Twitter could face user exodus and flat revenue following Musk changes December 13, 2022 Twitter could see a mass exodus of users and flat revenue if Elon Musk continues with his revamp, a new report has said. Market research firm Insider Intelligence said staffing cuts will make it more difficult to push new products and boost engagement. “Users will start to leave the platform next year as they grow [...]
Europe’s largest life sciences laboratory gets one step closer to landing in London December 13, 2022 Planning permission for Europe’s largest laboratory has been submitted today, as London patiently awaits a boost to its life sciences sector. The Canary Wharf Group and Kadans Science Partner, which builds science facilities, have submitted their planning application for the 23-storey tower, which was first announced in March. The pair are reportedly expected to fork [...]
Why banks must get better at managing the risky business of cloud computing December 13, 2022 Cloud computing represents the future of financial sector IT. Its services helped many organisations through the pandemic, supporting mass working and empowering them to reach locked-down customers digitally. But migrating data and systems to third-party datacentres also increases risk, as the Bank of England noted last year. The challenge for IT bosses in the sector [...]
As cyber-threats mount, the race is on to define and protect the corporate attack surface December 13, 2022 Cybersecurity has historically been a difficult sell to the board. Banking leaders, like their counterparts across other sectors, tended to regard IT security as the domain of the techies—something adjacent to rather than at the core of their business. But things have changed considerably since the start of the pandemic. Today the challenge is not [...]
Over-confidence and under-investment: why banks are on the back foot against ransomware December 13, 2022 For unlucky financial institutions, a ransomware attack can seem like a high stakes game of poker. They’re faced with an opponent who claims a winning hand – having potentially encrypted and stolen large volumes of data. But how strong is their hand really? Are they bluffing? Did the IT team manage to pull the plug [...]
China crafts £116bn chips support package as it tackles US curbs with WTO December 13, 2022 China is reportedly crafting a $143bn (£116.5bn) package to support its semiconductor industry, as it tackles new US trading curbs with the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The package would be a major pillar in sustaining its chips sector, which is currently fielding attempts from the US to slow its technological advances. Beijing plans to roll [...]
Conviction Life Science pushes back IPO deadline as winter investment freezes December 13, 2022 Investment manager Conviction Life Science has pushed back the funding deadline for its London float into the new year, as investors hibernate for the Christmas period. The soon-to-be listed fund said it wanted to extend its book-building period after seeing many large professional investors close their books and shelve new potential investments until the new [...]
Aerospace tech supplier Chemring boosted by rising defence budgets December 13, 2022 Aerospace tech supplier Chemring has had its order intake grow by nearly a third, as governments upped their defence spending in the past year. The London-listed group recorded £551.5m worth of orders in the 12-month period, which boosted revenue to £442.8m. Order intake for Chemring’s countermeasures and energetics division, which includes rocket components, decoys and [...]
Microsoft becomes shareholder in the London Stock Exchange Group December 12, 2022 Microsoft snapped up a stake in the London Stock Exchange Group this morning, as big tech continues to disrupt the world of trading. As part of the deal, Microsoft will buy a four per cent stake in the exchange worth about £1.5bn from Blackstone, Thomson Reuters, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Singapore’s sovereign wealth [...]
Twitter brings back paid blue tick but charges iPhone users more December 12, 2022 Twitter’s paid blue tick made a comeback today after its rollout was paused due to a flurry of impersonators. The social media firm said the verification badge would cost an extra $3 per month for Apple users, meaning that Android users will pay $8 (£6.99) per month for the premium badge, while iPhone owners will [...]