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This week’s UK tech funding deals include, for the second week in a row, AI infrastructure company Nscale as well as sustainable aviation fuel group OXCCU and more. UKTN tracked £388.7m worth of UK tech investment this week (29 September to 3 October), a 59% week-on-week decrease across six funding rounds. Here’s your weekly roundup ...
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A widespread Cloudflare outage disrupted major parts of the internet on Tuesday, knocking many crypto platforms offline. Read more ›
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If you're experiencing internet issues this morning, you're far from alone. Infrastructure company Cloudflare has been hit with what it calls "widespread 500 errors, [with] Dashboard and API also failing." The company said that services are starting recover, but customers may continue to see "higher-than-normal errors rates" is it continues to work on the problem. Cloudflare is a key internet hub, as it provides network and security products for internet... Read more ›
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As an American living in Italy but still working with US clients, I wish someone warned me how much exchange rates could impact my life and budget. Read more ›
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San Francisco-based company blames incident on ‘spike in unusual traffic’ to one of its services Read more ›
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Cloudflare confirmed that an "internal service degradation" was causing issues for users across the internet. Read more ›
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Phelan said it's hard to entice workers for hard jobs like welding when the pay is comparable to a job at a Buc-ees truck stop or a job at Amazon. Read more ›
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Microsoft's Azure cloud has mitigated the largest DDoS attack in history at close to 16 Tbps from the Aisuru botnet. At its peak, the attack used over 500,000 connected devices to hit the Azure servers with over 3.6 million packets per second to target a single cloud endpoint in Australia. Read more ›
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Elon Musk claims Tesla may need 100 – 200 billion AI chips per year, a volume far beyond what TSMC and Samsung can supply, which is why he is considering building Tesla's own fab, as he believes existing foundries cannot scale fast enough for him. Read more ›
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Logitech has confirmed it was breached internally, likely by the Clop gang, who stole terabytes worth of data, not including any sensitive information. Logitech was targeted for extortion through a zero-day security flaw suspected to be found in Oracle's E-Business Suite, which has since been patched. Read more ›
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Software group behind TurboTax and Credit Karma will pay AI start-up to use its technology Read more ›
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Sony is cutting the price of its PS5 consoles by $100 for Black Friday. Deals include a PS5 Digital Edition 825GB Fortnite bundle for $399.99 and a 1TB PS5 Fortnite bundle for $449.99 — both ship with exclusive Fortnite in-game content and 1,000 V-Bucks. While the Fortnite bundles shave $100 off the regular price of […] Read more ›
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For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official. Read more ›
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As part of the latest Windows Insider Build, a new experimental feature called "agentic features" has been added, allowing AI agents to create Agent Workspaces that perform tasks and read files. Microsoft says it's secure because these spaces have their own runtime, desktop and permissions. Read more ›
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Thanksgiving is next week. If you're hosting, here's how AI could help you plan the menu. Read more ›
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Tehran is running out of water. Rationing has begun in Iran’s capital city, with some of the approximately 10 million residents experiencing “nightly pressure cuts” between midnight and 5 am. The entire country is in an unprecedented drought, facing its driest — and hottest — autumn in nearly 60 years. Tehran has received no rain […] Read more ›
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Sitting at a desk for hours? Upgrade your WFH setup and work in style with these comfy WIRED-tested seats. Read more ›
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Apple today shared its annual Apple Podcasts Top Charts of 2025, highlighting the most popular shows, episodes, and listening trends of the year. The 2025 charts are now available in the New tab of the Apple Podcasts app and will remain accessible through the end of the year. Listeners in more than 15 countries will also see a curated Best Shows of 2025 selection chosen by its editorial team. Apple... Read more ›
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Former Skyscanner chief financial officer Shane Corstorphine has called for an end to the ‘fragmented’ support given to Scottish tech firms in a report outlining a plan for growth in the nation’s tech economy. In a new report, ‘Scaling Scotland: Building the Engine for the Next 50 Years of Prosperity’, by Corstorphine and a panel ... Read more ›
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The government has proposed new laws to strengthen the UK’s resilience against cyber attacks as the threat of breaches grows. The laws would cover certain digital and essential services, notably the NHS, as well as energy, transport and water. Under the proposals, IT service providers for organisations like the NHS will be regulated due to ... Read more ›
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Barclays has joined Salica Investments as a cornerstone investor in its £150m Growth Debt Fund II, targeting high-growth innovation-led businesses in the UK. The bank joined as investor following Barclays Entrepreneurs Week 2025, in line with its innovation banking strategy. “Barclays is committed to powering the UK’s innovation economy, by helping ambitious founders and innovators ... Read more ›
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London’s life sciences sector has seen a 60% surge in venture capital investment this year, cementing its status as Europe’s powerhouse for the industry. Data released alongside London Life Sciences Week revealed that the UK capital pulled in $2.1bn in VC funding for the sector so far in 2025, up from $1.3bn the previous year. ... Read more ›
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When Rachel Reeves called the 2024 Autumn Budget a “once-in-a-Parliament reset”, many in the UK’s tech sector breathed a cautious sigh of relief. The promise was simple: fewer shocks and a framework that businesses could plan around. “We will never need to do another Budget like this again,” Reeves said at a Treasury Committee meeting ... Read more ›
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The UK’s financial watchdog has launched a partnership with its Singaporean equivalent focused on supporting responsible AI innovation in finance. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced the new partnership with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Wednesday at the Singapore Fintech Festival. Alongside a remit of enabling innovative firms in the UK and Singapore ... Read more ›
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Legislation announced by the government to protect the cyber resilience of critical services offers “no guarantee of security”, according to a tech-focused lawyer. The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, if passed would establish a regulatory burden for the IT providers of essential services, including the NHS and energy grid. The bill was proposed amid a ... Read more ›
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Tech Secretary Liz Kendall is “deeply concerned” with Ofcom’s delays in implementing the next set of duties of the Online Safety Act. Writing to Ofcom’s chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes, Kendall stressed that the regulator must operate with an “urgent sense of momentum” in its implementation of certain duties of the act. Ofcom has already ... Read more ›
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London-based fintech group Zilch, known for its buy now pay later style flexible payment service, has secured an investment of $176.7m (£134.2m). The joint equity and debt round, led by investment group KKCG, follows the launch of new major products from the company – Intelligent Commerce, an AI platform that turns engagement data into real-time ... Read more ›
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Venture capital group Backed VC has closed its third fund, a $100m (£76m) vehicle targeting innovative European firms at the seed stage. Based in London, Backed leads pre-seed and seed stage rounds with investments between $500,000 and $5m. The Backed 3 fund will focus on three areas of frontier tech – AI therapeutics, blockchain and ... Read more ›
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