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Lyft and Uber sign deals with Baidu for robotaxi trial in London
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Visa partners with UAE real estate firm to launch voice-enabled agentic commerce payments
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Lyft and Uber have signed agreements with Chinese AI company Baidu to pilot robotaxis in London next year.
Posted: 23/12/2025
The new platform provides quick ad tools as well as an AI-driven assistant to improve copy and creative design.
Posted: 23/12/2025
As we approach the end of 2025, we added up the numbers to bring you a roundup of National Technology News’ most popular news stories, features, and analysis pieces of the year
Posted: 23/12/2025
2025 was a pivotal year in which AI was even more influential on the technology sector than in previous years
Posted: 23/12/2025
Visa has launched the first end to end voice-enabled agentic payment system in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in partnership with real estate developer Alder.
Posted: 22/12/2025
Italy’s Competition and Market authority (AGCM) has fined Apple €98.6 million for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the iOS app distribution market
Posted: 22/12/2025
French grocery retailer Carrefour has opened its second fully AI-powered microstore in Belgium.
Posted: 22/12/2025
The governor of the Bank of England has said that AI could displace jobs in a similar way seen during the industrial revolution.
Posted: 19/12/2025
The UK government is set to ban ‘nudification’ tools, making it illegal to create or supply apps that generate fake nude images without consent
Posted: 19/12/2025
SoFI bank has announced the launch of SoFiUSD, its native 1:1 cash-backed fully reserved US dollar stablecoin, as it seeks to bridge regulated banking with on-chain finance
Posted: 19/12/2025
Footwear retailer Deichmann has rolled out a new order fulfilment platform designed to improve the ordering system across multiple countries.
Posted: 19/12/2025
The UK government has confirmed a cyber-attack on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in October, with ministers saying the risk to individuals is low while declining to attribute the breach to any specific actor
Posted: 19/12/2025
Apple has announced that iPhones in Japan will now support alternative app stores, complying with the country’s Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA)
Posted: 18/12/2025
Barclays is set to trial an AI-driven platform that creates digital twins of SMEs to drive sustainability insights.
Posted: 18/12/2025
Google has launched a credit card in India in partnership with Axis Bank.
Posted: 18/12/2025
Pornhub is investigating reports that hackers accessed the search and viewing habits of its premium users, with an extortion demand threatening to publish the data
Posted: 18/12/2025
The company has rolled out Revolut Mobile to waitlist customers, with general access available from January next year.
Posted: 17/12/2025
Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest around $10 billion in OpenAI
Posted: 17/12/2025
Former chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne has announced he will join OpenAI as managing director and head of OpenAI for countries.
Posted: 17/12/2025
Elon Musk’s X Corp has filed a lawsuit in Delaware federal court against Operation Bluebird, a Virginia startup seeking to cancel the social media company’s Twitter and Tweet trademarks and launch a rival platform styled on Twitter’s former branding
Posted: 17/12/2025
Ofcom has launched investigations into BT and Three after two separate outages in the summer caused nationwide disruption and impacted calls to emergency services
Posted: 16/12/2025
Monzo has unveiled plans to buy UK digital mortgage broker Habito.
Posted: 16/12/2025
The secretary of state for science, innovation and technology Liz Kendall has launched a women in Tech taskforce to help more women enter and take up leadership roles in the industry.
Posted: 16/12/2025
The US has paused implementation of its “Tech Prosperity Deal” with the UK, a package announced during President Donald Trump’s September visit that pledged co‑operation across artificial intelligence, quantum computing and civil nuclear energy
Posted: 16/12/2025
Build-A-Bear has teamed up with Uber Direct to roll out same-day delivery from across 33 stores in the UK.
Posted: 15/12/2025
The UK government has announced a new agreement with Canada to launch a shared semiconductor research network to advance progress on the technology.
