Eight projects proposing ways in which AI can be incorporated into public sector work have been selected as semi-finalists in a government-sponsored competition. Run by digital business and technology service provider NTT DATA, the Civil Service AI and Data Challenge encouraged public sector workers to propose projects utilising the technology to improve services. Among the ... Read more ›
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The rollout of live facial recognition vans announced by the Home Office is a “no-brainer” according to a think tank founded by former prime minister Tony Blair. Though considered controversial by advocates for privacy and personal freedom, the use of the technology has been heavily supported by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. “Using ... Read more ›
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Archestra, a London-based startup connecting AI agents to company data, has secured a £2.5m funding round. An open-source platform, Archestra is designed to introduce security layers to allow companies to adopt new AI tools with access to their data. Businesses are increasingly attaching various AI agents to their existing systems including email and HR platforms ... Read more ›
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Welsh ID verification company Credas Technologies has announced the appointment of Neil Williams as its new chief technology officer. Williams joins Credas from sustainable home retrofitting firm Sero, the where he served as interim CTO following a £6m VC investment secured in 2023. As the technology chief of Credas, Williams will help guide the firm ... Read more ›
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Welcome to our new series, The Circuit. Meet our interviewee: Your browser does not support the video tag. Sister is Manchester’s new innovation district, a joint venture between Bruntwood SciTech and the University of Manchester. The four million square foot site is situated directly opposite Piccadilly train station on the site of the University’s former ... Read more ›
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Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) has named a new chief finance officer as it prepares for global expansion and the US launch of its new quantum computer. Robert Coutts, a former KPMG manager and finance chief at Achilles Therapeutics, has been named the new CFO of the company ahead of its US push. Coutts, who helped ... Read more ›
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Tide, the London-based business management fintech group, is aiming to tackle payments frauds by modifying the cards it issues to customers. The LocalGlobe-backed firm has decided to remove printed numbers from its payment cards, in a move it describes as a first for business card providers. As fraud increasingly becomes a concern for businesses of ... Read more ›
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The next chapter in legal AI innovation is here. Following successful launches in the USA and Australia, LexisNexis Protégé is now available to legal professionals across the UK. Designed to bring personalised AI assistance and agentic intelligence into everyday legal work. Imagine an AI assistant that not only helps you draft documents and summarise cases ... Read more ›
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Riva Money, a new cross-border payments fintech founded by alumni from Wise and Revolut, has raised $3m (£2.2m). Founded earlier this year, Riva Money is aiming to use blockchain technology to streamline the process of international payments. The company’s stated mission is to address the high costs and slow settlement times associated with cross-border transactions. ... Read more ›
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This week’s podcast guest is Robin Saxby, former chief executive officer and chairman of Arm, who discusses the history of his old company, the ever-changing complexities of how geopolitics impacts business and the urgent need for common sense among the world’s politicians to take a global approach to our largest problems. Saxby became Arm’s first ... Read more ›
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Blueskytec, a cybersecurity hardware company based in Bath, has secured a £1.5m investment from the British Business Bank’s South West Investment Fund, managed by Maven. Focused on protecting critical national infrastructure, Blueskytec develops physical hardware designed to protect the cybersecurity of sectors including defence, civil and energy. The company claims that its process, being 100% ... Read more ›
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Legal action taken by the Wikimedia Foundation, the owner and operator of Wikipedia, against the UK government’s Online Safety Act was dismissed by a High Court judge on Monday. The organisation made the challenge over concerns the act’s categorisation rules could impose stringent requirements on Wikipedia that would “undermine the privacy and safety of Wikipedia’s ... Read more ›
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Oxford Nanopore Technologies co-founder Gordon Sanghera (pictured) will step down as chief executive after more than 20 years at the company’s helm. Announced on Monday, Sanghera said he will be moving on as CEO by the end of 2026. The DNA and RNA sequencing pioneer listed on the London Stock Exchange with high expectations in ... Read more ›
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In today’s geo-political environment of heightened global tensions, the importance of strategic defence preparedness is vital. Accurate, scientific and technical weather and climate capabilities are an essential component of this preparedness, providing forecasting and prediction capabilities for mission planning and the operational effectiveness of UK and international defence forces. As the Met Office’s head ... Read more ›
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Elon Musk‘s Tesla is looking to enter the UK home energy market after making a formal bid to secure an electricity supply licence from Ofgem. The Texas-headquartered company has applied for a UK approval to supply homes with power via its Manchester-based UK subsidiary Tesla Energy Ventures. Ofgem will collect comments on the licence application ... Read more ›
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AI, carbon removal and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) are among the areas targeted by International Airlines Group (IAG) in the firm’s largest-ever accelerator cohort featuring 29 startups. IAG, the London-headquartered conglomerate which owns British Airways, Aer Lingus and Iberia among other airlines, has been running its startup accelerator since 2016 and claims to have supported ... Read more ›
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Wagestream, a London-based fintech known for its flexible salary product, has officially rolled out its new workplace loan product to its UK client base. The service, backed by a £300m debt financing deal from Citi, will allow businesses to offer loans to staff as part of their employee benefits. The fintech conceived of the idea ... Read more ›
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This week’s UK tech funding deals include API and app security company Aproov, financial modelling LLM and more. UKTN tracked £8.6m worth of UK tech investment this week (4 August to 8 August), a significant week-on-week decline during the typically slower period of funding deals in August. Here’s your weekly roundup of UK tech startup ... Read more ›
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Louise Thomas is the co-founder and chief executive of Air Aware Labs, a technology company tackling the issue of air pollution. In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Thomas discusses the value of hiring staff who can grow with your startup, managing teams without being hierarchical and a side passion for flamenco dancing. Which role was ... Read more ›
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The quantum computing ecosystem is not ready for quantum error correction (QEC) despite recognising it as critical, according to new research. QEC is a technique in quantum computing to protect qubit data from errors caused by noise and decoherence, a crucial element in reliable quantum computers. A survey of 300 quantum professionals conducted by Cambridge-based ... Read more ›
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The launch of the new GPT-5 model from OpenAI “reinforces the growing gap between AI capabilities, and our ability to govern them”, warns the Ada Lovelace Institute. The latest iteration of OpenAI’s flagship product ChatGPT launched this week, with the company claiming it had now reached “PhD-level” intelligence. As a major advancement in AI capabilities, ... Read more ›
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