a cyberwar against Russia in February following Vladimir Putin's…
CEO Chat: Q&A with Sho Sugihara of Pave
Sho Sugihara is the CEO and co-founder of UK fintech startup Pave, which aims to make it easier for people…
Condense bags $4.5m to bring live concerts to the metaverse
Live concerts are going to the metaverse. Fortnite hosted its first in-game concert with masked DJ Marshmello in 2019. Millions…
Why aren’t we seeing standalone 5G in marketing?
People have been talking about standalone 5G for years, but so far the technology hasn't really been widely marketed yet.…
CTO Talk: Ryan Groom of Kognitiv Spark talks augmented reality and the metaverse
Ryan Groom is the CTO of Kognitiv Spark, the augmented reality (AR) company that helps connect remote workers with subject…
What is medtech and where will it go next?
Medtech startups are going from strength to strength. Investors have upped the funding dosage injected into the industry every year…
How Scotland plans to use the Internet of Things to maintain roads
Scottish rural roads will become easier to maintain as the Scottish government plans to tap into the power of the…
Tech and gaming leaders dissing NFTs “will have absolutely no impact” – but industry needs work
Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have suffered a dramatic fall from grace since enjoying stratospheric popularity last year, providing several tech…
Can technology protect cities against the next heatwave?
Heatwaves invoke dystopian imagery of people crawling into the safety of air-conditioned homes while wildfires miles away pelt their roofs…
Why Netflix could be replaced as top dog in streaming wars
Amid an intense streaming war, Netflix is struggling to keep its place as top dog, evidenced by the devastating blow…
South Korean prosecutors raid offices tied to Luna amidst ongoing crypto crash
South Korean prosecutors have raided several cryptocurrency exchanges in search of evidence of illegal activities related to Luna as the…
Top seven social media companies by market cap
The world's biggest social media companies have faced a lot of controversy over the years. Some accuse them of being…
How valid are fears about the tech bubble popping?
Tech-heads fear that the so-called tech bubble is about to explode in their faces. They have reason to be afraid.…
World’s first drone superhighway to be built in UK
Drone deliveries are inching closer to becoming a reality after the UK government unveiled plans to build a 164-mile automated…
Fintechs seemingly buck the VC downturn
Investors seemingly throw money at fintech companies, despite market uncertainties forcing startups to sack thousands of employees, slash their valuations…
UK new AI rulebook accused of being “vague” and “appeasing Big Tech”
The government wants to transform the UK into an "AI and science superpower". It has now unveiled a new policy…
How smart technology can make cities more sustainable?
Smart cities have been hailed for their potential to make communities more sustainable. However, it's unclear how they would…
Can Sweatcoin beat the obesity crisis?
The UK is getting fat. Despite the government introducing measures like a sugar tax and forcing restaurants to print out…
What is machine learning and why does it matter for business?
Machine learning is a nifty branch of artificial intelligence (AI) that uses algorithms to make predictions. In essence, it’s giving…
How smart homes present owners with big cybersecurity risks
The Internet of Things (IoT) has made the conveniences of smart homes a reality for many, but has also raised…
What is the NFT hype about?
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are seemingly on everyone’s lips these days. You are encouraged to have an opinion about them no…
Why does IoT matter for business?
Market watchers and tech evangelists have sung the praises of the Internet of Things (IoT) for years. However, some corporate…
The four stages of IoT development: How we get to a fully automated world
The Internet of Things, or IoT, plays a huge part in automating the world. IoT refers to how different devices…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Michel Dinh of Allinfra
In the latest Q&A in our CTO Talks series, the Allinfra CTO explains how the startup is pulling its way to help…
What is the metaverse?
Although the metaverse has the potential to be the next mega-theme in digital media, it is still in development. With…
What are smart homes?
Smart homes have become a reality thanks to the advent of connected devices like Amazon Echo speakers, Roombas and Nest…
Why the Roe V Wade reversal should make you worry about privacy
The US Supreme Court overturned Roe V Wade in June. The top federal judiciary branch suspending the right to abortion…
Why are crypto bros talking about Web3?