Posted: 15/12/2025
Hong Kong based crypto exchange HashKey Holdings has reportedly raised approximately $206 million in its Hong Kong IPO
Posted: 15/12/2025
Japanese beermaker Asahi is considering the creation of a dedicated cybersecurity unit after a ransomware attack in late September disrupted core systems, slowed order processing and delayed financial reporting into the new year
Posted: 15/12/2025
Reddit has reportedly filed a lawsuit in Australia’s High Court challenging the country’s new social media ban for under 16s as it argues the move violates free speech and political communication rights
Posted: 12/12/2025
The UK government has launched new qualifications which it says will help plug the skills gap in the MedTech sector.
Posted: 12/12/2025
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), together with Swift and several European central banks, has successfully tested post-quantum cryptography in real-world payment systems to prepare for the security challenges posed by quantum computing
Posted: 12/12/2025
BBVA is rolling out OpenAI's ChatGPT Enterprise across its 120,000-strong global workforce.
Posted: 12/12/2025
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has implemented new AI-driven tech to boost search performance across its product range.
Posted: 11/12/2025
Uber Eats has rolled out autonomous deliveries in Leeds in collaboration with Starship Technologies
Posted: 11/12/2025
UK digital bank Starling has rolled out a new interactive tool designed to help couples improve their relationship with money.
Posted: 11/12/2025
The UK and AI company Google DeepMind are partnering to give British scientists priority access to advanced AI tools.
Posted: 11/12/2025
Amazon plans to invest over $35 billion across its Indian operations over the next four years to boost AI transformation in the country
Posted: 10/12/2025
Nearly 60 per cent of retail tasks could be augmented by AI by 2035, according to new research.
Posted: 10/12/2025
The UK government is to spend £11.7 million on digital training to help people from vulnerable communities get online.
Posted: 10/12/2025
Around 80 per cent of care providers in the UK now use digital social care records, according to new figures from the UK government.
Posted: 9/12/2025
Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F) is revamping its global in-store inventory management with the roll out of RFID technology.
Posted: 9/12/2025
The University of Oxford has teamed up with Swiss investment bank UBS to launch a new centre for applied AI.
Posted: 9/12/2025
The European Commission (EU) will investigate whether Alphabet’s Google has violated competition laws by using the content of web publishers, including online video-sharing platform YouTube, for AI purposes
Posted: 09/12/2025
Over 2,000 GPs in Greater Manchester can now connect with NHS consultants for specialist advice in under 30 seconds thanks to a new digital tool.
Posted: 8/12/2025
Specialist lending and savings account provider Aldermore Bank has announced the launch of a new cloud-based treasury platform.
Posted: 8/12/2025
The US secretary of state has criticised a decision by the European Commission (EU) to fine X €120 million for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA)
Posted: 08/12/2025
The Fragrance Shop has deployed AI-powered retail operations platform across all its stores and frontline teams, marking a major step in digital transformation
Posted: 05/12/2025
Lloyds Bank has announced the completion of its first India-UK digital Letter of Credit (LC) transaction.
Posted: 5/12/2025
New Look has said it has successfully completed its migration to SAP Commerce Cloud, just ahead of the festive peak shopping season
Posted: 05/12/2025
Europol has dismantled a massive €700 million crypto fraud network, arresting nine suspects and shutting down fake investment platforms across nine countries
Posted: 05/11/2025
On Friday morning, websites including graphic design platform Canva and e-commerce company Shopify, which powers millions of businesses, faced issues during the outage.
Posted: 5/12/2025
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has partnered with OpenAI to enable ChatGPT users and enterprise customers to directly access financial data licensed by the exchange
Posted: 04/12/2025
Albertsons has rolled out its AI-powered shopping assistant across all its banner websites as it seeks to boost customer experience
Posted: 04/12/2025
Jo Malone London has partnered with Google Cloud to launch an AI-powered Scent Advisor, designed to recreate the brand's signature in-store fragrance consultation online
Posted: 04/12/2025
Scottish Widows has launched a six‑month pilot of AI software as it seeks to strengthen marketing compliance and ensure clearer communications for customers
Posted: 04/12/2025
Amazon has said it will integrate Nvidia chips in its new Amazon Web Services (AWS) AI factories
Posted: 03/12/2025
NatWest, Monzo, Santander, Scottish Widows, Gain Credit, Snorkl, and the Homeprotect part of the Avantia Group will join the “first of its kind” scheme.
