AI can help capital tackle climate threat, Sadiq Khan says June 12, 2023 Artificial intelligence (AI) can be deployed to help London tackle the threat from climate change, Sadiq Khan has said. The mayor of London has launched a review exploring how data and technology can help the capital thrive in a changing environment. At the opening of London Tech Week on Monday, Khan outlined how blistering heatwaves [...]
Amazon warehouse workers accuse tech giant of ‘dirty tricks’ as staff strike again June 12, 2023 Amazon workers commence three days of industrial action at the firm’s Coventry warehouse today as a dispute over pay drags on and continues to disrupt its operations. This is the fifth time this year that members of the GMB Union have walked out over low pay, with strikes taking place nearly every month since the [...]
Rishi Sunak: ‘AI doesn’t respect national borders so Britain must lead on global safety’ June 12, 2023 Artificial intelligence (AI) “does not respect borders” and the UK must lead on drawing up global regulation for the technology, the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, said today. Speaking at London Tech Week this morning, Sunak warned that the adoption of AI would have an impact on employment akin to the “industrial revolution” and said its [...]
Asian investors head to London as ministers look to lure in tech cash June 12, 2023 Asian investors are set to descend on London this week as the government tries to lure foreign cash to the UK in a post-Brexit investment offensive.
Hedge fund boss Sir Paul Marshall plots Spectator swoop June 11, 2023 Hedge fund boss Sir Paul Marshall is mulling a potential bid for the Spectator magazine after its parent company was forced into receivership last week, according to reports.
Silicon Valley Bank UK set for London Tech Week charm offensive June 11, 2023 Four months ago, the name Silicon Valley Bank may have brought to mind sleepless nights and frantic calls for much of the tech industry - but now the bank is set to headline London Tech Week.
BT boss Jansen bags £1.8m bonus as group plans to slash workforce June 8, 2023 BT has revealed its boss took home a £1.8m bonus last year as the telecoms giant plans to shed up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade. Philip Jansen, the group’s chief executive, secured the annual bonus despite the firm’s sweeping cost-cutting plans raising the alarm among unions. He bagged the £1.8m in [...]
Google cracks down on hybrid working – and will track staff attendance June 8, 2023 Google is reportedly cracking down on its hybrid-working policy with the tech giant to begin tracking staff office attendance and including employees’ frequency in the office in performance reviews. Fiona Cicconi, Google’s chief people officer, is said to have written an email to employees on Wednesday, according to reports in CNBC, noting that there is [...]
London beats New York (and everywhere else) on decade of tech investment June 8, 2023 London has beaten its rivals to take the top spot for global tech investment over the past decade after raking in cash across more than 1,700 separate investment projects, according to new figures.
Vodafone and Three days away from announcing a UK merger June 7, 2023 Vodafone and the owner of Three network, CK Hutchison, will announce a long-anticipated merger that will see them become the UK’s biggest mobile operator, according to reports. Talks are now in the final stage and an announcement is expected “as soon as Friday or early next week”, according to reports from Reuters. The new company [...]