The High Street in 2023: Full of tech and hyper-local but still with 17th century touches December 28, 2022 In order to save the Great British high street of the 21st century in 2023, one may need to go back in time and take inspiration from the 17th century. Far from the vision of a super futuristic, tech-heavy world, a desire for face-to-face contact and micro communities, which has been accelerated by the pandemic, will drive [...]
Eyes peeled: Five technologies to watch next year December 27, 2022 The year of the Great Tech Sell-Off is coming to a close. But in this Digital Age, technology is only going to get more exciting, useful, and ethically questionable – so here’s five technologies to watch out for next year. SOLAR Solar power is becoming cheaper, more efficient and increasingly attractive for Brits looking to [...]
Ex Russian leader: In 2023, UK to rejoin EU, Musk will be US president and France to fight Germany December 27, 2022 Britain is going to rejoin the EU and it will collapse, while France will go to war with Germany and Elon Musk will be the US President, according to former Russia PM and President. The ex Kremlin leader made a series of bold predictions on Twitter which also included Northern Ireland joining the Republic, and [...]
Despite its glitches and quirks, we would all be better off not dismissing artificial intelligence December 23, 2022 After years of being told that powerful artificial intelligence technology with jaw-dropping capabilities is just about to barrel into our lives, this may be remembered as the year that it finally did. But instead of busting down humanity’s front door with medical nanorobots or job-stealing automatons, AI has quietly become mainstream in the disarming guise [...]
How ChatGPT AI is changing our online lives forever December 21, 2022 Instead of explaining ChatGPT in my own words, I’ll let ChatGPT explain itself. Logging onto the website, I search: “What is ChatGPT?” “GPT can be used for a variety of tasks, including language translation, summarization, and chatbot responses,” the chatbot responds. “In the context of chatbot responses, GPT could be used to generate responses to [...]
Pharma firm makes RSV vaccine candidate breakthrough with artificial intelligence December 21, 2022 Biopharmaceutical firm Poolbeg Pharma has found a number of RSV vaccine candidates via artificial intelligence (AI), in a landmark move in finding a treatment for the virus. The London-listed company has prioritised candidates with existing early-stage clinical data, which could be repositioned into novel treatments for RSV infection. Candidates with solid safety data in humans [...]
Microsoft becomes shareholder in the London Stock Exchange Group December 12, 2022 Microsoft snapped up a stake in the London Stock Exchange Group this morning, as big tech continues to disrupt the world of trading. As part of the deal, Microsoft will buy a four per cent stake in the exchange worth about £1.5bn from Blackstone, Thomson Reuters, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Singapore’s sovereign wealth [...]
Crypto AM Spotlight: Advances in economic transformation with Convex December 12, 2022 Crypto AM shines its spotlight on the Convex Foundation as it looks to make monetary and value exchange services available to all.
How ESG has impacted technology and innovation sectors December 9, 2022 Increasing examples of environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets linking to executive incentive pay (sometimes as much as 20%) represents a financially lucrative area business leaders need to ensure they are getting right. ESG is a broad term comprising interlinked yet distinctive ways to evaluate the sustainability credentials of a business, including corporate governance, inclusion [...]
Solving The World’s Most Pressing Problems By Redirecting Capital Is At The Heart Of Emanuela Vartolomei’s Bid To Createsystem. Wall Street without the Walls.” December 9, 2022 Solving the world’s most pressing problems by redirecting capital is at the heart of Emanuela Vartolomei’s bid to create “real change to the financial system. Wall Street without the walls.” Her model uses artificial intelligence to measure 13 million companies at a “hyper-scale”, to “reinvent research” and propel firms and governments to ESG transparency. But [...]