Posted: 3/12/2025
Video platform YouTube has provided users with an update about how it will comply with Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age Act but has warned that the regulation will “not make children safe online.”
Posted: 3/12/2025
Dior has partnered with Scandit and Hardis Supply Chain as it implemented a new AR-powered software that aims to improve warehouse management while providing real-time insights
Posted: 03/12/2025
A coalition of ten European banks has established a Netherlands-based venture, Qivalis, to create a euro-pegged stablecoin targeted for launch in the second half of 2026, subject to licensing
Posted: 03/12/2025
Snapchat has unveiled the Snapchat Winter Village, a holiday-themed AR shopping hub inside the Snapchat app in collaboration with luxury fashion brands Lancôme, BOSS and Chopard
Posted: 02/12/2025
Ofcom has fined Virgin Media £23.8 million for putting vulnerable remote assistance customers at risk of harm during the migration of analogue landlines to digital
Posted: 02/12/2025
British lifestyle retailer Crew Clothing has announced it will roll out gamification and broader engagement features on its existing AI-powered task management platform.
Posted: 2/12/2025
Revolut has launched Street Mode, a new security feature to improve protection for its UK and EEA customers amidst a rise in phone snatching and transfer mugging.
Posted: 2/12/2025
Samsung UK has launched on TikTok Shop, becoming the largest technology brand available on the social media platform.
Posted: 2/12/2025
Nvidia has taken a $2 billion stake in Synopsys and expanded a multi-year partnership to speed up engineering and design workflows using GPU-accelerated computing and artificial intelligence, the companies announced on Monday
Posted: 02/12/2025
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) has called on the government to work with the country’s infrastructure industry to develop a national AI in engineering strategy.
Posted: 1/12/2025
HSBC and Mistral AI have signed a multi-year deal to speed up the use of genAI across the bank.
Posted: 1/12/2025
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud have announced plans to develop a new multicloud networking service which will enable enterprises to connect their platforms in “minutes”
Posted: 01/12/2025
ByteDance is introducing an artificial intelligence voice assistant for Chinese smartphones, starting with ZTE’s Nubia M153, as domestic brands push system‑level AI features while Apple’s upgraded tools remain unavailable in China
Posted: 01/12/2025
The EU is considering whether Apple Ads and Apple Maps should be subject to the same rules as other companies classified as “gatekeeper” services under its Digital Markets Act (DMA), while the tech giant argues that they should be exempt
Posted: 28/11/2025
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has hired Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli as the new head of its Innovation Hub.
Posted: 28/11/2025
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has appointed Ranil Boteju as its first Chief AI Officer, effective early 2026, after serving as group chief data and analytics officer at Lloyds Banking Group in London
Posted: 28/11/2025
France’s competition watchdog has dismissed a complaint by Paris-based search engine Qwant that accused Microsoft of abusing market power in search syndication and related online advertising
Posted: 28/11/2025
Chinese tech company Baidu has reportedly begun laying off employees after publishing its loss-making third quarter financial results last week
Posted: 28/11/2025
British clothing brand Topshop will next year headline an AI-driven catwalk developed by THG Studios in a "world first".
Posted: 27/11/2025
Naver Financial, the FinTech arm of South Korea’s tech giant Naver, has reportedly agreed to buy crypto specialist Dunamu in a deal valued at about $10.3 billion
Posted: 27/11/2025
Amazon has given 63 Amazon Research Awards (ARA) to recipients representing 41 universities in eight countries.
Posted: 27/11/2025
Aldi Süd has announced it will overhaul its IT infrastructure and increase automation as part of wider digital transformation strategy.
Posted: 27/11/2025
Japan’s Asahi Group said it is working to restore its ordering and logistics systems in Japan by February after a late September ransomware incident disrupted operations and forced manual processing across parts of the business
Posted: 27/11/2025
The Emirates Group has partnered with OpenAI to ramp up AI adoption and innovation across the airline.