Web3 is one of those buzzwords that electrify the tech community. Crypto bros are singing its praises across the Twitterverse,…
AI hiring levels in the tech industry rose in May 2022
The proportion of technology and communications companies hiring for AI related positions rose in May 2022 compared with the equivalent…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Ian Farquhar of Gigamon
Ian Farquhar is the global field CTO and also heads up the security architecture team at Gigamon. The network visibility…
How to monetise the metaverse
While the metaverse is one of the most talked about technology topics of 2022, no standard definition of actually exists.…
Cybersecurity hiring levels in the tech industry rose in May 2022
The proportion of technology and communications companies hiring for cybersecurity related positions rose in May 2022 compared with the equivalent…
UK gov trying to force Arm London IPO “smacks of utter desperation”
The UK government's attempts to force chip maker Arm to float in London is growing desperate, according to analysts. The…
CEO Chat: Alex Mifsud of Weavr
Alex Mifsud is the CEO of Weavr, the fintech startup aiming to spearhead the embedded finance revolution. At a glance,…
SumUp beats the fintech downturn with €590m funding round
The fintech industry has taken a beating recently. Rising inflation, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the aftermath of the pandemic…
“Africa’s mobile money platform has become more attractive to fraudsters”: In conversation with Ecobank’s Mark Akinyode
Mark Akinyode, group chief information security officer at Ecobank – a Togo-based banking group that operates in 35 African countries…
“Elon Musk’s cult of personality seems to be wearing off” – analysts
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has accumulated a devoted following on his march to becoming the richest man in the world.…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Toby Alcock at Logicalis
Toby Alcock is the CTO at Logicalis. Founded in 1997, the UK-based information and communications technology infrastructure and service provider…
Platform.sh rides high on French tech funding craze with new $140m round
French tech is having a moment. Emmanuel Macron pledged in 2019 to turn France into an innovation hotbed with an…
Why don’t we have driverless trains on the tube yet?
Driverless trains on the London Underground are in the news again. With union strikes threatening to make traveling within the…
UK government kicks off overdue BNPL regulatory push, sector consolidation prospects rise
The challenged buy now pay later sector has been on the ropes for all of 2022 and much of last…
CEO Chat: Tamas Kadar of SEON
Tamas Kadar is the CEO and co-founder of SEON, the fraud-busting startup that recently raised a $94m Series B round.…
Africa faces huge cybercrime threat as the pace of digitalisation increases
African governments and corporations are facing the prospect of having to invest hugely in digital security, as cyberattacks are becoming…
“Market booms and busts are not uncommon”: Binance bullish amidst crypto crash
Binance is remaining confident in the future of the cryptocurrency industry, despite the ongoing crypto crash. The world's arguably biggest…
CTO Talk: Q&A of Felix Eichler of Userlane
Felix Eichler is the CTO and co-founder at Userlane, the digitalisation startup. The München-headquartered startup helps businesses automate user onboarding…
Crypto crash is the “medicine” the bloated market needs, industry says
It's been a bloody week for cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin has fallen below £21,000 for the first time in 18 months, exchanges…
World powers charge up for lithium batteries fight
Lithium batteries have already put the world's superpowers on a collision course as the technology is on the cusp of…
The metaverse will drive data privacy concerns to the forefront
The metaverse is creating a lot of buzz, but it's also putting people's privacy at risk. Rupantar Guha, principal thematic…
The UK going cashless won’t leave people behind – YouLend boss
Cash is king. The popular locution is a mainstay in pop culture. However, the traction the idiom has gained in…
CEO Chat: Q&A with Francisco Webber of Cortical.io
Francisco Webber is the CEO and co-founder at Cortical.io, the natural language processing (NLP) startup. The Cortical.io is a computer…
Apple Pay Later sets iPhone maker on collision course with fintech firms: “They should be worried”
Apple Pay Later should worry the already beleaguered buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) industry. The iPhone maker announced this week that it is…
African fintechs enjoy record funding, but market volatility could stop the party
Is the African fintech bubble about to pop? The question may seem incongruous in the face of the smattering of…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Alesia Braga of SmartRecruiters
Alesia Braga is the CTO SmartRecruiters, the talent acquisition company. The San Francisco-headquartered startup founded in 2012 today has close…
MFS Africa brokers deal to buy US fintech firm
African digital payments network MFS Africa has agreed to acquire US-based fintech Global Technology Partners (GTP) in what is described as…
Criminals use Meta sites and Telegram in crypto scams
Online thugs have defrauded more than 46,000 people in crypto scams since the start of 2021. Many of these cons…
What is the internet of things?
