Advertising regulator tells mobile game firms to behave December 14, 2022 The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has cracked down on mobile game advertising and has asked them to follow regulations. ASA has issued new guidance to make sure mobile game advertisers don’t breach UK laws. Mobile game companies have come under fire for using sexual imagery and using targetted advertising towards minors. The new guidance warns [...]
London tech revises internal tax valuation to $11b December 14, 2022 Checkout.com, a London tech start up, has revised its internal tax valuation to $11bn. Its investor valuation earlier this year was a staggering $40bn. Checkout.com is a digital payment platform for businesses that was valued at $40b after a series D round in January. According to company filings, the firm generated a revenue of $204m [...]
Morocco airline cancels World Cup fan flights to Qatar December 14, 2022 Royal Air Maroc has cancelled flights that were going to carry football fans to Qatar for the World Cup semi-final. The Morocco vs France semi-final saw Moroccans booking match tickets and flights to Qatar. Royal Air Maroc had said it would add over 30 flights between Casablanca and Doha to meet demand. These flights are [...]
Amazon and eBay: 10 out of 12 Christmas lights sold are a fire hazard December 14, 2022 Testing by consumer group, Which? revealed that 10 out of 12 Christmas lights sold on Amazon do not meet UK electrical equipment safety regulations. The consumer group tested under £15 Christmas lights sold on both eBay and Amazon, finding that most of them are dangerous for household use, and may cause a fire. Responding to [...]
UK sets aside £80m for state-of-the-art tech hub December 14, 2022 The UK government has put aside £80m to build a state of the art telecommunications lab. The lab in Solihull, West Midlands, is part of a £110m investment by the government to work with industry and improve British telecommunications. Along with working on network resilience, the lab will also focus on improving cyber security. The [...]
Odeon leaks losses two years after pandemic as UK-wide admissions below 2019 levels December 13, 2022 The UK’s biggest cinema chain Odeon is still spooked by COVID-19 with the industry suffering a £5bn loss. The company saw losses of £37,199,000179 with only 74 million people coming to cinemas, compared to 2019’s 179 million people Recent monthly admission numbers from the UK Cinema Association show that attendance in 2022 continues to be low. [...]
Twitter continues to leak advertisers after Musk jibe at Covid rules boss Fauci December 13, 2022 Twitter is facing an exodus of advertisers after Elon Musk tweeted a call to prosecute the US medical chief over pandemic restrictions – in his latest controversial move since buying the social media giant. The social media site is staring down an estimated loss of UK advertising revenue around £10m, and it could deepen if [...]
Twitter gaffe: Musk’s site labels Norway, its PM and foreign minister as ‘Nigerian’ December 13, 2022 Twitter was mocked by Norway this morning after its new verification system told users the country was actually Nigeria. Continuing its streak of mishaps, the social media site labelled Norway’s foreign ministry as a “Nigeria government organization”, while Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Store and Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt were also mischaracterised. This comes after Elon [...]