Posted: 26/11/2025
Debenhams Group, which owns brands including PrettyLittleThing, Karen Millen and boohoo, has announced it will roll out a new retail media platform.
Posted: 26/11/2025
On Tuesday, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) and Westminster City Council (WCC), which share a number of IT systems and services, announced that several systems were impacted by the attack, including phone-lines.
Posted: 26/11/2025
The delay in developing data centres in Europe could slow down the country's growth, ING said on Monday
Posted: 26/11/2025
Italy’s competition regulator has widened its investigation into Meta’s use of artificial intelligence tools on WhatsApp and opened a procedure for interim measures that could curb the company’s plans
Posted: 26/11/2025
Panasonic Group’s Panasonic Energy will supply lithium-ion battery cells to Zoox, Amazon’s autonomous ride-hailing company.Under the agreement, Panasonic Energy will supply its latest 2170 cylindrical lithium-ion cells to power Zoox's fleet of robotaxis, with delivery starting in early 2026 to support Zoox's growing service and operations
Posted: 25/11/2025
Chinese e-commerce platform Temu has partnered with British parcel delivery comparison website Parcel2Go.
Posted: 25/11/2025
Ofcom has issued new guidance urging technology firms to provide a safer online experience for women and girls.
Posted: 25/11/2025
OpenAI has introduced a shopping research feature in ChatGPT designed to compile personalised buying guides using up-to-date product information from retailers
Posted: 25/11/2025
Malaysia is now the latest country to reportedly consider banning social media use by users under the age of 16 due to concerns about child safety
Posted: 24/11/2025
Snap has announced that users in Australia will be able to verify their ages though ConnectID, a service offered by banks in the country.
Posted: 24/11/2025
Domestic abuse charity Refuge has warned that tech abuse, including spycam surveillance, has risen dramatically this year.
Posted: 24/11/2025
Major US banks are assessing potential exposure after New York-based real estate finance vendor SitusAMC disclosed a cyberattack that compromised corporate records and may have affected customer information
Posted: 24/11/2025
Alibaba’s Qwen artificial intelligence app has surpassed 10 million downloads within its first week on iOS and Android
Posted: 24/11/2025
Streaming and gaming platform Twitch will be included in the Australian federal government’s social media ban for under 16s
Posted: 21/11/2025
Ecommpay has introduced Apple Pay functionality via QR code payments on its merchant platform, making it one of the first global providers to offer the service
Posted: 21/11/2025
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has announced billions worth of additional AI investment which it says will drive thousands of new jobs across the UK.
Posted: 21/11/2025
Ocado Group has partnered with Auchan Polska to launch an automated customer fulfilment centre (CFC) for the grocery retail chain at Wilcza Góra near Warsaw.
Posted: 21/11/2025
OpenAI has announced a collaboration with Hon Hai Technology Group, better known as Foxconn, to co-design and manufacture hardware for artificial intelligence data centres in the United States
Posted: 21/11/2025
Uber Eats is partnering with Starship Technologies to launch autonomous delivery robots across multiple countries.
Posted: 21/11/2025
The UK, US and Australia have joined forces to implement sanctions against Media Land, a Russian cyber-crime group.
Posted: 20/11/2025
US cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has raised $800 million in funding as part of ambitions to scale its global operations.
Posted: 20/11/2025
HelloFresh will use generative AI-powered tools create to recipe cards which accompany its meal kits.
Posted: 20/11/2025
The European Commission is preparing a wide-ranging legislative package that would relax parts of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and delay elements of the EU’s artificial intelligence law
Posted: 20/11/2025
Roblox is introducing mandatory age verification for chat features, aimed at blocking interactions between children and adult strangers
Posted: 19/11/2025
Nvidia will spend up to $10 billion on the company, while Microsoft has committed to a $5 billion investment.
Posted: 19/11/2025
New research from Which? indicates that while almost half of Brits now use AI, online tools such as ChatGPT are providing “inaccurate and risky advice.”
