Earlier this week, Android users received an email from Google that its AI chatbot, Gemini, will interact – and track – user data regardless of whether the Gemini Apps Activity setting is switched on or off. According to Google, “Gemini uses info from your devices” and “accesses certain system permissions and data, like call and ... Read more ›
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Griffin Parry is the chief executive and co-founder of m3ter, a usage-based pricing platform helping SaaS companies scale revenue operations without replacing legacy systems. Previously, Parry co-founded GameSparks which was acquired by Amazon in 2017 and has previously held leadership roles at AWS and Sky. He launched m3ter after seeing billing pain up close, first ... Read more ›
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The Online Safety Act, a piece of legislation brought in to rein in dangerous content shared digitally, has been criticised for its inability to target misinformation. In a report from the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee within parliament, the group said the act “fails to keep UK citizens safe from a core and pervasive online ... Read more ›
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The government has launched a scheme to bring AI engineering talent to the public sector, backed by a $1m (£739,000) grant from tech giant Meta. As the government turns increasingly to AI tools to improve the efficiency of public services, the programme has been launched to secure highly sought after engineering experts to work on ... Read more ›
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Technology Secretary Peter Kyle will host a delegation of Saudi Arabian government officials as part of a showcase event designed to encourage investment from the Middle Eastern kingdom. Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Alswaha will join Kyle (pictured) on Friday, who will demonstrate economic opportunities in fields such as quantum computing, autonomous ... Read more ›
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The tech industry of Paris is far from outcompeting London, despite recent reports suggesting otherwise, according to a leading UK investor. Responding to recent findings, in particular a May report from Dealroom suggesting Paris had surpassed London as a startup hub, AlbionVC’s Ed Lascelles told UKTN that rumours of the city of light beating the big smoke ... Read more ›
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The tech industry of Paris is far from outcompeting London despite recent reports suggesting otherwise, according to a leading UK investor. Responding to recent findings, in particular a May report from Dealroom suggesting Paris had surpassed London as a startup hub, AlbionVC’s Ed Lascelles exclusively told UKTN that rumours of the city of light beating the ... Read more ›
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London has been named the world’s second best market for tech talent, behind only San Francisco, according to new research. The Global Tech Markets: Top Talent Locations report from Colliers ranked international tech hubs on the depth of talent, academic infrastructure, innovation and startup activity and economics and business fundamentals. The UK capital was ranked ... Read more ›
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The appetite for growth among UK businesses appears strong as new research reveals the majority of tech companies expect merger and acquisition (M&A) activity to grow over the next 12 months. According to a survey by law firm Browne Jacobson of more than 380 C-suite leaders across a variety of tech sectors in the UK ... Read more ›
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The UK stands at a pivotal moment in its journey to becoming global leader in quantum technology. While considerable strides have been made, one foundational element still lags behind – quantum materials. These are the essential building blocks of the quantum future that can revolutionise sectors such as communications, computing, healthcare and security. Without them ... Read more ›
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Startups in the UK have been invited to apply for a government initiative to strengthen protections for intellectual property (IP) from external threats, ranging from larger competitors to hostile states. The Secure Innovation Security Review scheme will provide funding and support from security experts to an initial target of 500 startups in critical technological fields ... Read more ›
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The UK and France have launched a supercomputing partnership as part of a raft of new agreements following President Macron’s state visit. Britain and France have agreed to collaborate on efforts to scale compute power capacity, a key element of growing the tech industries of both nations, as well as sharing best practices on AI ... Read more ›
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A series of “Prosperity Partnerships” designed to encourage businesses and universities to collaborate on technologies to support public good and economic growth have been backed by £97m of investment from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the private sector. A total of 23 partnership projects have been agreed ranging from using AI to help examiners ... Read more ›
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The British Business Bank has announced a new £400m Investor Pathways Capital initiative to support those from diverse backgrounds entering fund management and investing. The goal of the initiative is to support new entrants entering the field by backing diverse fund managers, investing in microfunds to support small, early-stage funds and working with partners investing ... Read more ›
