This week’s podcast guest is Ahti Heinla, CEO of Starship Technologies and one of the original creators of Skype, who discusses the surprising truth behind Estonia’s digital transformation over the past three decades, the massive and enduring impact of Skype and why whether its video calls or delivery robots, his businesses have always been the ... Read more ›
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This week’s UK tech funding deals include embedded insurtech platform Wrisk, AI customer service startup Gradient Labs and more. UKTN tracked £32.05m worth of UK tech investment this week (7 July to 11 July), a 46% week-on-week decrease across six funding rounds. Here’s your weekly roundup of UK tech startup funding deals. Wrisk – £12m ... Read more ›
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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 exclusively told UKTN that rumours of the city of light beating the ... 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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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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