Former boss launches legal action against struggling tech firm Ve Global November 24, 2019 The former head of Ve Global has launched a legal claim against the embattled tech company over a missed payment. David Marrinan-Hayes has lodged a winding-up petition against Ve Global over the company’s failure to pay a settlement linked to his departure in March, the Sunday Times reported. Read more: Interest in UK tech jobs [...]
The best smartwatches of 2019: Here’s our pick of this year’s top wearables November 20, 2019 Smartwatches have come a long way since the bulky strap-on devices of just a few years ago, and just like our phones they’ve begun to take on more and more useful functions as the underlying technology improves. Wearables have merged with fitness trackers, and have heroically untethered themselves from our phones by incorporating their very [...]
Trading giant Robinhood makes its UK debut in Revolut challenge November 20, 2019 US fintech Robinhood, a commission-free trading startup valued at $7.6bn (£5.9bn), has today arrived in the UK. The firm’s stock trading service is making its international debut, in a direct challenge to established British rivals Freetrade and Revolut. Robinhood will today roll out the waiting list for its popular app to UK investors, with a [...]
Augmented reality to add £62.5bn to British economy by 2030 November 19, 2019 Virtual and augmented reality (AR) technologies are forecast to add £62.5bn to the UK economy in the next decade, as businesses embrace innovation in the workplace. More than £44bn of the 2.44 per cent injection to UK GDP will come from AR, according to research published today by PwC. The technology is used by the [...]
UK tech firm IQE’s shares plunge after second revenue warning November 18, 2019 Shares in UK technology company IQE have plunged over 20 per cent after the firm issued its second revenue warning in five months. Read more: Shares in chipmaker IQE plummet as it warns Huawei ban will hit profits IQE, which makes parts for chips used in products made by Apple and various Asian manufacturers, said [...]
Dividend growth slows in third quarter as profit slowdown bites November 18, 2019 Dividend growth has slowed globally, according to figures published today by asset manager Janus Henderson. The trend began in the second quarter and continued into the third. Dividends have still continued to grow, but at a slower pace than previously. Payouts rose 2.8 per cent on a headline basis to reach a third-quarter record of [...]
London’s fintech boom helps drive record year for US investment November 18, 2019 US venture capital firms have pumped record amounts of money into London and UK companies this year as flourishing fintech firms continue to charm investors, new data has revealed. American investors have been involved in $4.4bn (£3.4bn) worth of deals into UK firms so far in 2019, with London businesses accounting for more than three-quarters [...]
AirPods Pro review: An incredible step up to the top table of mobile audio for Apple November 15, 2019 Apple’s regular AirPods leave me cold. They look daft, with their elongated stalks – often compared to toothbrush heads – and have such poor sound insulation that unless you’re listening to music in an hermetically sealed room, everything sounds distant and muddy. When Sony came along with its excellent WF-1000XM3 noise cancelling buds it was [...]
The first flat in Battersea Power Station is now complete – we take a look inside November 15, 2019 Plenty of property developers try to brand their latest apartment block as ‘iconic,’ which, nice as many of them are, is usually a bit of a stretch. The redevelopment of Battersea Power Station into 253 luxury flats and a new headquarters for Apple doesn’t have that problem, however. Other than a three-year hiatus from 2015 [...]
How can you stop your credit card being sexist? November 14, 2019 Can a credit card be sexist? It’s not a question most people would have thought about before this week, but on Monday, the US financial regulator announced an investigation into claims of gender discrimination by Apple Card. The algorithms Apple Card used to set credit limits are, it has been reported, inherently biased against women. [...]