Liz Kendall wraps cyberflashing into Online Safety Act September 29, 2025 Social media giants will be forced to crack down on cyberflashing under new duties to be announced by technology secretary Liz Kendall at the Labour Party conference. The move will see unsolicited nude images and videos classified as a “priority offence” under the Online Safety Act, placing strict new obligations on platforms to detect and [...]
Harrods’ customer details stolen in IT breach September 27, 2025 Harrods has warned some customers that their personal data may have been taken in an IT systems breach. The luxury Knightsbridge department store said information, such as names and contact details, of its e-commerce customers was taken after one of its third-party provider systems was compromised. In a statement, Harrods said: “We have been notified [...]
AI agents joining London Stock Exchange Group market in partnership with Databricks September 26, 2025 The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has partnered with Databricks to deploy AI to optimise the workflow of financial teams. The Databricks agents are configured to optimise the work of agents at LSEG and bring LSEG’s financial data into the Databricks platform. Starting with Lipper fund data, analytics, and cross-asset analytics, financial teams can now [...]
AI helps drive win rates with written proposals September 26, 2025 Software firm AutogenAI has been increasing success rates for proposal writing firms, whilst the industry has grown tougher than ever in the past three years. The request for proposals (RFPs) are reported as being more complex than they were three years ago, with 75 per cent of proposal writers surveyed by AutogenAI in their upcoming [...]
UK fintechs send rallying cry as industry slips in global ranking September 25, 2025 UK fintech leaders have sent a rallying call to policymakers after the sector slipped in global rankings. A host of industry bigwigs have told City AM the government must be bolder in growth-orientated reforms to bolster the sector’s standing against rivals. It comes after Z/Yen’s 38th Global Financial Centres Index showed the UK’s fintech sector [...]
Code of conduct for IT professionals would help gain public trust in AI September 25, 2025 Billions of investment in AI will do little while the public remains suspicious of the tech. A public register for IT professionals could help address this, writes Emma McGuigan.
Reddit: Revenue more than triples as UK profit jumps September 22, 2025 Revenue at the UK arm of Reddit more than tripled during its latest financial year as profit also surged, it has been revealed. The London-headquartered division has posted a revenue of £96.7m for 2024, new accounts filed with Companies House show. That total is up significantly from the £28.4m it posted for 2023. From 1 [...]
Greg Jackson spins off Kraken from Octopus Energy September 18, 2025 Greg Jackson’s Octopus Energy has announced the spin-off of its technology arm Kraken to become a standalone business. The group said the move is aimed at “speeding up the platform’s expansion across the globe” and allowing Kraken to “fast-track investments into its technology, expand into new energy markets and regions, and drive innovation”. Kraken has [...]
Tech investment provides Starmer with some light relief September 17, 2025 The Special Relationship will be on display this week, but it will also be tested. On a commercial level, things are rumbling along rather nicely; £30bn of US investment into the UK’s AI infrastructure is nothing to sniff at. Donald Trump’s state visit comes with its own political baggage, on which more in a moment, [...]
Trustpilot CEO: ‘We’re delivering something really unique for big companies’ September 16, 2025 Shares in Trustpilot have surged by 10 per cent after it reported a strong first half of 2025 and the announcement of a £30m share buyback. Revenue grew 23 per cent to $122.8m (£90m), while bookings increased 19 per cent to $140m. Adjusted EBITDA [Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation] jumped 70 per cent [...]