Posted: 19/11/2025
European Union regulators have designated 19 technology firms as critical third‑party computing providers to the bloc’s financial sector under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), bringing them under direct supervisory oversight
Posted: 19/11/2025
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked the High Court to overturn a suspension that is blocking it from completing a bond consolidated tape contract
Posted: 18/11/2025
On Tuesday morning, the internet infrastructure company said that it was investigating an issue which has impacted multiple customers, including widespread 500 errors.
Posted: 18/11/2025
Chocolate producer Barry Callebaut is to use AI in its recipe development to cope with supply chain shortages and higher cocoa prices.
Posted: 18/11/2025
Deutsche Börse Group and Societe Generale Group (SocGen) have inked a partnership to embed the French bank’s stablecoin into the German stock exchange’s settlement business
Posted: 18/11/2025
Superdrug has partnered with rapid delivery platform Just Eat, allowing customers to order and receive around 8,000 beauty, baby care and medical products in as little as 30 minutes.
Posted: 18/11/2025
Levi’s has partnered with Microsoft to build an AI “super-agent” that will automate back-office tasks across IT, HR, and operations, aiming to streamline workflows and boost efficiency
Posted: 18/11/2025
Jeff Bezos is set to become co-chief executive of Project Prometheus, a new artificial intelligence start-up developing systems for engineering and manufacturing across computers, aerospace and automobiles
Posted: 18/11/2025
Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor and other major South Korean manufacturers have announced large domestic investment plans, aiming to reassure that production at home will remain strong despite a new trade agreement with the US
Posted: 17/11/2025
Debenhams Group, owner of brands including Karen Millen and PrettyLittleThing, has adopted a new agentic AI tool to manage sales, stock and pricing more effectively across its portfolio.
Posted: 17/11/2025
Anthropic, the company behind Claude, publicly reported that Chinese state-sponsored hackers manipulated its AI chatbot to carry out an automated cyber espionage campaign targeting around 30 global organisations
Posted: 17/11/2025
A Berlin court has ordered Google to pay approximately €465 million in damages to German price comparison platform Idealo for abusing its dominant market position, with an additional €107 million awarded to rival platform Producto
Posted: 17/11/2025
Baidu has unveiled Ernie 5.0, a new version of its multimodal base model that jointly models text, images, audio, and video for complete multimodal understanding and generation
Posted: 14/11/2025
AI should be developed to train vocational skills such as construction and nursing instead of just “white collar” jobs according to Vishaal Gupta, president, enterprise learning & skills at education provider Pearson.
Posted: 14/11/2025
Not On The High Street, the British online marketplace, has rolled out a new AI shopping assistant.
Posted: 14/11/2025
Europol has coordinated a fresh phase of Operation Endgame that dismantled infrastructure behind three major malware services, with police taking down or disrupting more than 1,025 servers across multiple countries between 10 and 13 November
Posted: 14/11/2025
Fashion retailer Mango has implemented a new AI-powered supply chain platform designed to improve the quality and performance of its products.
Posted: 13/11/2025
Ocado Intelligent Automation has officially opened its new North American Solutions Hub in Dallas, Texas, showcasing advanced AI-driven warehouse robotics and fulfillment systems
Posted: 13/11/2025
ACS, a Spanish multinational company specialising in construction, engineering, and infrastructure development, is reportedly close to inking a €23 billion deal with BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners to develop data centres
Posted: 13/11/2025
insurance is becoming more accessible to people who would otherwise be unable to buy insurance policies or open bank accounts as a result of AI, according to AXA’s chief information officer (CIO) Natasha Davydova.
Posted: 13/11/2025
New research commissioned by Kingfisher, the owner of DIY retail brands B&Q and Screwfix, finds that 28 per cent of UK shoppers are happy for AI shopping assistants to automatically make purchases without their permission.
Posted: 13/11/2025
British technology minister Liz Kendall has urged Ofcom to accelerate its rollout of Online Safety Act duties
Posted: 13/11/2025
The government has announced new laws designed to prevent AI models from being used to create child sexual abuse material.
