Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, and the Future of Investing June 1, 2021 Witnessing the recent GameStop event, it was clear that for better or worse, the little guy, or many, many little guys, had briefly beaten Wall Street at its own game. While GameStop was fuelled primarily by the collective action of many, the voice of only one person, echoed by others, can have similar influence. For [...]
Why the Covid Recovery Commission is right to put focus on skills June 1, 2021 The need to invest in the skills of the future is among one of the five areas of focus in a recently published report by the Covid Recovery Commission. The commission is an advisory group and policy panel studying the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on businesses and innovation. Its ‘Building Back Together’ report, which [...]
Can you code? Now is your chance to rescue the planet May 31, 2021 It has never been so easy to build a technology product, raise capital, and bring it to thousands, even millions of people. And all in a matter of months. Consider Hopin; the London-based virtual events platform, founded in 2019, has grown from six employees to more than 400 and now boasts over 80,000 user organisations – a good [...]
Bitcoin stalls as markets drop, while ADA looks strong May 31, 2021 Bitcoin starts the week in a channel below $40,000 as the crypto markets stall, but Cardano's ADA is setting the pace.
5 humanoid robots who are worth getting to know May 28, 2021 Many predictions were made decades ago about an era when robots and humans would co-exist. Today thanks to major advancements in Robotics and AI, robots come in many different shapes and sizes. But the most intriguing ones are those which resemble humans. These humanoid robots have been growing in popularity in recent years. Humanoid robots [...]
The crypto market suffers another correction as the weekend looms, so will Elon tweet again? May 28, 2021 Crypto at a Glance Greetings from Dubai and today, once again, Luno Advisor Mati Greenspan, has kindly provided the market commentary together with his Technical Analyst, Imran Yusof, from Quantum Economics BTCUSD will trade the range between $27,900 – $42,000 until the range breaks, whenever that is. Or rather, whenever Elon Musk tweets or China [...]
Can Britain keep expanding its playbook for tech regulation without strangling innovation? May 28, 2021 Europe has a reputation for heavy handed regulation. This is often blamed for putting the brakes on innovation and holding back tech businesses in the UK and across Europe. The arrival of GDPR rules, setting out a prescriptive approach for personal data, was a headline grabbing shift with hefty fines which caused reverberations across the [...]
Week in Sportbiz: Castore eyes Chinese market with Wolves kit deal; Rosberg signs up IG Prime to Extreme E team; Koepka does rival DeChambeau a favour May 27, 2021 Change is in the air at Wolves, and not only because manager Nuno Espirito Santo departed this week. The Black Country’s finest have also signed a new kit deal with fast-growing premium British sportswear brand Castore. Castore has been canny in its choice of sportspeople and teams to get behind, from Andy Murray to Owen [...]
Bitcoin on knife edge in a standoff between bulls and bears – it really could go either way! May 27, 2021 Crypto at a Glance Greetings from Dubai where it seems the whole crypto world has descended to make it a temporary home. An amazing array of conferences and meetups are in full swing. The AIBC Dubai, and the Supreme Blockchain Conference organised By Guy Yanpolskiy alongside CV Labs and Draper Goren Holm launches, Sheesha Finance [...]
7 weird and wonderful applications of artificial intelligence May 26, 2021 The Rewired investment fund focuses on enabling the technologies of the AI revolution by investing across five verticals including machine learning, robotics, bionics, sensors, mapping and localisation. Backed by technology investors including Tej Kohli, we believe that AI has the potential to positively impact every segment of economic activity and to improve every aspect of human life. Here [...]