Battersea Power Station to open next month with new shopping and office destinations September 1, 2022 The office and retail development at Battersea Power Station will open to the public next month, almost 40 years since the iconic building closed. The South-London development will open on 14 October, project owners revealed on Thursday. Around 100 shops, restaurants and bars have bagged space at the development, while big names Apple and IWG [...]
Google blocks Trump’s Truth Social from app store amid content concerns August 31, 2022 Donald Trump’s new social media app has been blocked by Google Play in another blow to the former President’s quest for “free speech”.
Fear is being weaponised against the good intentions of cryptocurrency August 29, 2022 Dr Chris Kacher explores how sowing the seeds of fear, uncertainty and doubt in different fields have a knock-on effect for cryptocurrency.
European Commission backs out of battle over Qualcomm’s £862m fine August 29, 2022 In a further setback for EU regulators, European Commission will not be appealing the decision to overturn a €997m (£862m) fine placed on US chipmaker Qualcomm.
Deezer loses 300k subscribers after rocky market debut August 25, 2022 Deezer said it lost 300,000 subscribers in the first half of the year just as the firm begins to recover from its IPO slump.
Apple says security flaw could allow full control over devices August 19, 2022 Apple has said it has discovered a serious security vulnerability in its iPhones and iPads that could let hackers take full control over their devices. In an update, Apple said it had discovered a vulnerability that could let an application “execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges,” meaning hackers could obtain full access to devices. The [...]
Norway sovereign fund loses more than $150bn thanks to tech rout August 17, 2022 Reuters Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, made a record loss of 1.68 trillion Norwegian crowns ($174 billion) in the first half of 2022 as stocks and bonds were hit by global recession fears and rampant price inflation. The $1.3 trillion fund’s return on investment was a negative 14.4% for the January-June period, which [...]
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund notches record $174bn loss August 17, 2022 Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the worlds’ largest, made a record loss of 1.68 trillion Norwegian crowns ($174bn) in the first half of the year as its investments were rocked by fears of a global recession and rampant inflation.
What Bitcoin u-turns mean for crypto August 17, 2022 Crypto AM columnist Nigel Green examines how some of the world's biggest opponents of crypto are changing their minds about digital assets.
Drought plagues supply chains as Toyota and Apple supplier Foxconn latest hit August 17, 2022 Toyota and Apple supplier Foxconn, among others in south west China, have paused their plant operations as drought continues to further jeopardise supply chains amid the pandemic. The Sichuan province announced today that it must suspend energy supplies to factories in several cities as drought hits its hydropower supply, the Financial Times first reported. The [...]