Posted: 12/11/2025
Visa has announced a pilot scheme which will enable businesses and platforms to send payments directly to stablecoin wallets.
Posted: 12/11/2025
South African mobile communication company Vodacom Group has signed a deal with Starlink which will see the world’s largest satellite broadband provider deliver high-speed, low-latency broadband internet across Africa and expand network coverage in rural areas
Posted: 12/11/2025
Alphabet’s Google has been sued in the US over claims its Gemini artificial intelligence assistant was quietly activated across Gmail, Chat and Meet to harvest users’ private communications without consent
Posted: 12/11/2025
BNP Paribas has introduced a genAI assistant to accelerate ESG assessments, as it seeks to cut down hours of manual work into a streamlined process
Posted: 12/11/2025
Under proposals for the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, medium and large companies providing services like IT management, IT help desk support and cybersecurity to private and public sector organisations, including the NHS, will be regulated for the first time.
Posted: 12/11/2025
The Bank of England has announced its proposed regulatory regime for sterling-backed systemic stablecoins.
Posted: 11/11/2025
A German court has ruled that OpenAI infringed the copyright of nine popular songs in a lawsuit brought by music rights group GEMA
Posted: 11/11/2025
The Defence Artificial Intelligence Centre (DAIC), a Ministry of Defence (MOD) organisation which aims to develop and scale AI across UK defence, has launched a new tool to help how it evaluates and sources AI technologies.
Posted: 11/11/2025
The European Commission is weighing a move to require European Union countries to phase out equipment from Huawei and ZTE Corp in their telecommunications networks
Posted: 11/11/2025
Waitrose has announced it will invest a record £50 million in technology across its store estate
Posted: 10/11/2025
Scandinavian fashion group Varner has rolled out new Point-of-Sale devices across its stores.
Posted: 10/11/2025
Italian banks have backed the European Central Bank’s plan for a digital euro, while pressing for the financial burden of implementation to be spread over time given high capital expenditure requirements
Posted: 10/11/2025
Around one in six UK employers expect AI to shrink their workforce over the next year, according to new research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the professional body for HR, learning and development in the UK.
Posted: 10/11/2025
OpenAI has sought US policy support for its vast infrastructure programme while insisting it does not want taxpayer guarantees for its data centres, as the White House signalled there will be no federal backstop for artificial intelligence firms
Posted: 10/11/2025
The British government has earmarked over £14 million for a range of quantum-based projects aimed at developing “next-generation” sensors for the healthcare, transport and defence sectors.
Posted: 7/11/2025
Topps Tiles has implemented a task management and retail operations platform across its 297 UK stores.
Posted: 7/11/2025
Mango has partnered with TextileGenesis, a blockchain-based traceability platform, to boost transparency across its global supply chain
Posted: 07/11/2025
Lloyds Banking Group is piloting a multi‑feature, AI‑powered financial assistant within its mobile app, positioning the tool as a 24/7 “financial companion” that offers personalised coaching, spending insights and guidance on savings and investments
Posted: 07/11/2025
Microsoft and neocloud provider G43 have announced a 200-megawatt (MW) expansion of datacentre capacity in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as they look to boost the nation’s digital transformation
Posted: 05/11/2025
The UK's top telecoms giants have agreed to roll out advanced call tracing technology across their networks so that police have the intelligence to track down scammers operating across the UK.
Posted: 5/11/2025
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Xpeng is collaborating with Alibaba's Amap as it prepares to launch three robotaxi models in 2026
Posted: 05/11/2025
Skills England has published a new report which exposes what it describes as a “major AI skills gap” holding UK businesses back.
Posted: 5/11/2025
Amazon has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, seeking to block the startup’s Comet browser agent from purchasing items on its site for users
Posted: 05/11/2025
Tails.com, the British pet food subscription provider, has announced the launch of a new delivery platform.
