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Cecily Motley is the co-founder and chief executive of Harriet, an AI-powered self-service agent for HR and ops teams. Launched in 2023, Harriet raised £1.2m in a funding round in December that year. In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Motley discusses operating in uncertainty, the success of Shopify and the failure of NFTs. Which company’s ...
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Things are picking up on the Mass Effect TV series. Over the weekend, it was announced that Doug Jung - known for his work on the upcoming Chief of War and as a co-writer for Star Trek Beyond - has joined Amazon's Mass Effect TV series as a showrunner. Read more Read more ›
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VCs in Silicon Valley have been speculating about who is behind an anonymous X account that publishes insider info about startups and VC firms. Read more ›
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Monday's WWDC should reveal Apple's plans for new naming conventions for its operating systems. Read more ›
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The Atlantic makes that case that "the foundation of the AI industry is a scam" and that AI "is not what its developers are selling it as: a new class of thinking — and, soon, feeling — machines." [OpenAI CEO Sam] Altman brags about ChatGPT-4.5's improved "emotional intelligence," which he says makes users feel like they're "talking to a thoughtful person." Dario Amodei, the CEO of the AI company Anthropic,... Read more ›
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"It is a convergence among three of our major platforms. So robots, energy storage, AI," Wood said of Tesla. Read more ›
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It wasn't much of a secret, but Microsoft's Xbox-branded third-party handheld is finally official. As rumoured, it's been made in partnership with ASUS, and is launching later this year. Read more Read more ›
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It feels quite apt that Xbox has really started to nail this summer showcase business these past few years. Those few years being right when the summer showcase as a concept is starting to look just a little out of date. Back in the heady E3 days, team green used to pack out their LA Live Microsoft theatre, just along from the main show floor, and then frequently go on... Read more ›
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The Gen Z tennis star said she doesn't relate to "crazy stories of tennis parents" because her mom and dad have always listened to her opinions. Read more ›
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Every six weeks, the CEO of Lyft, David Risher, drives for the app. He says most riders don't recognize him but go bananas when he reveals himself. Read more ›
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Not content with just cleaning your floors, SwitchBot's latest robovac aims to be a complete, roving home helper. Read more ›
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Being laid off used to be a mark of shame. Not anymore. Read more ›
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Bipul Sinha said the board meetings were his way of showing there were "no sacred cows" and "no information control" in the company. Read more ›
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Several key refinance rates were higher this week, so it might be worth waiting. Read more ›
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The Jersey Shore town of Long Branch, New Jersey is drawing more affluent visitors and residents with luxury condominiums. Read more ›
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At today's Xbox Showcase, Square Enix revealed Final Fantasy 16 is finally available right now on Xbox. Further, Final Fantasy 7 Remake will also make its way to the platform this winter. Read more Read more ›
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A new in-person location to purchase the Kilkenny Gift Card has launched to enhance the convenience and accessibility of the initiative. St. Canice’s Credit Union High Street is the first in-person location to purchase the Kilkenny Gift Card. The card was introduced in November 2025 by Kilkenny Chamber and Kilkenny County Council in an upgrade […] Read more ›
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The head of engineering for Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot division, left the company on Friday. Milan Kovac announced his departure on X, insisting that it “will not change a thing” about the company’s plans, which, as of March, meant building thousands of robots this year alone. Kovac insisted that he was leaving Tesla only to […] Read more ›
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EY is developing AI agents with Nvidia to try to make the accounting field more engaging and tackle a nationwide accountant shortage. Read more ›
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Tech job vacancies in the UK have grown 21% in the past year, driven in part by a surge in demand for AI professionals, new research has found. Specific demand for AI skills from UK firms has skyrocketed by almost 200% year-on-year, according to Accenture’s latest UK Tech Talent Tracker. The report, which tracks tech ... Read more ›
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The upcoming launch of PISCES, the new investment framework allowing intermittent share auctions from private companies, risks encouraging a culture of “FOMO investing”, warned Carrie Osman, head of PE advisory firm Cruxy. The Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System, also known as PISCES, is a new scheme aimed at encouraging capital investments in companies ... Read more ›
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Manchester-based investor Palatine has taken a majority stake in fulfilmentcrowd, a cloud-based logistics firm from Lancashire. Fulfilmentcrowd has developed a platform for omnichannel retailers to outsource their end-to-end logistics and fulfilment processes to. This includes the receiving of goods, packing, dispatching and delivery. “The fulfilmentcrowd platform enables ambitious omnichannel brands to simplify and scale their ... Read more ›
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Vodafone and Three have completed a merger to create ‘VodafoneThree’, the UK’s largest mobile provider serving almost 30 million customers. The new combined business is 51% owned by Vodafone and 49% by CK Hutchison Group Telecom Holdings, the parent company of Three. VodafoneThree will be run by Max Taylor, currently serving as the UK chief ... Read more ›
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This week’s podcast guest is Ed Bussey, CEO of Oxford Science Enterprises, who discusses why time is running out to solve British tech’s scaleup funding gap, why the potential for the UK tech industry is so much greater than its current performance and an out-there idea to improve the competitiveness of the London public markets. ... Read more ›
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AI experts have called for the development of regulation to have a greater focus on the technology’s use by children, the demographic likely to be most affected by the technology over their lifetimes. New research published by the Alan Turing Institute has found that almost a quarter (22%) of children aged 8-12 are regularly using ... Read more ›
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New research has revealed that, for the first time, the proportion of startups measuring their carbon footprint has fallen, declining from 28% in 2023 to 23% in 2024. ESG_VC and the BVCA analysed ESG data from 711 startups backed by leading venture capital firms. According to the data partners, the drop could be explained – ... Read more ›
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London-based fintech group Zilch will launch its first-ever physical payment card in a new partnership with Visa. The provider of advertising-subsidised buy now, pay later services will work with Visa to develop new financial products as it looks to capture a greater share of customer wallet spend. Zilch, which recently surpassed five million customers, will ... Read more ›
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Treefera, a startup using AI to map supply chain conditions, has raised $30m (£22.2m) in a Series B round a year after raising £9m. Environmental volatility has added significant new difficulties in maintaining reliable supply chains. Treefera’s tech is implemented at the first mile, the point at which commodities and raw materials are first sourced. ... Read more ›
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Two British military veterans have secured a $20m (£14.8m) investment led by Plural for their startup Labrys, used for managing teams operating in high-risk environments. Royal Marine veteran August Lersten and former army officer Luke Wattam founded Labrys in 2020, inspired by their frontline experience. The company aims to provide humanitarian organisations, defence forces, crisis ... Read more ›
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