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This week’s UK tech funding deals include Cambridge-founded quantum computing giant Quantinuum, diagnostics firm Cyted Health and more. UKTN tracked £507.2m worth of UK tech investment this week (1 September to 5 September), a 475% week-on-week increase driven largely by the megaround secured by Quantinuum. Here’s your weekly roundup of UK tech startup funding deals. ...
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Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic frontrunner of the NYC mayoral race, said CEOs will come if the employees they need can afford to live in the city. Read more ›
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Zohran Mamdani was asked how he'd be mayor of Wall Street and democratic socialists. His answer was tax hikes and tackling corporate greed. Read more ›
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Oracle has struggled to generate gross profit margins higher than 25% from renting out one- to two-year old Nvidia server chips to artificial intelligence developers, The Information reported Thursday. The previously unreported data show Oracle has a wide gap to fill to reach what co-CEO Clay ... Read more ›
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I'm a longtime Swiftie. But something changed in the past few years, as she became a billionaire and relentlessly released albums — I simply can't keep up. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: I realize that, at this point, there are already far too many shows. Every channel, every streaming service is teeming with content demanding your attention, and there are simply too few hours in the day to watch them all. However, with that in mind, may I recommend a new show called Space Live? There's only one episode. The only potential downside... Read more ›
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The Unites States Chamber of Commerce sued the Trump administration over the new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas. Read more ›
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For the first time, scientists observed a black hole tearing apart a star far from its galaxy’s center, producing the fastest-changing radio signals ever recorded. The event, AT 2024tvd, revealed delayed bursts of energy months after the initial destruction, hinting at mysterious, episodic black hole activity. This rare find reshapes understanding of where supermassive black holes reside and how they evolve. Read more ›
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The US is waking up to livestreaming, a cornerstone of Chinese e-commerce, and retailers like eBay and Whatnot are cashing in on the trend. Read more ›
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Kim Kardashian opened up about her love life during a recent appearance on "Call Her Daddy," saying that she'd like to date a longevity scientist. Read more ›
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai shared what it was like to get beat to market by OpenAI with ChatGPT and says the startup deserved credit. Read more ›
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“It saddens me immensely to say that with your recent comments, and failure to understand their impact, I now barely recognize the person I have so long admired,” Ron Conway said. Read more ›
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“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it. Read more ›
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Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts have concerns. Read more ›
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Apple plans to launch MacBook Air models equipped with the new M5 chip in spring 2026, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Apple is also working on M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro models that will come early in the year. Neither the MacBook Pro models nor the MacBook Air models are expected to get design changes, with Apple focusing on simple chip upgrades. In the case of the MacBook... Read more ›
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As expected, Vertu has made the Agent Q smartphone official today at Harrods in London. The phone comes with a 6.02" AMOLED screen with 1080x2340 resolution and 120Hz refresh rate, the Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC at the helm (and it's the "Supreme" higher-bin version), 16GB of RAM, 512GB/1TB of storage, and a 5,565 mAh battery with 65W wired charging support. There's a 50 MP main camera with OIS, which has... Read more ›
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Despite years of rumors suggesting Apple is working on Macs with Face ID instead of Touch ID, the technology isn't coming any time soon, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Gurman claims that Apple is aiming to shift from Touch ID to Face ID in the Mac line, but the change "remains years away." Gurman and others have incorrectly predicted Face ID for Macs several times over the past five years.... Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, was indicted today on charges of mishandling classified documents. What did Bolton allegedly do? Bolton was […] Read more ›
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Russia's Shahed-style drones have been deadly in the Ukraine war. They're cheap, easy to make, and have tremendous reach. Read more ›
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EA employees and the Communications Workers of America union have condemned the company's proposed $55 billion private acquisition -- backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, "claiming they were not represented in the negotiations and any jobs lost as a result would 'be a choice, not a necessity, made to pad investors' pockets," reports Eurogamer. From the report: Following the announcement, there's been plenty of... Read more ›
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A wide rollout of autonomous robots used to deliver food, groceries and medicine could add £1.3bn to the UK economy in the next decade, a new report has claimed. The report, from policy and regulatory consultancy Prysm Global, claimed expanding the fleet of personal delivery devices (PDDs) available in the UK could create hundreds of ... Read more ›
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The UK’s competition watchdog has confirmed tech giant Google has been designated as having strategic market status (SMS) under new digital markets legislation. In January the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) received new powers under the The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, in part allowing it to propose an SMS designation to companies ... Read more ›
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Alice Rackley is the co-founder and chief executive of Polytag, a company that provides digital tracking and data solutions for packaging, encouraging sustainable, recyclable and circular practices. In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Rackley discusses the importance of investing time within the community of your sector, ambitious pioneers in the circular packaging industry and why ... Read more ›
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This week’s UK tech funding deals include Scottish cancer therapeutics company Trogenix, quantum-resilient encryption firm Sitehop and more. UKTN tracked £122.25m worth of UK tech investment this week (6 October to 10 October), a 68% week-on-week decrease across six funding rounds. Here’s your weekly roundup of UK tech startup funding deals. Trogenix – £70m Sector: Health ... Read more ›
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Alex Marsh, the former head of Klarna’s UK entity, has been appointed the group chief executive officer of fintech lender Salad Group. A long-time fintech executive, Marsh joined the UK arm of Klarna in 2019 as its finance chief before rising to the role of the BNPL provider’s UK CEO the following year, eventually leaving ... Read more ›
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Gladys, an AI-powered tech platform built to support the home care sector, has secured a seed funding round worth £1.5m. The founding team has warned of the dangers presented by the “failing” state of home care in the UK and has claimed to offer solutions for both workers in the sector and those who need ... Read more ›
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Online payment service provider Nochex has been acquired by PAYSTRAX, a company that specialises in supporting businesses with complex payment needs. Established in Vilnius in Lithuania and with significant operations in Brighton, the acquisition will allow PAYSTRAX to diversify its portfolio in the UK where the company had its first customers. Founded in 2001, Nochex is ... Read more ›
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The Home Office’s latest push to circumvent Apple’s encryption forces a stark choice: do we want a digital society that is secure for everyone, or one that is easier to surveil and therefore easier to attack? You cannot have both. When you weaken encryption for the “exceptional” case, you weaken it for all cases. That ... Read more ›
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The British Business Bank has invested over £250m directly into scaleup businesses in the UK. The funding has been invested into 33 UK technology and life science companies, with over half going to university spinouts. These companies have raised a total in excess of £2bn. The British Business Bank recently announced it has increased the ... Read more ›
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Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said Ofcom’s fining of 4chan under the Online Safety Act is a ‘clear warning’ for those platforming illegal content. 4chan is a controversial website that allows users to post anonymously, and has a history of being used to spread extremist ideologies. Ofcom has fined 4chan £20,000 after the website failed to ... Read more ›
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