The idea of an internet of things (IoT) has been around for decades. IoT is an umbrella term for the…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Mark Kedgley of Netwrix
Mark Kedgley is the CTO of Netwrix. The California-based IT security software company develops software to help organisations control and…
Klarna celebrates Irish milestone amidst mass-layoff
Klarna has had a brutal couple of weeks. Reports in May said the fintech startup's next capital raise would shave…
H&M Group pilots smart mirrors in Cos US stores
H&M Group says the launch of its new in-store technology-based shopping experience is part of its wider aim to build…
Preserving access to cash will not prevent the transition to a cashless UK economy
The UK government’s decision to maintain access to cash is only a temporary solution that will need to be replaced…
National Australia Bank enters BNPL space
National Australia Bank (NAB) has announced the launch of its new buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) offering marking its entry into already crowded…
CEO Chat: Q&A with Vishal Marria of Quantexa
Vishal Marria is the CEO and co-founder of Quantexa, the contextual analytics startup leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to make big…
Enter the splinternet: The different models authoritarian regimes use to choke the internet
The traditional internet is under threat from the splinternet. The term describes the fragmentation of the internet into competing technospheres.…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Sergej V. of Kernolab
Sergej V. is the CTO and co-founder of Kernolab, the Lithuanian embedded finance startup. Founded in 2021, the company raised…
Swedish BNPL player Klarna to lay off 10% employees
Swedish fintech firm Klarna is planning to cut its employee headcount by 10% amid an increasing regulatory crackdown in the…
The battle for control of undersea internet cables
Undersea internet cables represent the backbone of the global internet, carrying around 97% of voice and data traffic across the…
What is the splinternet and why does it matter?
The splinternet is changing the World Wide Web. The splinternet refers to the fragmentation of the traditional internet into these…
CEO Chat: Q&A with David Williams of Arqit
David Williams is the founder, chairman and CEO of Arqit, the quantum encryption company. The venture is betting on two…
Tech investors remain bullish despite market slump
Tech investors remain optimistic about the future despite market meltdowns. Some even suggest it could benefit the industry in the…
Revolut’s embedded finance partner Modulr bags $108m in Series C
Embedded finance has become a huge thing over the past few years. Innovators in this fintech industry segment enable non-financial…
Filings buzz in the tech sector: 22% increase in industrial automation mentions in Q4 of 2021
Mentions of industrial automation within the filings of companies in the tech sector rose 22% between the third and fourth…
Singles use dating apps to protest Roe Vs Wade reversal
Dating apps are big business. Bumble passed the 100 million users in 2020. It's arch rival Match.com, which owns popular…
What are cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and CBDCs, and how do they differ?
Cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are gaining traction globally. Market watchers expect lawmakers to tighten cryptocurrency regulation…
Revolut continues trend of older users adopting fintech
British neobank Revolut is the latest fintech to enjoy a rise in the number of so-called "silver swipers," users between…
CEO Chat: Q&A with Andy Byrne of Clari
Andy Byrne is the CEO and co-founder of Clari, the fintech startup. Clari and its CEO are among a smattering…
Top trends impacting cybersecurity in 2022
Cybersecurity continues to be a key focus for business leaders, as a range of trends affect their approach to boosting…
“Google for law” startup LawAdvisor scores $5m investment
LawAdvisor is the latest startup aiming to revolutionise legal practices, and with $5m new investment underneath its belt, it has…
Why does cybersecurity matter for businesses?
Cybersecurity is vital for businesses' survival. Maintaining the security of IT systems is a constant struggle for organisations of all…
UK proposes law to protect access to cash and help scam victims
The UK government is stepping up efforts to ensure that people have access to cash and scam victims are better protected. The…
CTO Talk: Eric Landau of Encord
Eric Landau is the co-founder and CTO of Encord, the computer vision startup founded in 2020. The London-based venture leverages…
What is a cyberattack?