Posted: 4/11/025
Verizon has signed an agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build long-distance, high-capacity fibre optic pathways to connect AWS data centres
Posted: 04/11/2025
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced plans to sell popular products on TikTok Shop as part of a new pilot scheme.
Posted: 4/11/2025
Santander has launched Navigator Global, an international growth platform designed to help businesses expand into global markets
Posted: 04/11/2025
OpenAI has agreed a seven-year, $38 billion partnership with Amazon Web Services to run and scale its artificial intelligence workloads
Posted: 04/11/2025
Pornhub has reportedly claimed that UK traffic on its website has fallen by up to 77 per cent in the UK compared to July following the introduction of stricter age verification requirements on adult websites under the Online Safety Act (OSA)
Posted: 03/11/2025
The UK government has announced £10 million in funding to support projects enabling electric vehicles (EVs) to charge without large grid connections or off grid.
Posted: 3/11/2025
Bad AI encounters have put £8.6 billion of online sales in the UK at risk over the past year, new research commissioned by Trustpilot suggests.
Posted: 3/11/2025
More than 28 million UK adults are using AI to help them manage their finances, according to new research from Lloyds Banking Group.
Posted: 3/11/2025
Hackers are infiltrating trucking and freight companies to hijack cargo, with cybercriminals working alongside organised crime groups to steal goods that are then sold online or shipped overseas, according to new research from Proofpoint
Posted: 03/11/2025
Nvidia is working with South Korea to expand the nation's AI infrastructure by supplying it with over a quarter of a million GPUs
Posted: 31/10/2025
Ben's Soft Pretzels has integrated an all-in-one restaurant platform as it seeks to boost automation across its more than 185 locations nationwide
Posted: 31/10/2025
Hackers are scanning online devices over 4,000 times a day to identify gaps in security, BT has warned.
Posted: 31/10/2025
Which? has urged the government to crack down on BigTech companies as they are “failing” to protect consumers from new convincing AI scams.
Posted: 31/10/2025
Virgin Media O2 will introduce an optional satellite-enabled mobile service in the first half of 2026, partnering with SpaceX’s Starlink to extend connectivity to parts of the UK with no terrestrial signal
Posted: 31/10/2025
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has announced £55 billion in research and development (R&D) funding for research agencies and bodies who are making science and tech breakthroughs.
Posted: 30/10/2025
Ubank, a division of National Australia Bank (NAB), is introducing passkeys to online banking following strong adoption of the technology on its mobile app
Posted: 30/10/2025
Character.ai, the platform where users can chat with a variety of AI characters, create new characters and roleplay, is banning its chatbot service for under 18 years old
Posted: 30/10/2025
German grocery retailer REWE West has installed an AI-powered autonomous cooking robot in a supermarket in Düsseldorf.
Posted: 30/10/2025
Goldman Sachs has claimed it has conducted the first ever over-the counter (OTC) cryptocurrency options trade between two banks with Singapore-based DBS.
Posted: 30/10/2025
Under “industry-first” strategic agreements between the two companies, as well as the compensatory legal settlement, the firms have agreed to launch a new licenced AI music creation platform.
Posted: 30/10/2025
Vodafone Group has agreed to acquire Skaylink, a German cloud, digital transformation and security firm, for €175 million, strengthening the telecoms company’s enterprise services portfolio across Europe
Posted: 30/10/2025
The Alan Turing Institute has announced a new science and innovation programme designed to protect the UK’s critical national infrastructure against cyber-attacks.
Posted: 29/10/2025
Butlin’s has implemented a new AI tool to improve the employee feedback process.
Posted: 29/10/2025
PayPal has agreed a partnership with OpenAI to embed its digital wallet into ChatGPT and connect tens of millions of PayPal merchants to the platform, with launch targeted for 2026
Posted: 29/10/2025
PepsiCo has unveiled plans to introduce an automated storage and retrieval system at a warehouse in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland.
Posted: 28/10/2025
Starling Bank has introduced an AI-powered tool to help its customers spot the warning signs of purchase scams in what it describes as a UK first.
