Investors who have used London-listed funds to access the seemingly unstoppable US tech rally chalked up heavy losses yesterday. The likes of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust and Allianz Technology Trust have been in demand in the last year from British retail shareholders who prefer not to buy into firms such as Apple, Facebook, Google-owner Alphabet and … Read more
A tech expert has revealed a clever trick to make Siri recite a funny phrase whenever a charger is plugged into the iPhone. Kaan, a popular TikTok star, has earned 4.4 million followers for videos in which he shares little-known iPhone tricks. In one, he breaks down step-by-step how to program your phone to utter … Read more
£800m tech agency that was championed by Dominic Cummings and aims to help UK inventors take on the world will be launched today The Advanced Research & Invention Agency will fund ‘blue sky projects’ It will also give inventors the ‘freedom to fail’ by exempting them from standard rules for taxpayer-funded work This has raised … Read more
£800m tech agency that was championed by Dominic Cummings and aims to help UK inventors take on the world will be launched today The Advanced Research & Invention Agency will fund ‘blue sky projects’ It will also give inventors the ‘freedom to fail’ by exempting them from standard rules for taxpayer-funded work This has raised … Read more
The former CEO of Facebook has accused the social media giant of trying to ‘bully and intimidate’ Australia by banning its news sources. Facebook blocked Aussies from reading and sharing local news in response to a world-first law to make tech companies pay media outlets for the content they use. From Thursday, when Australians went … Read more
Facebook has blocked Australians from accessing and sharing news in protest at a new law which would have forced the site to pay for the content it hosts. Furious Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the move shows big tech companies ‘think they are bigger than governments and that the rules should not apply to them’. … Read more
We’ve spent the last week hearing the social media giants’ assurances about all the work they’re doing to protect players from abuse. Facebook’s Fadzai Madzingra told the BBC last week that abusive accounts would be stopped ‘the moment they are created.’ So I undertook a random 20-minute check, today, of accounts which have issued racist, … Read more
Digital technology investment could boost the economy by £232bn over the next 20 years, research finds Tech investment in health and social care alone could add £33bn to UK GDP Starting investment early could add £74billion to Britain’s economy by 2025 Covid-19 has accelerated flexible working and the delivery of digital services By Harry Wise … Read more
Amte Power seeks stock market listing to finance its development of battery cell tech for use in cars and the energy industry Thurso-based Amte Power has said it would like to raise around £7million Amte Power is one of the UK’s only five commercial battery cell producers Ultra High Power, Ultra Safe and Ultra Prime … Read more
US pursuit of UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch on fraud charges may last for years, lawyers claim By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 10 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 10 February 2021 British tech tycoon Mike Lynch faces being pursued by American authorities for years even if his extradition is … Read more