UK digital healthcare firm Babylon raises $25m in series A round from investors including Innocent Drinks and DeepMind January 14, 2016 Babylon, the UK digital health firm founded by ex-Goldman Sachs banker Ali Parsa, has raised around $25m (£17.3m) in a series A funding round. The financing was led by Swedish investment group AB Kinnevik with other participants including the founders of BXR Group, a multi-billion dollar global investment group; DeepMind, the British artificial intelligence company [...]
Cybersecurity is a growing risk for businesses, as firms fret about the damage an incident could cause to their reputation January 13, 2016 Companies are becoming increasingly concerned about the impact cyber attacks could have on their business, particularly the effect they could have on their reputation. According to a survey of more than 800 risk managers and insurance experts from around the world released today by Allianz, cyber incidents ranked as the top risk to businesses in the [...]
Someone should tell Bruce Willis: Nasa has a new Planetary Defence Coordination Office in case of Armageddon January 13, 2016 You can cross Armageddon-style asteroids off your list of things to worry about in 2016: Nasa has launched a new Planetary Defence Coordination Office to oversee all of the space agency's efforts to protect the Earth. The office will track and classify all comets and asteroids that pass near the Earth, warn of potential impact, and plan and co-ordinate an [...]
Soon there will be Oyster-style contactless payment technology on all public transport across the UK January 12, 2016 Contactless payments on buses and trains will no longer confined to London, with new plans to install the technology across the country, the UK Cards Association said today. Rail operators have provided funding for joint project between the card and rail industry to see how contacless cards and devices could be associated with long distance train tickets or [...]
Internet goes crazy after Arizona University scientist Lawerence Krauss tweets his team may have discovered gravitational waves January 12, 2016 The scientific community is brimming with excitement after it emerged gravitational waves may have finally been discovered. Lawrence Krauss, a prominent cosmologist from Arizona University, tweeted yesterday saying rumours had been confirmed by independent sources. My earlier rumor about LIGO has been confirmed by independent sources. Stay tuned! Gravitational waves may have been discovered!! Exciting. — [...]
Skyscanner is the UK’s first unicorn of 2016 after raising $192m new investment January 12, 2016 The UK's first unicorn of 2016 has been conjured as flight search app Skyscanner landed new funding which reportedly values the Edinburgh-based startup at $1.6bn (£1.1bn). The gallop into unicorn territory (a valuation of more than $1bn) is the result of $192m new investment by five investors, the FT first reported, UK fund manager Artemis, Ballie Gifford, the [...]
David Bowie songs on Spotify: Streams rocket following his death – here’s what we streamed the most to remember him by January 12, 2016 Heroes was the most streamed song by David Bowie on Spotify yesterday, following news of the music legend's passing. Streams of the song, released in 1977, rocketed an astonishing 3,630 per cent on the platform globally. Let's Dance was the second most streamed, followed by newest releases Blackstar and Lazarus. It was Life on Mars, fifth most [...]
iOS 9.3 update: Apple will give you a better nights sleep with Night Shift screen dim feature January 12, 2016 Apple can take the blame for our smartphone and tablet obsession and the resulting sleepless nights, but its latest update may just help fix that. iOS 9.3, the newest update for iPhones and iPads, will come with a new feature which dims the screen of your device automatically when it's bedtime. Over exposure to blue light from screens [...]
Elon Musk: Apple car is an “open secret” reveals Tesla entrepreneur as he talks rivals and driverless cars January 12, 2016 Entrepreneur Elon Musk has said it's an open secret that Apple is working on making an electric car which would rival his own company Tesla. Speaking to the BBC in an exclusive interview, Musk said that Apple and another new rival Faraday Future had been hiring Tesla engineers over recent months. "It's pretty hard to [...]
Apple News app numbers? Eddy Cue says its been underestimating reader traffic to publisher’s content on iPhone and iPad January 11, 2016 Apple has admitted it has been counting readers of its News app wrong and that the number of people using it has been underestimated since launching in September. The mistake was blamed on an unspecified glitch and means some of the world's biggest media companies, which publish their content through the app, have incorrect figures. Eddy Cue, Apple's senior [...]