Startups
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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.
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13 Nov
The best cities in the UK to start your business
Flexible working offices are set to increase by 20% annually over the next five years.
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8 Nov
Flexible working: The 9 to 5 is dead for 94% of British workers
With an increasing number of organisations trialling flexible working, and advances in consumer technology making remote working easier than ever, the traditional working hours of 9 to 5 are going out of style.
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1 Nov
WhatsApp ads slammed: “This brings into question how private WhatsApp really is”
The news that WhatsApp will be introducing adverts into its Status feature has prompted outrage, with WhatsApp ads slammed as a “step backwards” for the platform.
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1 Nov
Medical cannabis legalised in the UK / Clintons join Cameron at leadership summit / Spotify announces latest results
Good morning, here’s your Thursday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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26 Oct
Is TikTok shutting down? No, it just became the world’s most valuable startup
TikTok, a music video creation and sharing platform launched in 2016, has taken the world by storm in 2018.
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24 Oct
UK struggles to fill STEM jobs as vacancies outweigh student enrollments
As those in the industry are now starkly aware, the UK science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) sector is facing a skills gap.
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23 Oct
Europe is struggling to keep up with the UK’s soaring tech scene
The United Kingdom is unrivalled in Europe for the creation of $1bn tech startups, otherwise known as unicorns.
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22 Oct
Electric bike startup Cowboy sets sights on Europe following €10m funding round
Cowboy, a Belgian electric bike startup, has closed a €10m Series A funding round, providing the financing to bring its innovative product to new European markets.
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15 Oct
Steve Wozniak takes on the venture capital industry with blockchain
Steve Wozniak, technology innovator and co-founder of Apple, has today been announced as co-founder of EQUI Global, a company dedicated to the disruption of the venture capital industry.
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10 Oct
Commercial space race: How close are Virgin Galactic, SpaceX and Blue Origin to taking tourists to space?
Sir Richard Branson is favourite to reach the stars first in the commercial space race, ahead of Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, on-board Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip Two.
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8 Oct
Spotify is ten: How the streaming service rocked the industry
Since its launch in Sweden in 2008, the world’s most popular music streaming service has arguably changed the way the world listens to music.