Twitter sale: The rocky road for online safety in Musk’s world of free speech April 26, 2022 The business world was sent into frenzy on Monday night after Twitter accepted a $44bn buyout offer from Tesla tycoon Elon Musk.
Global supply of electric car batteries could be shifting East to West, say analysts April 26, 2022 The world’s supply of advanced batteries, critical for electric cars, could be shifting West, say analysts, as production grinds to a halt in Asia. China’s most recent Covid-19 lockdowns have ‘chipped away’ at the country’s dominance in the battery market, analysts at independent energy researcher Rystad Energy, Susan Zou and Abhishek Murali, explained. Businesses have [...]
Department for health makes £134m claim over Novacyt Covid testing contract April 26, 2022 Biotech firm Novacyt’s share price has plunged after the health department has issued a claim for £134.6m for one of its contracts. The Anglo-French company issued an update on a dispute with the department for health and social care (DHSC) on Tuesday. Shares fell around 15 per cent on Tuesday morning after Novacyt said it [...]
Bezos questions Chinese influence on Musk’s £34.5bn Twitter takeover April 26, 2022 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has questioned Elon Musk’s grab for Twitter, raising alarms about Chinese influence on the social media platform.
Twitter accepts Musk’s $44bn buyout deal April 25, 2022 Twitter has accepted a $44bn buyout from Tesla tycoon Elon Musk which takes the firm into private ownership
Post Office under fire for stalling Horizon payouts for victims April 25, 2022 The Post Office have been accused of stalling Horizon scandal payouts after the criminal convictions of 72 postmasters were overturned.
A fresh £225m: UK life sciences continue to ride wave of Covid-19 momentum April 25, 2022 The UK’s life sciences sector has continued to ride the wave of momentum that has come with Covid-19, with investors increasingly alive to the sector’s opportunities. The Cambridge Innovation Centre (CIC) has raised £225m in an oversubscribed round for its second life sciences fund, it announced today. The venture capital investor, focused on life sciences [...]
UCL hit by nearly 60m email attacks since start of 2022 April 25, 2022 University College London was whacked with almost 60 million malicious email attacks in the first three months of this year, according to official figures. The data, which was obtained through the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and analysed by the Parliament Street think tank, revealed that a total of 58,628,604 spam, phishing, malware and edge block [...]
New investigation reveals metaverse plagued with sexual and racial abuse April 25, 2022 A recent Channel 4 exposé has revealed sexual and racist abuse runs rife in the metaverse as firms continue to roll out the new technology.
First commercial astronauts to return to Earth after string of splashdown delays April 24, 2022 The world’s first commercial astronauts are due to return to Earth tomorrow, after several splashdown delays over poor weather. The Ax-1 crew, which consists of three high-paying customers via commercial space firm Axiom and two space veterans, will be spend another night on the International Space Station (ISS), NASA confirmed last night. After spending a [...]