Who?! Manchester United sign Premier League’s BIGGEST shirt-only sponsorship deal with little-known German tech brand TeamViewer paying £235MILLION for a five-year contract to replace Chevrolet Man United have agreed a deal with TeamViewers as their 21-22 kit sponsors The lucrative five-year contract is the biggest signed in Premier League history Car manufacturer Chevrolet had been … Read more
Veteran City fund manager warns that plans to lure tech companies to list on UK stock market will ‘sow seeds of scandals and losses’ By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 13 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 13 March 2021 Veteran City fund manager Richard Buxton has warned that plans to … Read more
To combat climate change, we could be ‘teleporting’ into other people’s homes and our workplaces by 2030 using special smart glasses, Mark Zuckerberg has predicted. The Facebook CEO said he envisages face-to-face meetings replaced with virtual conferences made possible with some form of augmented reality (AR) headset. The ultimate vision, he added, would involve a … Read more
Computer says no! Tech support workers reveal equipment that’s WAY beyond repair – from a mouse infested with ants to a laptop that was partially incinerated Tech support workers have revealed the worst things they have seen on the job One person’s mouse was covered in ants after they cleaned it with lemonade While another … Read more
Smart money: Kristo Kaarmann could become a billionaire from a float At first glance, Kristo Kaarmann looks like a typical tech entrepreneur. He is sitting in his spare room in Hackney, wearing a sweater emblazoned with his company’s new name: Wise. The original brand – Transferwise – was ditched last month because Kaarmann, chief executive, … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Eye-watering fall in Tesla shares drags on the funds British savers have used to ride the US tech wave By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 5 March 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 5 March 2021 An eye-watering fall in Tesla shares dragged on the funds British savers have used … Read more
New Zealand looks to bring in Australian-style media deals with Google and Facebook that would see tech giants pay for news content Kris Faafoi, New Zealand’s broadcast minister, met with Google and Facebook He told tech giants to strike deals with media companies or face regulation Faafoi said companies could face laws similar to those … Read more
Biden administration drops Trump’s objections to a ‘global digital tax’ on US tech giants, paving the way for a deal by summer Treasury Secretary Yellen told G20 on Friday that a global tax can go forward Plan would set a global minimum corporate tax rate and rules for multinationals Trump’s objections would have let Google, … Read more
Size matters. When the share price of Scottish Mortgage, the biggest and best known investment trust, falls by 14 per cent over five days, it is a signal for private investors to take a reality check. Despite its stolid-sounding name, the £17.2billion trust backs the big names in technology, a strategy that has caused its price … Read more
Boris Johnson‘s former-Svengali Dominic Cummings has set up a new technology consultancy firm three months after he sensationally quit No. 10. Mr Cummings is the director of Siwah Ltd. which was founded on February 25, according to its Companies House listing. It is not clear exactly what the firm will do, but its ‘nature of business’ … Read more