It seems like hardly a week goes by without another company suffering a cyberattack. Usually, the news would be accompanied…
Bitstamp CEO is out after short term in charge
Julian Sawyer's tenure as the CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has come to an abrupt end. After just over 18…
CEO Chat: Q&A with Andrew Bud of iProov
Andrew Bud is the CEO and founder of iProov, the fraud-busting startup using biometrics to fight crime. He has felt…
Fintech experts unsurprised that Klarna will report users to credit scoring agencies
UK Klarna users' shopping will soon affect their credit score and experts believe other buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) companies' customer could be…
The Ukraine cyberwar that never was: Cybersecurity experts warn it’s too early to relax
Nothing about the cyberwar in Ukraine has unraveled as predicted. People believed Russian aggression would rely equally on shelling and…
CTO Talk: Simon Michie of Pulsant
Simon Michie is the CTO of Pulsant, the IT management company. Founded in 1995 as EdNET, the company has since…
The UK risks falling behind the EU by not strengthening tech watchdog – experts warn
The UK is ditching plans to give a tech regulator statutory powers, which experts warn could see Britain fall behind…
CEO Chat: Q&A with Leslie Kanthan of TurinTech
Leslie Kanthan is the founder and CEO of TurinTech, the artificial intelligence (AI) optimisation startup. Founded in 2018, the University…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Adam Clarke of Fnality
Adam Clarke is the CTO of Fnality, the fintech startup founded in 2019. The company began life as a research…
What will Elon Musk buying Twitter mean?
Elon Musk watchers are no strangers to Twitter controversies. His online missives have skyrocketed and tanked the value of cryptocurrencies…
How bad is bitcoin really for the environment?
Alex de Vries has received a lot of hate for saying that bitcoin is bad for the environment. A Google…
CEO Chat: Q&A with Nikolas Kairinos of Soffos.ai
Nikolas Kairinos is the founder and CEO of Soffos, the education technology (edtech) startup leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to make knowledge…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Aviad Mor of Lumigo
Aviad Mor is the CTO and co-founder of Lumigo, the serverless and cloud-native observability platform. The CTO and his CEO…
SEON nets $94m Series B on the back of rising fraud threats
Criminals thrive during times of uncertainty. The last two years have provided ample evidence of this axiom. Within days of…
Remio bags $4.5m: Will industry pivot to boardrooms lead to a new VR boom?
Technophiles have championed the advent of the virtual reality (VR) revolution for decades. They've claimed it's just around the corner…
Meta tests tools and bonus programme for metaverse creators
Meta is testing new ways for metaverse creators to sell items and experiences. The Menlo Park-headquartered giant is also trialling…
What is embedded finance and why should you care?
Embedded finance is becoming huge. Market watchers have bigged up this subsection of the fintech market for years. However, recently…
Meta’s at it again: Zuck Bucks is the successor to Diem no one asked for
Zuck Bucks shouldn't surprise anyone. Meta has been pursuing ways to lock in users to its sprawling ecosystem for years.…
ANALYSIS: Will Primark’s new website drive future growth?
Primark revealed the latest stage in its digital strategy with the launch of its new website today (7 April). The retailer…
Ukraine tech sector remains optimistic despite war
Tech workers in Ukraine remain undaunted despite one month of unrelenting shelling. The weeks following Vladimir Putin's invasion on 24…
“Hype is not enough”: Fintech community weighs in on Fast collapse
Fintech startup Fast is no more. CEO Domm Holland and COO Allison Barr Allen founded the company in 2019. The…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Vadim Solovey of DoiT International
Vadim Solovey is the CTO of DoiT International, the cloud service management provider. The Santa Clara, California startup was founded…
JustAnswer CEO on Ukraine crisis: “Don’t trust Putin”
Andy Kurtzig would normally be planning a fun family holiday at this time of year. Imagine somewhere sunny with palm…
The competition will pay for this later: Klarna completes PriceRunner deal
Europe's biggest fintech startup just got bigger: Klarna has completed its acquisition of shopping comparison platform PriceRunner. Previous reports have…
Brite CEO: “Tech definitely has a diversity issue”
Lena Hackelöer had no intention of becoming a member of the Klarna Mafia. In April 2010, she was finishing her…
Revolut can breathe out: FCA extends cryptocurrency extension deadline
A UK financial markets watchdog is extending the deadline for cryptocurrency firms to get approved by the regulator, including neobank…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Ryan Carr of Enveil
Ryan Carr is the CTO of Enveil, the cybersecurity startup. The company enables financial services companies to analyse big bulks…
Why Rockaway Blockchain Fund’s crypto exchanges still welcome Russian customers
In retrospect, it was only a matter of time before Viktor Fischer would have to weigh in on Russia's war…
FUEL bags €1.5m in funding as NFT bubble threatens to pop
Non-fungible tokens (NFT) were all the rage in 2021. Now, however, the craze is showing signs of slowing down. Some…
Ondo goes public with room for growth in home insurance incorporating water leak detection
Insurers have been slow to incorporate smart home devices into home insurance policies despite their ability to reduce the number…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Daniella Lorenzo of Toqio
Daniella Lorenzo is the CTO of Toqio, the embedded finance startup. However, it is not the only newcomer in the…
Covid-19 created a cybersecurity boom: The Ukraine crisis will see it grow
The cybersecurity industry capitalised on the Covid-19 crisis. It raised billions in venture capital and sold tons of solutions as…
Verdict Magazine Issue 13: Ukraine’s impact on the tech community
Verdict Magazine Issue 13 is out now. There is only one story worth telling right now. This issue of Verdict…
How the Great Resignation made tech recruitment even more challenging
The Great Resignation has hit the tech industry. Workers across all sectors are increasingly leaving their jobs due to a…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Kari Dempsey of Vaarst
Kari Dempsey is the CTO of Vaarst, a company enabling businesses to harness the power of data and robotics in…
Does it matter that Visa and Mastercard have pulled out of Russia?
