US climate-tech startup plants dual HQ in London in a bid to woo Europe April 6, 2022 US climate-tech startup Watershed has planted a dual headquarters in London, in a bid to woo Europe. The San Francisco-based firm, backed by former US vice president Al Gore, has already partnered with tech heavyweights such as Klarna, Monzo, Wise and Revolut. Watershed, a software platform that helps companies with their net-zero emissions targets, has [...]
Many Tories believe Channel 4 sale is ‘revenge for biased coverage’ on Brexit and Boris Johnson, says Julian Knight MP April 5, 2022 Government plans to forge forward with the privatisation of Channel 4 are “revenge”, adding that many Tories believe the move is “payback time” for “biased coverage”, according to Tory MP Julian Knight. In a string of tweets, the MP addressed what he said was the “elephant in the room time” as he tweeted: “Is this [...]
European tech laws should tempt the next Silicon Valley to cross the Atlantic April 1, 2022 In the early years of the last century, Louis Brandeis of America’s Supreme Court believed that markets, without regulation, would destroy their most treasured characteristic, competition. It was Justice Brandeis, above all others, whose actions curtailed the oil industry’s “robber barons” and brought about the age of “antitrust”. Today, for the first time since, anti-monopolists [...]
Bitcoin: The Future of Payments March 31, 2022 Bitcoin offers a new way to think about the future of your business payments. A challenge at any business is deciding how to best allocate valuable resources to bring the types of change required to manage through the crises of today and be successful tomorrow. Accelerated by the global pandemic, the turn to a cashless [...]
‘A false veneer to a broken system’: British judges resign from Hong Kong’s highest court March 30, 2022 British judges have resigned from Hong Kong’s highest court, in a move which has been welcomed by the foreign secretary and UK-based advocacy group Stand With Hong Kong (SWHK). Two senior judges, Robert Reed and Patrick Hodge, submitted their resignation to the city’s Court of Final Appeal (HKCFA), saying their role was “no longer tenable” because of [...]
Exclusive: Younger users shun banks over weak sustainability performance March 30, 2022 Young people are shunning banks with weak environmental credentials as demand for sustainability in financial services swells, new data has revealed.
Explainer-in-brief: The real showdown at the Oscars March 29, 2022 While all eyes were on the punch Will Smith served up to comedian Chris Rock, there was another brewing tension at the awards ceremony of the year. Apple and Netflix had been fiercely vying to become the first streaming service to win the Best Picture award, as the number of people turning to online platforms [...]
Why agriculture holds the key to tackling water waste March 29, 2022 Water is a precious resource. Ensuring we have enough water for a growing global population in a time of climate change is one of the most important challenges of our time. But in our view it’s impossible to talk about water without also talking about food. Agriculture uses 65% of the world’s fresh water, but [...]
Tesla pauses Shanghai output amid fresh Covid-19 lockdown March 28, 2022 Tesla has reportedly paused output from its factory in Shanghai, China’s largest city which has entered a fresh lockdown today. The carmaker, founded by billionaire Elon Musk, has notified its workers and suppliers of the move, Reuters first reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Shanghai officials said last night that they would impose a [...]
Tech Weekly: UK Apple Card en route? And crypto exchange Gemini’s Head of UK on FCA nightmare March 25, 2022 On this episode of Tech Weekly, Nasson, Lily, and Charlie go through the latest in the worlds of crypto and fintech. Lily chats to Blair Halliday, Head of UK crypto exchange Gemini — they go through why crypto exchanges will be at risk if they don’t register in time to get an all-important FCA regulatory [...]