Mobileye gears up for Nasdaq return after Intel files for US float March 7, 2022 Chipmaker Intel said its self-driving car unit, Mobileye, has confidentially filed paperwork for an initial public offering in the US. As first reported by Reuters, US technology giant Intel did not give further details about the potential float of Mobileye, but did state that there was an increasing pressure on Intel chief exec Pat Gelsinger to spin [...]
Seraphim Space appoints UBS and HSBC finance veteran as COO March 7, 2022 Seraphim Space has appointed a former UBS director as its new chief operating officer, as the space technology fund manager looks to broaden its horizons following significant growth. Sarah Shackleton, who joins from London-based private equity firm Development Partners International (DPI) where she was partner, brings veteran-level experience to the role after being embedded in the [...]
Government introduces new telco laws to end ‘no bar blues’ March 7, 2022 The government have laid out new laws, which look to enhance its 5G roll out and remove signal blackholes across the country. The new laws will put tougher legal duties on operators to minimise the visual impact of network equipment, particularly in protected areas such as national parks and conservation areas. However, it will equally [...]
A third of mid-market firms were whacked by hacker outages in 2021 March 7, 2022 New research has revealed that one in three mid-market firms suffered from a hacker induced outage in 2021. According to a report by cyber firm Censornet, one in five companies were forced to pay hackers to deactivate ransomware, with the average pay-out hitting £144,000, and seven per cent handing out more than £500,000. “For the [...]
Crackdown on misinformation: TikTok suspends live streaming in Russia March 6, 2022 TikTok have said it will be suspending live streaming and new content in Russia as the social media firm faces questions about the spread of misinformation. However, the Chinese tech giant has said that the in-app messaging will not be impacted in Russia as the company evaluates its safety measures, according to reports from Reuters. [...]
Business of Space: What’s the deal with space traffic? March 5, 2022 This week Starlink makes a stance UK’s SaxaVord enters French market What’s the deal with space traffic? SpaceX SpaceX boss Elon Musk said today that its Starlink, a satellite broadband service, has been urged to block Russian news sources by some governments, but not Ukraine. Tweeting on Saturday, the billionaire entrepreneur said: “We will not [...]
Elden Ring is a wonderful, masochistic game from the Dark Souls team March 3, 2022 Few game developers run the gamut between the sublime and the ridiculous as gracefully as FromSoftware. One moment in Elden Ring I was scraping through an epic sword fight against a many-armed demi-god, each of us a sliver away from death as the fatal blow was finally delivered; the next I was battling the same [...]
Spotify shuts Russian offices ‘indefinitely’ March 3, 2022 Spotify said it has closed its Russian office “indefinitely” following Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. However, in contrast to many tech firms, including Google and YouTube, Spotify has not restricted its services in the country. A Spotify representative confirmed the news to Variety, and commented: “We think it’s critically important to try to keep our service operational [...]
Web 3.0: The Wild West of the web March 3, 2022 A fresh dawn of internet is looming. Dubbed the ‘Wild West’ of the web, a new, decentralised and crypto-infused platform is looking likely to emerge within the internet as we know it.” Web 3.0 is becoming an increasingly hot topic with an enthusiasm to empower users and give them true ownership over their data while [...]
Fitbit recalls more than a million smartwatches amid burn injuries March 2, 2022 Fitbit has recalled more than a million of its Ionic smartwatches after reports that some users are being burned from overheating batteries. The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said today that Google-backed Fitbit had received at least 115 reports in the United States and 59 from abroad about the issue. “These incidents are very [...]
