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This week’s UK tech funding deals include AI avatar generator Synthesia, rental property management app Housr and more. UKTN tracked £197.3m worth of UK tech investment this week (27 October to 31 October), a 105% week-on-week increase across six funding rounds. Here’s your weekly roundup of UK tech startup funding deals. Synthesia – £152m Sector: AI ...
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On Thursday night, the president of the Heritage Foundation — the MAGA right’s leading think tank — welcomed an open Nazi into his political coalition. You might think I am exaggerating. I assure you I am not. The Nazi in question here, podcaster Nick Fuentes, has described Adolf Hitler as “really fucking cool” and said […] Read more ›
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Military intelligence said the covert operation took place in 2024, but Ukraine is only now making the details public for the first time. Read more ›
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Judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ruled Friday afternoon that the Trump administration must fund SNAP during the government shutdown. Read more ›
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The creative AI-playground enters global rollout, hinting at how Google sees "idea making" evolving. Read more ›
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To many progressives, ICE — Immigration and Customs Enforcement — is synonymous with President Donald Trump’s brutal and cruel immigration regime. But to hardliners in the Trump administration bent on carrying out mass deportation, ICE has actually been something of a disappointment. So they’re increasingly turning to another agency that they view as willing to […] Read more ›
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With the holidays quickly approaching, everyone will soon be on the hunt for gifts and the fastest way to get them. Thankfully, many retailers offer generous shipping policies for their products, with some even providing free two-day shipping or even same-day delivery if you’re willing to pay a little extra. And just in case the gift […] Read more ›
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The upcoming iOS 26.1 update includes a small but helpful change for iPhones, and it could prevent you from running late to something important. Specifically, when an alarm goes off in the Clock app, there is a new "slide to stop" control on the screen for turning off the alarm. On previous iOS 26 versions, there is simply a large "stop" button, which could be accidentally tapped. The new "slide... Read more ›
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The Janus-1, produced by Chinese company, X-Control, can be flown in the U.S. without a license, but using its more advanced features may breach FAA rules. Read more ›
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Among the many humiliations of being American in the current moment is this: Members of the tech right and the conservative ruling class continually fetishize objects of nerd culture while also displaying a willful inability to grasp the very basic messages those objects are sending. While there are certainly worse problems (e.g. white nationalism in […] Read more ›
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Sandra and Jeff Mayernik quit their jobs and sold their home to retire early and travel. They've been to 11 countries and are living off savings. Read more ›
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Indeed's Work Wellbeing Report has some surprising results, in terms of which tech companies are top of this low-stress list. Read more ›
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The President announced the US would resume nuclear testing, but the plan remains unclear. He and other officials haven't provided much detail. Read more ›
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The Republican-led FCC has voted on and approved a proposal that would make it harder for consumers to receive itemized bills with accurate information from their ISPs, as originally spotted by CNET. This proposal revises previous "unnecessary" requirements on the grounds that a fact-based list of charges "may confuse customers." These changes would minimize the benefit of the so-called "nutrition labels" which are otherwise known as Broadband Facts labels. You've... Read more ›
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Canva, Affinity's new owner, announced this week that it's dropping all the paywalls. Read more ›
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When it comes to superyachts, the bigger the better. These are the largest yachts owned by tech billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg. Read more ›
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AI tools are making coding faster and cheaper, letting developers create apps quickly -- and throw them away even quicker. Read more ›
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AWS growth topped 20% as Amazon's AI transformation impacts job roles and corporate operations, signaling a new era of profound economic change. Read more ›
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On Saturday, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — also known as food stamps — will run out for more than 40 million Americans. Those millions of Americans are collateral damage from what is thus far the second-longest government shutdown in US history. But even as the looming deadline has underscored the very real impact […] Read more ›
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Starling Bank has implemented a new AI tool for its personal, joint and business account customers to help spot the warning signs of purchase scams. Customers can upload images to Scam Intelligence, including images of items, listings and messages from sellers on online marketplaces, and get advice on whether it could be a scam. The ... Read more ›
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StirlingX has appointed Sir Jeremy Fleming, former director of UK intelligence, cyber and security agency GCHQ, as its new chairman, signifying a new chapter in the UK startup’s mission to deliver secure, advanced drone and data analytics technologies for defence, critical infrastructure and commercial applications. Through his leadership in national security and cyber strategy and ... Read more ›
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The UK has seen a significant increase in the number of AI company registrations, with Manchester leading the pack with the largest surge in the past five years, according to new research. Analysis from insurance group Hiscox found that between April 2020 and April 2025, the number of monthly registrations for AI-related companies grew by ... Read more ›
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Tech talent specialist La Fosse has launched UNBOUND, its new mentorship programme designed to support women working in tech. The new initiative aims to tackle the systemic barriers that have long kept women out of leadership roles. UNBOUND will create tailored pairings based on each participant’s goals, background and challenges, introducing a ‘buddy system’ that ... Read more ›
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Argyll Data Development and SambaNova, a next-gen AI infrastructure builder, have entered a strategic partnership to deliver the UK’s first renewable-powered AI inference cloud. Using wind, wave and solar energy generated on-site at its Killellan AI Growth Zone, a 184-acre green digital campus on Scotland’s Cowal Peninsula, Argyll will utilise SambaNova’s air-cooled SN40L systems that ... Read more ›
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This week’s podcast guest is Laura Modiano, head of startups at OpenAI, who discusses just how far artificial intelligence has advanced since the launch of ChatGPT, how AI is drastically accelerating the growth rates of businesses and how far the company’s flagship product can go. OpenAI is the creator of ChatGPT and among the largest ... Read more ›
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The UK’s regulatory action against Big Tech monopolies will not achieve real change without coordination with international partners, according to a leading competition law attorney. Speaking to UKTN, Gene Burrus, global policy council for the Coalition for App Fairness (CAF), discussed the progress from UK regulators in encouraging more competitive behaviour from tech giants. CAF ... Read more ›
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Digital asset technology group KR1 has announced its intention to list publicly on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, having identified the “growing role” of the technology in the finance industry. KR1’s primary income driver is through its crypto staking operations, a process which leverages held cryptoassets to validate transactions on blockchain networks. ... Read more ›
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Mumsnet, the UK’s largest online community of parents, has launched a safety-first smartphone for children called Other Phone in partnership with independent smartphone company Nothing and the SafetyMode app. Installed on Nothing hardware and powered by SafetyMode software, the Other Phone combines technology with advanced child safety controls, making it a safer smartphone for children. ... Read more ›
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Manchester-based student living platform Housr has closed its £7.5m series A round to fuel its product innovation and geographic expansion. The free-to-use Housr app is used for a variety of student living tasks, offering rental and housemate searches, bill splitting and rewards. The financing included strategic participation from Ashta Capital and Juniper Equity, two Texas-based ... Read more ›
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