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Elon Musk: ‘You can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin’ March 24, 2021 Tesla chief Elon Musk has just revealed his electric vehicles can now be bought using Bitcoin.
Car dealer Pendragon speeds into profit as cost cuts cushion pandemic blow March 24, 2021 British car dealer Pendragon has recovered from a pre-tax loss of £31m in the first half of 2020 to finish the year with an underlying profit of £8.2m. Pendragon said cost cuts helped it report a profit for 2020, compared to a £16.4m loss a year earlier. The firm attributed its recovery to online sales, [...]
Elon Musk allows customers to buy Tesla cars with Bitcoin March 24, 2021 Eccentric billionaire Elon Musk has allowed Tesla customers to pay with Bitcoin, should they want to. Early this morning Musk, who literally changed his job little to ‘Technoking’ of Tesla last week, tweeted: “You can now buy a Tesla with Bitoin”, and “Bitcoin paid to Tesla will be retained as Bitcoin, not converted to fiat [...]
Using blockchain for personal monetisation March 23, 2021 Fundraising has been around for as long as people have been launching new ventures and the ability to raise funds is one of the most vital leadership traits in any successful start-up CEO. Even the most incredible concepts can quickly fall flat if they do not get support from investors. This dichotomy has led technologists [...]
Cryptocurrency can help take us across the tipping point of a new era March 22, 2021 Columnist Stefania Barbaglio talks us through her journey into cryptocurrency and how the bumps in the road have helped shape the future.
Chinese military bans Tesla cars from housing complexes over security concerns March 19, 2021 The Chinese military has banned Tesla cars from entering its housing complexes because of security concerns over the cameras installed on the vehicles. The order issued by the military advises Tesla owners to park their cars outside military property, two people who saw notices of the directive said. Residents of military housing were notified of the ban this week, [...]
Payments group Wise mulls direct London listing March 19, 2021 Payments company Wise, formerly known as Transferwise, is reportedly looking to list in London without selling new shares to investors. Upheld as one of the UK’s most successful startups, having reached unicorn status in 2015, Wise has long been considered a candidate for an IPO. The fintech, which was most recently valued by private investors [...]
UK in talks with Elon Musk’s Starlink over broadband rollout March 19, 2021 The government is in talks with Elon Musk’s Starlink over using satellites to help roll out full-fibre broadband in the most remote parts of the UK. Ministers today confirmed the launch of a £5bn plan to bring high-speed internet connections to properties across the country in the coming years. The government had originally set the [...]
Dale Vince interview: Forest Green Rovers chairman and green energy tycoon on climbing the football leagues while saving the planet March 19, 2021 With a large green Union Jack behind him and a casually dishevelled appearance, Dale Vince brings to mind the leader of some rebel republic when he appears on the Zoom call. Being cast as a revolutionary is nothing new to Vince. In business, the former New Age Traveller has turned once-leftfield ideas about green energy [...]
The artificial intelligence influencers that you should be following March 18, 2021 Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ultimate manifestation of the promise of technology to improve our lives. Within our lifetimes AI will become omnipresent across every segment of economic activity and within every field of human endeavour. But AI is not a single genus but a constellation of technologies that must work together in harmony. By [...]