Financial services giants Visa and Mastercard have joined the growing list of companies suspending services in Russia. The decision from…
in3 bags $11.1m Series A to provide BNPL with a difference: “We don’t want to put people in debt”
Dutch startup in3 has its work cut out for it. The company has just picked up a $11.1m Series A…
How Covid-19 created a massive fintech boom
Covid-19 has created a fintech boom. Two years to the day after the World Health Organization declared that the world…
“Bitcoin is the biggest problem for blockchain” – Rockaway Blockchain Fund chief
Bitcoin may be the king of cryptocurrencies, and one of the main applications of blockchain technology in use today, but…
FinCEN warns cryptocurrencies could circumvent sanctions: Experts say it’s unlikely
The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has warned that cryptocurrencies could be used by Russian oligarchs to sidestep punitive…
Terrible SWIFT sword: War reactions and recent deals in fintech
Despite the Ukraine crisis sending shock waves through the fintech community, the industry managed to secure significant investment in February.…
Elon Musk offers Starlink to Ukraine: The facts
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has thrown open his Starlink satellite broadband system to the embattled people of Ukraine and sent…
You heard it here first: Shares bags $40m in Series A round
Shares, the social trading app, has secured $40m in a Series A funding round, confirming our scoop from February. The…
“I’m not planning to die”: Ukraine’s besieged tech workers and the response from their colleagues around the world
Nataly Veremeeva's head snaps to the right as something explodes somewhere outside her window. Seconds pass, then she turns back…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Lars Knoll of The Qt Company
Lars Knoll is the CTO of The Qt Company, the Finnish software developer. Some readers may know The Qt Company…
North America is seeing a hiring boom in tech industry machine learning roles
North America extended its dominance for machine learning hiring among tech industry companies in the three months ending December, data…
Ukraine conflict: Anonymous declares cyberwar on Russia
The cyberwar in Ukraine intensified over the weekend as hacking group Anonymous joined the fray, declaring that it is officially…
“Shields up:” How Putin’s war in Ukraine will hurt firms’ cybersecurity
Russia's invasion of the Ukraine will create new and dangerous cybersecurity threats across the world, industry experts have told Verdict.…
My Shares share-trading app won’t cause another meme stock frenzy, insists CEO
Benjamin Chemla is betting big on Shares. The London and Paris-based fintech startup aims to straddle the worlds of social…
Scalapay inks $497m Series B in beleaguered BNPL market
The buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) industry has a lot to worry about. Regulators around the world are increasingly investigating how to police…
Virgin Galactic began a long time ago and remains far, far away from profit
Richard Branson's eternally-delayed space tourism venture, Virgin Galactic, has announced smaller losses than expected. There has been a small rally…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Flavian Hautbois of Apricity
Flavian Hautbois is the CTO of Apricity, the virtual fertility clinic using artificial intelligence to boost the chances of conception.…
Weavr bags $40m to stake its claim in the $138bn embedded finance market
London-based startup Weavr has secured $40m in a Series A round, and will use the funding to expand its embedded…
Russian finance ministry and central bank clash over how to police cryptocurrencies
Russia's finance ministry and central bank are butting heads over whether to ban cryptocurrencies or not, but cyber criminals should…
Fintech community smells blood in water over Amazon’s “unsurprising” Visa deal
The UK fintech community is unsurprised that Amazon and Visa have reached a global agreement allowing customers to use Visa…
We’re in the “death rattles” of cryptocurrencies, and the Ukraine crisis can’t save it
The Ukraine crisis will show whether bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies truly are safe haven assets similar to gold. As of…
Supply chain investment boom continues: RELEX Solutions bags €500m round
RELEX Solutions has raised a €500m funding round by tapping into investors' appetite for supply chain tech companies, especially ones…
Indian central bank deputy chief says cryptocurrency is “worse than Ponzi schemes”
The deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Shri T Rabi Sankar, has not only joined the various eminent…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Grigory Bakunov of Parimatch Tech
Grigory Bakunov is the CTO of Parimatch Tech. Founded in 1994, the business started out running several online betting sites.…
Semiconductor supply chain data: Record production but demand keeps rising
New figures have shown that global semiconductor production and sales hit record levels in 2021, but demand continues to climb…
Where the metaverse is already reality: Will gaming finally go Cloud in 2022?
