Fintech is about to lead the financial services sector into a new era January 18, 2016 I have been leading our firm's involvement in the CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey for several years now. It has been very interesting to see the ebb and flow of the financial services sector during this period. I have observed the doom and gloom of the financial crisis, the spike of optimism shortly after, the reality [...]
Airbus and Uber are partnering for helicopters on-demand January 17, 2016 Aircraft maker Airbus and taxi upstart Uber will partner to provide people with a helicopter on-demand service, it has been revealed. Airbus boss Tom Enders told the Wall Street Journal of the plans at the DLD conference in Germany, saying it is a pilot project due to launch in several weeks. Read more: Uber just had its billionth [...]
Look out, hackers are coming for your Apple Watch: Cyber attacks against smart watches and other wearables rising sharply January 16, 2016 Cybercriminals are increasingly turning their eye to smart watches and other wearables, according to IT security group Kaspersky Lab. And it’s not just Apple Watches that are getting hit. Wearables are a rapidly growing segment with one in five mobile payments expected to be made from a smart watch, fitness tracker or other type of [...]
William Hill recognises eSports potential with £150,000 investment for startup January 15, 2016 FTSE 250 listed William Hill has plunged £150,000 of investment into eSports startup BetGame, which won the betting giant's competition for new innovative tech companies. William Hill's startup accelerator programme was won by BetGame for the "innovative and exciting experience" it has created for gamers by developing a product which online gamers to bet on [...]
Tim Peake spacewalk: Watch live as the International Space Station resident becomes the first British astronaut to walk in space January 15, 2016 Astronaut Major Tim Peake will become the first British astronaut (rather than British person working as a US astronaut) to go on a spacewalk later this afternoon, as he ventures out to make vital repairs to the International Space Station (ISS) The first Briton to go on a spacewalk was Michael Foale in 1995 – but he was representing the [...]
Tech City UK: What London needs from the next mayor January 15, 2016 The race to become London’s next mayor has begun, and now more than ever we need a tech champion at the controls in City Hall. London is unquestionably the digital capital of Europe. Our fintech pioneers, app developers and software innovators are re-defining city life. Digital businesses employ over 250,000 people in the capital alone. [...]
Green energy investment hit a record-high in 2015 powered by offshore wind in the UK January 14, 2016 The UK’s clean energy sector broke new ground last year, hitting a record-high investment of £16.25bn, powered by a booming offshore wind market. Wind investment more than doubled between 2014 and 2015 to hit £10.6bn, new figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance show. Oil prices have plunged to multi-year lows, with international benchmark Brent crude [...]
That Dragon, Cancer review: a beautiful and tragic memorial to a terminally ill son January 14, 2016 The phrase “a game about cancer” doesn’t slip out of the mouth with much grace. Like “a bouncy castle about depression” or “an ice cream about poverty”, the conflict between a traditionally playful medium and a grimly serious subject matter is jarring. But it was through a videogame that the parents of Joel Green chose [...]
UK digital healthcare firm Babylon raises $25m in series A round from investors including Innocent Drinks and DeepMind January 14, 2016 Babylon, the UK digital health firm founded by ex-Goldman Sachs banker Ali Parsa, has raised around $25m (£17.3m) in a series A funding round. The financing was led by Swedish investment group AB Kinnevik with other participants including the founders of BXR Group, a multi-billion dollar global investment group; DeepMind, the British artificial intelligence company [...]
Cybersecurity is a growing risk for businesses, as firms fret about the damage an incident could cause to their reputation January 13, 2016 Companies are becoming increasingly concerned about the impact cyber attacks could have on their business, particularly the effect they could have on their reputation. According to a survey of more than 800 risk managers and insurance experts from around the world released today by Allianz, cyber incidents ranked as the top risk to businesses in the [...]
