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The idea of a digital ID system is, slowly and belatedly, gaining traction in the UK. For many years, a handful of outriders and advocates for digital ID technologies have struggled to focus public attention on their potential benefits. The prospect of greater security against fraud, modernised public services and more efficient customer journeys was ...
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Epic Games said today that Apple has blocked its attempt to bring Fortnite back to iOS devices, leaving the popular battle royale game unavailable on iPhones and iPads worldwide. "Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission so we cannot release to the US App Store or to the Epic Games Store for iOS in the European Union," Epic stated via its Fortnite account on X (Twitter). "Now, sadly, Fortnite on iOS... Read more ›
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Investor Zach Posner explains why legal-tech funding is thriving in a sluggish venture capital market. Read more ›
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When Lisa Occhino moved to Portugal, her plan was to keep working but after her pay was cut, she quit and took a year off to recover from burnout. Read more ›
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Simply being open to AI isn't enough for Fiverr's CEO — if you're not already using it, you're out of the running. Read more ›
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Karan Kandhari's "Sister Midnight" is a film as strange, hilarious, and unpredictable as its protagonist. Movie review. Read more ›
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Americans looking to retire should consider waiting, and are best off leaving investments untouched. Read more ›
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Elon Musk's America PAC faces a class action lawsuit from petition signature gatherers who said they haven't been paid. Read more ›
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Republicans are looking to cut Medicaid. That could disproportionately impact Americans under the poverty line and children. Read more ›
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Sony has announced its new WH-1000XM6 wireless noise-canceling headphones. The good news is that the company has brought back the foldable design that was absent from its predecessor, the WH-1000XM5. The bad news is that it's stuck with the same naming convention, which sounds less like headphones and more like a dot-matrix printer from the 70s. The WH-1000XM6 headphones now happily fold up into a redesigned carrying case with a... Read more ›
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Cuban joined "Shark Tank" in 2012 and announced his departure from the show in 2023. Read more ›
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US chipmaker considers expanding its presence in the country even as sales are hit by Washington’s export controls Read more ›
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Among the persistent mysteries of the 2024 election is the roots of the modern political gender gap, particularly among young people. Though their final vote choices were a bit more nuanced than some pre-election polls suggested, young men and women, aged 18 to 29, had the largest divergence in their vote among the age groups. […] Read more ›
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Tariffs mean higher prices for beauty and skincare products. Luckily, more than half your skincare routine can come from the drugstore. Read more ›
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Swiss tech startup Metafuels has unveiled plans to open its first commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in the Port of Rotterdam. Metafuels’ CEO Saurabh Kapoor told TNW that Turbe represents a “major step forward” toward ramping up SAF production. The startup also announced plans to build a similar facility in Denmark last year. “Europe has ambitious decarbonisation targets, but without scalable and affordable SAF production, aviation will struggle to... Read more ›
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Fairgames has reportedly been delayed as Haven Studios founder Jade Raymond has departed the studio. Read more Read more ›
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Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 (SM7750-AB) chipset as a direct successor to the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 from 2023. As you’d expect, the new 4nm chip offers sizeable performance gains over its two-year-old predecessor, including faster CPU, GPU and NPU. Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 features an updated Kryo CPU with a 1+4+3 configuration. There’s 1x prime core @ 2.8GHz, 4x performance cores @ 2.4GHz and 3x efficiency cores... Read more ›
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The potential for AI to supercharge cybersecurity risks has gone beyond speculation. GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned that as AI-enabled cyber threats becomes a greater and greater risk, a “digital divide” will form between organisations able to keep pace with the technology and those unable to adapt their systems and strategies to ... Read more ›
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Venture capital investments in the UK surged in 2024 according to a new report from the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA). The total amount invested in UK businesses by venture capital funds, co-investors and financial institutions in 2024 was £9bn, a 12.5% rise according to the BVCA. Though 2024 saw significant macroeconomic ... Read more ›
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This week’s UK tech funding deals include alternative investment platform Juice, AI agent integration platform StackOne and more. UKTN tracked £59m worth of UK tech investment this week (5 May to 9 May), a 10% week-on-week increase across seven funding rounds. Here’s your weekly roundup of UK tech startup funding deals. Juice – £24.9m Sector: Investment ... Read more ›
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The UK tech and investment industry has applauded the recently announced trade deal made between Britain and the US as a “win for startups” and a positive sign of growth. Last week, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Donald Trump announced a highly anticipated trade agreement that reduced previously instated tariffs on a number of ... Read more ›
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Salesforce-based CRM SaaS provider Ascendx Cloud has raised $110m (£82.7m) in a joint equity and debt round. Founded in 2023, the company specialises in incorporating AI into customer relationship management tools. AI features are expected to become the industry standard in CRM, with research group Gartner projecting three-quarters of CRM solutions to have incorporated the ... Read more ›
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Members of Equity, the UK performing arts and entertainment union, are calling for other trade unions to join its campaign to protect the rights of creatives from AI-based misuse. The organisation unanimously passed a motion at their annual conference in Derry to request collective action from the British trade union movement to demand fair remuneration, ... Read more ›
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London-listed investment fund Augmentum Fintech has led a £4.5m funding round for the Peel Hunt-backed startup RetailBook. Founded in 2022, RetailBook gives individual investors greater access to primary capital markets through its platform for participation. Users can access investment opportunities such as IPOs, follow-on placings and bond offerings with the same terms as institutional investors. ... Read more ›
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According to KPMG’s latest Venture Pulse report, UK firms secured $5.5bn (£4.1bn) in venture capital investment in Q1 2025 alone – more than Germany and France combined. This achievement coincides with the EU’s landmark €1.3bn (£1.1bn) commitment to accelerate AI adoption and digital infrastructure. For capital markets firms operating across the UK and Europe, the ... Read more ›
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Shares in the London-listed semiconductor technology group Alphawave jumped as much as 8% on Monday as it holds discussions over a potential buyout from US giant Qualcomm. Alphawave announced on Monday that it had agreed to an extension of the deadline for Qualcomm to provide a firm offer, with the talks first proposed in April. ... Read more ›
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This week’s podcast guest is Sharon Vosmek, chief executive and managing partner of Astia, who discusses why backing female founders isn’t just morally right, but also financial prudent, why not all definitions of women-led startups are equal and the danger of ‘fomo’ in investing. Astia is an inclusive venture capital group that seeks to address ... Read more ›
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