Channel 4 set to be privatised to remove ‘straitjacket’ of public ownership April 4, 2022 The government will push ahead with plans to privatise Channel 4 in a move it believes will allow it to compete against the streaming giants, City A.M. understands. A government source said that after a lengthy consultations ministers have decided the broadcaster is held back by the “straitjacket” of public ownership A sale, the source [...]
Surging shares: Elon Musk revealed as Twitter’s largest stakeholder April 4, 2022 Elon Musk, the eccentric billionaire behind Tesla and SpaceX, has snapped up a 9.2 per cent in Twitter – which has sent its shares flying. The tech entrepreneur is reportedly now the largest shareholder in the social media platform, considered one of the world’s most popular. Twitter shares have surged around 26 per cent in [...]
Ministry of defence carves out 100 new jobs in pumping £22m into new satellite April 4, 2022 The UK’s ministry of defence has commissioned a new £22m satellite, which is expected to create around 100 new jobs. The satellite, built as part of the £127m science and technology programme Minerva, will be the first in a network of new satellites to support military operations. The three-year contract with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd [...]
Business of Space: Not only doing the hard things, but the ‘right thing’ April 2, 2022 This week Blue Origin creates six more astronauts SpaceX teams up with OneWeb Seraphim Space piles into Pixxel Blue Origin: Space tourists aplenty Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully completed its fourth tourist flight to space on Thursday, marking the increasing accessibility of space – to the few that can afford it. Bezos, who made his [...]
Sennheiser CX Plus W1 earbuds review: Outstanding value April 1, 2022 I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – the most important piece of consumer technology you’ll ever buy isn’t your laptop or your phone, it’s a decent pair of headphones. You’ll spend far longer listening to music than you will scrolling on your iPhone, and you’ll push them to the limits far more [...]
Thousands of Brits receive mysterious WhatsApp messages offering them free Easter Cadbury chocolate April 1, 2022 Thousands of Brits have received a WhatsApp message that offers a free Easter chocolate basket. The message has also been circulating on messaging platforms and social media. However, Cadbury has now warned people not to interact it as it is a scam. Images have been posted online by recipients that show a WhatsApp message containing [...]
Mitie snaps up telecoms tower design house P2ML amid competition probe April 1, 2022 Mitie has snapped up a telecoms tower design house for £2.1m. It has acquired P2ML, which provides construction and maintenance services for cellular telecoms infrastructure. The strategic outsourcing firm is being probed by the competition watchdog for its reported relationship with US company PAE, in trying to get contracts for immigration removal centres (IRC). The [...]
Meta funds anti-TikTok campaign as Chinese tech firm threatens popularity March 31, 2022 TikTok has said it is “deeply concerned” by reports that Facebook’s parent company Meta paid for a campaign to promote negative coverage of the Chinese tech platform. As first reported by The Washington Post, Meta hired a “right of center” marketing firm Targeted Victory to lead a campaign about its biggest rival. This included placing [...]
SpaceX’s Starlink to branch out into Asia, says Filipino trade secretary March 31, 2022 Starlink, the satellite broadband service founded by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, has branched out into the Philippines, according to the country’s trade secretary today. Starlink, part of Musk’s SpaceX, is currently scouting out locations for where its ground terminals will be based, while its business permit application is being processed, trade minister Ramon Lopez said. [...]
Former DeepMind employee claims AI firm mishandled sexual misconduct allegations March 30, 2022 A former employee at British artificial intelligence (AI) developer DeepMind has accused the firm of mishandling multiple sexual misconduct allegations. The former DeepMind employee – referred to only as Julia – claimed a senior researcher at the Alphabet owned firm sexually assaulted her twice after subjecting her to a campaign of sexual harassment. In a [...]