Opinion is divided as to whether the metaverse will truly be the next big thing, but there's one sector where…
Supply chain tech startups have raised $7bn since 2018: Big winners from the crisis
The pandemic made everything worse. Covid-19 shut down societies, killed millions of people and led to extensive logistical problems around…
Will South Korea’s $200bn finally make the immersive metaverse take off?
South Korea is doubling down on its metaverse ambitions. The nation's $200bn sovereign wealth fund is increasing its investment in…
Turf war brewing? CFTC and SEC both want to be top cryptocurrency watchdog
This week, the head of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) urged Congress to give his agency power to…
Google sues South Korea regulators in Android anti-trust wrangle
Google is suing South Korea’s competition regulator in an attempt to reverse the fine it received last year for forcing…
Ocado shares fall as robot uprising fails in ROI terms
UK grocery and technology company Ocado saw its shares fall to their lowest point since the start of the pandemic…
Amazon Care rolls out stateside as data reveals waning investor appetite for telemedicine
Amazon is rolling out its telemedicine service Amazon Care across the States just as data shows that investors' appetite for…
CTO Talk: Madalina Tanasie of Collibra talks data
Madalina Tanasie is the CTO of Collibra, the tech firm using big data to solve businesses governance woes. This is…
India has been pursuing 5G for almost a decade. So why isn’t it here yet?
India has been planning its 5G rollout for years, but it keeps being delayed. The latest news is that the…
SoftBank to take Arm public as Nvidia deal finally collapses
Japanese giant SoftBank will take its UK-based chip design subsidiary Arm public following the collapse of its plan to sell…
Digital currencies: How to be more China, less El Salvador
February has been a busy month for digital currencies. In China, the Winter 2022 Olympics has led to a wider…
Tough break, Son: SoftBank looks to sell Alibaba shares as Arm deal bogs down
Alibaba Group registered one billion American depositary shares (ADS) on Friday, leading to speculation that a troubled SoftBank may be…
Snap recovers after ad-business hit from Apple privacy: Meta fails to
Social media companies Meta (formerly known as Facebook) and Snap both recorded quarterly results this week, but the privacy policy…
Cryptocurrency winter is coming: “Meme coins will die”
Is another cryptocurrency winter coming? Investors and analysts increasingly warn about the possibility that this is the case. They have…
Data map shows world’s nations embracing digital currencies, as India announces e-rupee
India's finance minister has announced plans to launch a central bank-run blockchain version of the rupee in the next financial…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Victor Palau of Ebury
Victor Palau is the CTO of Ebury, a fintech startup enabling people to send instant cross-border payments. The foreign exchange…
Bitstamp CEO and Starling old COO: “Cryptocurrencies are the new neobanks”
Cryptocurrencies have a bad image. A decade ago, only Soylent-chugging tech bros seemed to put any stock in the technology,…
The 10 big fintech funding rounds in January you need to note
January was a strange month for fintech deals. As with other tech stocks, the financial sector has taken a tumble…
Vodafone teams up with Intel to boost OpenRAN plans: Where does that leave Nokia?
