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Merx, the developer of a conversational AI tool for brand communications, has raised £1m as companies look to automation to meet customer demands. AI is increasingly being used in customer facing roles. From chatbots built into banking apps to AI-manned call centres to an automated hotel concierge, the allure of expanding customer support without scaling ...
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Judge Beryl Howell blocked President Donald Trump's executive order against Perkins Coie, calling the effort to target its lawyers "cringe-worthy." Read more ›
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The monopoly superpowers have had on building the most advanced fighter jets looks to be ending with South Korea's KF-21 Boramae and Turkey's Kaan. Read more ›
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The U.S. just signed a major deal with Ukraine, giving American companies access to critical natural resources like graphite, aluminum, and gas. Read more ›
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A 25-year-old from Santa Clarita has pleaded guilty to hacking a Disney employee's computer using malware disguised as an AI art tool, stealing over 1 terabyte of confidential Disney data and threatening to leak it under the guise of a fake Russian hacktivist group. Variety reports: Santa Clarita resident Ryan Mitchell Kramer, 25, pleaded guilty to two felony charges, including one count of accessing a computer and obtaining information and... Read more ›
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have had a tumultuous relationship with the royal family, particularly after their 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey. Read more ›
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Nearly a dozen Social Security employees told BI what it's like to work at the agency with Trump's staff cuts and rising demand from baby boomers. Read more ›
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Chronic high blood sugar is linked to metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes. Read more ›
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A new $100m (£75.1m) fund targeting fintech and SaaS businesses beyond the Series A stage has launched from London-based VC group Volution. The Zopa Bank and Signal AI backer said it is looking to tackle the funding gap faced by UK tech companies progressing beyond early-stages of growth. The UK tech funding scene is heavily ... Read more ›
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Employee engagement startup WorkBuzz has secured a new £4m funding round led by previous backer YFM Equity Partners. Founded in 2018, WorkBuzz – which provides companies with employee engagement material and staff sentiment analysis – took off in the pandemic, as the work from home requirement forced businesses to ramp up their remote worker systems. ... Read more ›
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This week’s UK tech funding deals include wireless data transfer group CSignum, fertility research team Ovo Labs, alcoholic fintech platform WineFi and more. UKTN tracked £29.1m worth of UK tech investment this week (21 April to 25 April), a 76% week-on-week decrease across seven funding rounds in a week shortened by bank holidays. Here’s your ... Read more ›
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The UK and Japan have agreed to increase tech industry and research ties in the quantum sector as Britain looks to secure its place at the top of the nascent industry. Science Minister Lord Vallance met with his Japanese counterpart Kiuchi Minoru on Monday to unveil a memorandum of cooperation between the two nations that ... Read more ›
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This week’s podcast guest is David Keene, CEO of Aurrigo, who discusses how autonomous driving will progress in the UK, how a chance encounter pivoted his company’s entire market and the journey of turning grant funding into an initial public offering. Aurrigo is an autonomous driving company that specialises in vehicles for the aviation industry, ... Read more ›
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The launch of a misinformation advisory committee by Ofcom as part of the Online Safety Act has been condemned by fact checkers as watered down. The Online Information Advisory was officially launched on Monday as a committee to advise the media watchdog on its work relevant to misinformation as it prepares to use new legislation ... Read more ›
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Innovate Finance has published a blueprint to make the UK the leading international market for stablecoin. The report, entitled Stablecoin: The UK Opportunity, outlines how the UK can become the most attractive jurisdiction in the world for issuing and using stablecoins while maintaining high standards of financial stability, transparency and consumer protection. Stablecoins are digital tokens ... Read more ›
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Sprive, a fintech app that promises to reduce the costs of users’ mortgages, has secured a £5.5m investment. The vast majority of UK household debt is tied up in mortgages, with interest on repayments and the growing use of 35-years and beyond plans making it difficult for many to keep up. Sprive claims to be ... Read more ›
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has revealed plans to regulate the cryptoasset industry in hopes of cracking down on bad actors while giving clarity to crypto firms. Announced at the Innovate Finance Global Summit on Tuesday, Reeves announced draft legislation to regulate the cryptoasset sector amid calls for transparency from the industry. “Through our Plan for Change, ... Read more ›
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A new semiconductor facility has opened in Southampton, becoming the first electron beam lithography site in Europe. Electron beam lithography is an advanced process for carving complex patterns into incredibly small microchips with a high level of accuracy. Opened on Wednesday at the University of Southampton, the new facility is just the second in the world, ... Read more ›
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