Softbank leads $525m round in British drug developer Exscientia April 27, 2021 British pharmaceutical company Exscientia has received funding from Softbank Vision Fund just a month after closing its last investment round. Exscientia uses artificial intelligence to discover new drug molecules and has now designed two drugs that are in Phase 1 of clinical trials. The Oxford-based company today announced it had completed a $225m Series D [...]
Ethiopia overhauls its education system with IOHK blockchain partnership April 27, 2021 Global blockchain specialist IOHK has partnered with the Ethiopian government to overhaul the nation's education system.
DEBATE: Should startups spend precious resources getting patents for their ideas? April 27, 2021 Peter Finnie, partner and patent attorney at IP law firm Potter Clarkson, says YES: Consider IP protection from the belief the customer is always right. Across countless industries, founders determine what customers want, make it and then sell it. Investors will want security and certainty around protection for the technology they’re committing to. By skipping [...]
Tesla seal of approval gives crypto recovery another boost April 27, 2021 "Bitcoin seems to have found its way back on course faster than a Canada goose with radar" is the market sentiment today.
Market bounces back after last week’s lull – but can it be sustained? April 26, 2021 The cryptocurrency markets have rallied from last week's slump as Bitcoin dipped close to $47k over the weekend.
Time to buy the dip, or have the crypto markets got further to fall? April 23, 2021 More than $400 billion has now been wiped off the cryptocurrency market over the last seven days – almost 20 per cent of its total value.
Mike Lynch: Cass Business School’s new name is fitting tribute to information forefather Thomas Bayes April 23, 2021 It was encouraging to read the news Cass Business School has been renamed after the statistician Reverend Thomas Bayes who, unbeknownst to many of us, plays an important part in all our lives – including my own. Bayes deserves far more historical credit for the place he occupies among the forefathers of information theory. If [...]
Opening our eyes to financial inclusion for the good of the economy April 22, 2021 Lord Holmes of Richmond explains some of the government's thinking behind the Financial Services Bill.
AI-Powered Ubiquitous Investing April 22, 2021 Have you noticed that your bank statements are now a succession of Netflix, Uber, Spotify, Deliveroo, Apple and Amazon payments? All of them offer us all types of services at our fingertips. No more wasting time sourcing or waiting to access the best way to get an amazing selection of food, music, films, transport or [...]
Ethereum – the emerald isle in a sea of red April 22, 2021 Ethereum, for the first time in a while, doesn’t feel like the second-largest cryptocurrency is simply coasting in Bitcoin’s shadow or riding a wider alt wave.