Is Vodafone's relationship with network suppliers Nokia and Ericsson set to change? Telecoms watchers may ask themselves that question following…
Semiconductor supply chain pain: Tim Cook, SK Hynix, analysts see an end in 2022, others beg to differ
Tech titans are still feeling the pain of ongoing semiconductor supply chain shortages in their quarterly results, but some CEOs…
Semiconductor landscape shifts as China approves AMD-Xilinx mega deal
Chinese regulators have given approval for chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to acquire US chip company Xilinx for $35bn, removing…
The soaraway BNPL industry must win the public’s trust to keep growing
Buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) players aim to disrupt the business of traditional credit cards, but to do this the BNPL industry must…
How to predict the unpredictable: Doing business in China in 2022
To say that 2021 has been an eventful year for businesses in China would be an understatement. Apart from coping…
Binance conduct branded “unacceptable” by Ontario securities regulator
Prominent cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been reprimanded by authorities in Canada's Ontario province for telling users that it was allowed…
Happy new year! Celebrate by checking out Verdict’s Top 10 stories from 2021
The Verdict team has been hard at work throughout 2021, bringing you the tech business news and always trying to…
The AI dragon soars in winter: SenseTime in 23% Hong Kong IPO share surge
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company SenseTime has seen its share price jump more than 20% on its first day of…
More chip supply troubles: Samsung forced to “adjust operations” in Xi’an due to Covid lockdown
South Korean tech giant Samsung says it has been forced to reduce chip production in the Chinese city of Xi’an,…
CTO Talk: Q&A with Juniper Networks’ Raj Yavatkar
Raj Yavatkar is CTO of Juniper Networks, the networking solutions developer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Yavatkar is responsible for charting…
China continues taming its ecommerce market with new app rules as Spring Festival nears
The Chinese government continues its crackdown on the ecommerce and social media industries. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has…
‘Tis the fight before Christmas: Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk pour scorn on “Web3” dreams
If you thought 2021 had seen enough technology hype and froth from NFTs and the metaverse, you'd probably forgotten about…
Fast Fail: McDonald’s sells off AI operation
McDonalds' loss is Mastercard's gain, as it's been announced that the fast food stalwart will sell off its AI operation…
Sorry not good enough for China as Intel scrubs Xinjiang references
Chip colossus Intel has deleted references to Xinjiang from a controversial annual letter it had sent to suppliers. The company…
New Luxshare plant in China: Upsetting the Apple supply chain applecart
Luxshare Precision Industry, a new key player in the Apple supply chain, has recently broken ground on an 11bn yuan…
“Prepare for lack of electricity” in 2022 says Foxconn founder
The founder and director of Foxconn, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics, Terry Gou, has said that “there will…
C-suite executives reveal how a CTO can avoid disaster over the holidays
The festive holidays are upon us, when staff leave can easily become a nightmare at Christmas for a CTO unless…
Sidewalk Labs folds back into Google. Have “smart cities” had their day?
Sidewalk Labs, the embattled urban planning subsidiary of Alphabet, is officially folding back into Google as its CEO steps down…
Get set, GoTo: Alibaba announces $100bn plan to dominate SE Asian ecommerce
Chinese tech giant Alibaba said it wants to expand its Southeast Asian ecommerce platform Lazada to reach a gross merchandise…
Not for the faint of heart: Expert cryptocurrency predictions for 2022
Making predictions about where the cryptocurrency industry is heading in 2022 is not for the faint of heart. The last…
Reddit files for confidential IPO: What you need to know
Social media platform Reddit has announced that it has filed for a confidential initial public offering (IPO), but has remained…
Analysis: CIOs should be worried by Grindr’s Norwegian dating data fine
The Norwegian data regulator has slammed Grindr with a $7.14m fine for violating privacy rules: and such fines are set…
Caught between banks and online shopping: Fintech predictions for 2022
The fintech industry has grown tremendously over the past few years at a breakneck pace that has only been accelerated…
CTO Talk: Q&A with HealthHero’s Richard Haigh
Richard Haigh is the CTO at digital health platform HealthHero. Founder and CEO Ranjan Singh founded the startup in 2019.…
New data underlines Southeast Asian fintech boom
South and Southeast Asian consumers have definitely caught the fintech bug, with new research revealing that downloads of banking and…
Decacorns are the new rare beasts roaming the startup plains
There was once a time when unicorns – privately held startups valued at over $1bn – were almost as rare…
40 Buy-Now-Pay-Later companies you need to know about
The buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) industry is booming, but keeping abreast of all the players in the industry is far from easy.…
Silicon Valley: the foundation of innovation
There are 45 miles between the two great engines of tech development in California, Silicon Valley, and the City of…
