Startups
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21 Mar
This company will pay you to turn off your ad blocker
A new browser add-on hopes to convince consumers to turn off their ad blockers and start profiting from use of their own data.
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18 Mar
$2bn Lyft IPO beats Uber in race to go public
Ride-hailing company Lyft has announced an initial public offering in which 30.77 million shares will be sold between $62 and $68 per share.
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18 Mar
Uber used spyware to steal market share from this competitor
Uber used a spyware application to lure drivers away from a rival competitor, effectively shutting the company out of the emerging ride-sharing market.
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6 Mar
Tech Nation Rising Stars: Are these the startups to maintain the UK’s tech dominance in Europe?
Selected by five leading tech entrepreneurs and experts, Tech Nation has announced the ten leading startups that have won a spot on its prestigious Rising Stars programme.
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1 Mar
Unicorns are far from mythical in London, where tech startups thrive
If Brexit is supposed to send businesses flocking, it hasn’t happened yet.
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26 Feb
AI investors are spending big money on startups — but fewer want to share
Despite attracting more investment in 2018 than any other emerging technology, artificial intelligence (AI) startups are seeing fewer AI investors each than any other segment.
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25 Feb
Alternative UK tech hubs have little chance of catching up to London
Bristol, Leicester, Sunderland, Nottingham and Sheffield were recently revealed as the best cities in the United Kingdom for starting a business.
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8 Feb
Vodafone Techstarter Awards rewards 8 startups for their ‘strong social purpose’
UK telecommunications firm Vodafone has announced the winners of its inaugural Techstarter Awards, recognising eight startup organisations that are using technology for good.
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30 Jan
With a pioneering spirit, tech can be a force for social good
Technology has changed the world as we know it.
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25 Jan
30 startups to watch in 2019: Are these the tech giants of tomorrow?
Facebook was born out of a dorm room, Airbnb was founded by three friends forced to rent out part of their home to pay rent, and Apple was formed by two college dropouts in one of their parents’ garage.
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24 Jan
Jack Ma leadership lessons: 11 tips for entrepreneurs from the Alibaba founder
Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, China’s answer to Amazon, has business acumen that few others can match, having grown the eCommerce website started in his living room into a $400bn business.
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17 Jan
Vodafone Techstarter Awards: Meet the startups using tech for good
With killer robots, data breaches and surveillance, technology can often get a bad rep.
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17 Jan
Snapchat shares tumble after CFO exit
Snap’s shares fell by almost 14% following the news that Snapchat CFO Tim Stone is leaving after being with the company for just eight months.
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17 Jan
More than 40% of tech job applicants lack key technical skills, highlighting industry’s talent gap
Some 80% of decision makers in technology and engineering businesses believe that there is a talent gap in the industry, pointing to the high percentage of job candidates for open positions that lack the skills required to perform the role.
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17 Jan
Netflix reports Q4 earnings / uSwitch reports on smartphone shopping / Tech likely to top World’s Most Admired Companies list
3 THINGS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD TODAY Good morning, here’s your Thursday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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16 Jan
The Crowd: A mobile ‘dating’ app for university entrepreneurs and investors
A Tinder-style app called The Crowd has launched that lets students, faculty and staff at universities pitch their business ideas to investors.
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14 Jan
Ethical tech platform Beam crowdfunding for UK homeless
320,000 people are homeless in the UK, says charity Shelter.
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11 Jan
Plastics from plants in building foam insulation could help prevent another Grenfell
A bio-plastics partnership has developed the chemistry behind a plant-based fire-suppressant building material that could have helped prevent the Grenfell disaster in London in June 2017.
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11 Jan
Court hears case on cyberattacks on British banks / SpaceX prepares Iridium NEXT-8 for launch / CES 2019 wraps up
3 THINGS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD TODAY Good morning, here’s your Friday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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9 Jan
SoftBank investments: The businesses, industries and technologies backed by the Japanese conglomerate
Few companies have quite invested in the future like SoftBank, a Japanese telecommunications company turned global tech investor.
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7 Jan
Astrocast announces three partners to pilot its IoT nanosatellite network
Nanosatellite startup Astrocast has announced three new pilot companies that will utilise its network of IoT cubesats.
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4 Jan
Health tech company SOPHiA GENETICS raises $77m to fund data-driven diagnosis push
SOPHiA GENETICS has announced the closing of a $77m investment round, which will be used to grow the number of hospitals that the leading health technology company serves globally.
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1 Jan
These are the businesses you should start in 2019
Despite the uncertainty that Brexit has brought on the business world, advancements in a range of emerging technologies will offer exciting new opportunities for potential startups in 2019.
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31 Dec
5G, micro firms and extended reality: The 2019 tech trends set to take the world by storm
This year we’ve seen the launch of the world’s most powerful tablet, the rise (and possible fall) of bitcoin and the introduction of 5G.
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27 Dec
What has 2018 meant for the UK tech sector?
You would be hard pressed to find a sector more dynamic and innovative than tech.
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19 Dec
Uber appeal rejected as Court of Appeal rules drivers are workers
The UK’s Court of Appeal has ruled that Uber drivers are “workers” and therefore entitled to the minimum wage and holiday pay.
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18 Dec
Slow internet and GDPR – SMEs continue to face same tech headaches heading into 2019
Businesses are beginning to invest in technology, with 25% of European businesses planning to spend on emerging technologies by 2020.
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14 Dec
Boomoji data leak leaves 125 million exposed, highlighting need for proactive approach to cybersecurity
Boomoji, an app that allowed iOS and Android users to create 3D avatars, has suffered a data leak that could have potentially compromised the personal data of more than 125 million people.
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28 Nov
Hiber nanosatellites to bring internet access to remotest reaches of Earth
Dutch space startup Hiber is set to launch the first of its nanosatellites into orbit today as part of its mission to provide the entire planet with internet access.
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14 Nov
Signoi launches platform to give human insight into unstructured data
UK startup Signoi has launched a platform that can analyse large amounts of unstructured data and turn it into human insight for businesses.