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The state of financial crime prevention among digital banks has been once again called into question this week after Monzo, one of the UK’s most popular examplars, was handed a £21m fine by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for historical failings in their security. The FCA said on Monday that the bank, which serves more ... Read more ›
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EverGive, a new platform enabling donors to contribute to a central bitcoin reserve for long-term charitable funding, has launched. As charities cite stable income and long-term financial security as consistent challenges, EverGive chose a Bitcoin reserve due to it being “the best performing asset class of the last decade”, with the goal of securing sustained ... Read more ›
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Tech giant Meta will open a new £12m research lab in Cambridge focused on spatial audio technology for the company’s wearable AI product offering, in support of the government’s Oxford-Cambridge corridor plans. The company described the move as an investment in Meta’s “long-term commitment to innovation in the UK”, where it employs more than 5,500 ... Read more ›
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In the early 1980s, everyone was obsessed with how new information superhighways would change the world. We were promised instant access to all human knowledge, in ways that would transform the global economy and lead to the digital transformation of every industry. At the time, it was almost impossible to conceive how we’d interact with ... Read more ›
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Google Cloud will work with the British government to upgrade the technology used in public services and upskill up to 100,000 civil servants as part of a state push for AI and digital. The partnership includes a wide scope of services used in the public sector set to be upgraded by the cloud team of ... Read more ›
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15below, a Brighton-based firm specialising in automated passenger communications for the airline industry has acquired Airport AI as it looks to build a “unified communications solution” for air travel. Founded in 2016, Airport AI is a conversational customer service platform used in more than 85 airports globally, including London Gatwick. The company has been acquired ... Read more ›
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Welsh digital ID group Credas is aiming to simplify homebuying and other regulated purchases with the launch of the UK’s first ‘compliance wallet’. The product will be a reusable compliance solution across all regulated sectors, initially targeting the property market. The wallet carries the owners verified identity along with a compliance profile that includes sanctions ... Read more ›
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Neighbourly, a platform to support businesses making positive impacts, in collaboration with Microsoft and youth-focused non-profit OnSide, conducted an in-person training initiative across the UK to support over 150 charity representatives to gain essential digital skills. The events, which took place in Youth Zones in Manchester, Carlisle, Croydon and Dagenham in June, brought together local ... Read more ›
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The UK has become the fastest growing market in Europe for high-speed, fibre optic internet, with providers having connected 4.2 million new homes in the year ended September 2024. Despite this, the final phase of connectivity remains a difficult challenge as the UK looks to extend high-speed internet coverage to the estimated remaining five million ... Read more ›
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Wrisk, an embedded insurtech provider for the automotive industry, has successfully closed a £12m Series B funding round. Working with brands such as BMW, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar Land Rover, Wrisk embeds its digital insurance platform into its customers’ services. The firm has also built a propriety platform that tracks data directly from vehicles to ... Read more ›
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Theo Health, a Scottish sports startup specialising in smart clothing to provide elite athletes and conditioning coaches with lab-grade data in real time, has raised £1.2m. The startup has teamed up with Olympic gold medalist Xander Schauffele, who joins as both an investor and one of the founding ‘Alpha Athletes’ in Theo’s elite testing programme ... Read more ›
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The Queen of Greens initiative, which provides affordable fruit and vegetables to low-income areas in Liverpool and Knowsley, has been granted government funding to develop an advanced mapping tool. The tool would allow for targeted routing to ensure the initiative reaches residents in social housing who often find it difficult to access healthy food options ... Read more ›
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Digital bank Monzo has been fined £21m by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for inadequate anti-financial crime prevention systems. According to the regulator, Monzo failed to scale its financial crime controls alongside the rapid growth in its customer base between 2018 and 2022, when Monzo grew from around 600,000 users to almost six million. The ... Read more ›
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