Fintechs have a solution post-Brexit – now we must embrace the uncertainty March 16, 2017 With Article 50 set to be triggered imminently, the process of Britain leaving the EU is finally about to begin, with all that entails. Theresa May has set out plans for a Brexit that looks on the harder side of “hard”, worrying bankers and entrepreneurs alike. While fintech firms don’t welcome the prospect of regulatory [...]
Nier: Automata review: a thrilling, endearing, unhinged sequel to the cult classic from Yoko Taro March 15, 2017 While big-budget western game franchises often stand accused of design-by-focus-group, their Japanese counterparts are still dominated by mercurial auteurs with singular – and often bizarre – visions. Legendary figures such as Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Dark Souls’ Hidetaka Miyazaki, Metal Gear Solid’s Hideo Kojima and Silent Hill’s Keiichiro Toyama are inextricably linked with the blockbuster [...]
Ghost Recon: Wildlands review: Hunt down druglords in this ambitious but flawed open-world shooter March 15, 2017 In Ghost Recon Wildlands, the latest open world game from Ubisoft, you head to Bolivia, here a narco state overrun with junkies and drug lords who’ve corrupted those in power and killed anyone that stood in their way. You traverse and shoot your way across mountains, deserts, woodlands and floodplains as a four-strong team of [...]
London has attracted a tech fund led by Saudi Aramco, BP and other oil majors looking to collaborate and innovate March 15, 2017 A $1bn (£818.8m) energy fund backed by Saudi Aramco, BP and eight other global oil majors will make London its home in a new vote of confidence for the City post-Brexit. Oil and Gas Climate Initiative's (OGCI) Climate Investments fund aims to invest in and accelerate the commercial development of new emissions-reducing technology. It first announced its plan to push £1bn over [...]
Yahoo hack: US Justice Department files charges against Russian spies in connection with cyber breach March 15, 2017 US authorities have filed charges against Russian intelligence officials in connection with a massive hack of data from Yahoo in 2014. The US Justice Department (DOJ) has indicted four defendants, including two officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), for "computer hacking, economic espionage and other criminal offenses in connection with a conspiracy, beginning in January [...]
AstraZeneca turns to healthtech startup Umotif to capture patient data treasure trove March 15, 2017 Pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca has turned to an innovative startup helping patients, doctors and researchers track health conditions to better understand and treat them. Umotif, a digital health startup based in London which was behind the first ever app to be prescribed by the NHS, will work with the FTSE 100 firm to create digital products for monitoring clinical trials, [...]
A huge Twitter hack targeting the Netherlands has plastered Nazi symbolism over thousands of accounts March 15, 2017 A huge Twitter hack left thousands of Twitter accounts including Forbes, Amnesty International and Unicef plastered with Nazi symbolism this morning, in an attack thought to be targeted at the Netherlands on polling day. The hack changed accounts' header photo to the Turkish flag, a swastika and a message written in Turkish: “#NaziGermany #NaziNetherlands, a little [...]
Transferwise partners with Starling Bank ahead of digital challenger’s imminent launch March 15, 2017 Transferwise, the unicorn-valued fintech startup, is partnering with another new disruptive finance startup on the scene – Starling Bank. The money transfer service will be integrated into the app of the challenger bank set up by former Allied Irish Bank operating chief Anne Boden which is set to launch in the coming weeks. Read more: This "Paypal of renting" [...]
The augmented workforce isn’t coming – it’s already here: Are you ready? March 15, 2017 Digital technology is moving at an unprecedented speed, raising some of the most difficult social, political and ethical questions of our time. Along with disrupting the way we live our lives, it’s fundamentally rewriting the rules of work. Deloitte’s human capital trends survey reveals that despite being the top priority for nine in 10 UK [...]
“Paypal of renting” proptech startup Goodlord just landed millions more from investors Ribbit Capital, LocalGlobal and Global Founders Capital March 15, 2017 A startup aiming to be the Paypal of renting, making lettings easier for tenants, landlords and agents, has landed millions more in funding from top investors. Goodlord has landed £7.2m from Silicon Valley's Ribbit Capital and existing investors: Robin Klein's LocalGlobal and Global Founders Capital, the fund founded by Rocket Internet's Samwer brothers, following on from £2m raised in May [...]