Posted: 28/10/2025
OpenAI has shared that around 0.07 per cent of ChatGPT users and 0.01 per cent of messages show possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania in any given week.
Posted: 28/10/2025
Amazon said on Tuesday it will reduce its corporate workforce by about 14,000 roles, continuing a multi-year effort to streamline operations and shift resources into priority areas such as artificial intelligence
Posted: 28/10/2025
Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has partnered with SandboxAQ, an artificial intelligence and quantum technology company, to create a “cutting-edge” biotech ecosystem in the country.
Posted: 27/10/2025
Mondelez is rolling out a generative artificial intelligence tool it says can reduce the cost of producing marketing content by 30 to 50 per cent
Posted: 27/10/2025
Amazon plans to invest more than €1.4 billion in the Netherlands between 2025 and 2027, its largest commitment since launching locally in 2020
Posted: 27/10/2025
The retailer has partnered with Verde Digital to strengthen its digital presence, supporting the expansion of its existing range and the launch of new product ranges.
Posted: 27/10/2025
Singapore has become the latest country to follow the same cybersecurity protections as Britain following a new agreement between the countries at Singapore International Cyber Week.
Posted: 24/10/2025
Xiaomi president Lu Weibing has reportedly taken to microblogging site Weibo to address the issue of rising memory chip prices, blaming them for driving up the production costs of the electronic company's headsets
Posted: 24/10/2025
Spending on new UK data centres is forecast to rise to £10 billion annually by 2029, according to analysis from construction data firm Barbour ABI, a more than five-fold increase from 2024
Posted: 24/10/2025
The UK's largest supermarket Tesco is rolling out body-worn cameras for its delivery drivers.
Posted: 24/10/2025
OpenAI has announced a new partnership with the UK’s Ministry of Justice (MOJ) which will allow civil servants to use ChatGPT.
Posted: 23/10/2025
NorgesGruppen is implemeting electronic shelf labels (ESLs) at its shops through a partnership with Pricer, which specialises in digital retail solutions
Posted: 23/10/2025
National Bank of Australia (NAB) has expanded its multi-cloud strategy by bringing Google Cloud into its ecosystem alongside Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Posted: 23/10/2025
Airbus, Leonardo and Thales are merging their satellite manufacturing and space systems divisions to create a new European space group that will compete with global giants such as Space X's Starlink
Posted: 23/10/2025
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has filed a civil lawsuit against crypto exchange HTX (formerly Huobi) for unlawfully promoting cryptoasset services to UK consumers without proper authorisation
Posted: 23/10/2025
The UK's largest independent retail Co-operative has prevented over 8,000 tonnes of food waste over the past three years after rolling out an AI-driven tool.
Posted: 23/10/2025
Amazon is developing AI-powered smart glasses to help its delivery drivers identify hazards, navigate to customers’ doorsteps and improve customer deliveries.
Posted: 23/10/2025
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will use AI and NHS data to predict the side effects of drug combinations before they reach patients as part of a new study funded by the UK government.
Posted: 22/10/2025
Innovate Finance has announced the launch of a new partnership with The Data City to develop a Real-Time Industry Classification (RTIC) for the UK RegTech market.
Posted: 22/10/2025
Online fashion company Zalando has installed robots at its fulfilment centres following a successful trial where the technology achieved 10,000 picks per day.
Posted: 22/10/2025
AI startup Anthropic is in discussions with Google for additional cloud computing capacity valued in the high tens of billions of dollars, according to Bloomberg News, in a prospective arrangement that would deepen the pair’s existing commercial ties
Posted: 22/10/2025
The cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has been assessed to cost between £1.6- £2.1 billion, with researchers at the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) stating the most likely figure is £1.9 billion, making it “the single most financially damaging cyber event ever to hit the UK”
Posted: 22/10/2025
The UK government has set out a new blueprint for AI regulation to encourage innovation in a safe, controlled environment
Posted: 21/10/2025
China has accused the US National Security Agency of carrying out long-running cyber intrusions against its National Time Service Center, warning that the alleged breaches risked disruption to communications networks, financial systems, power supply and the international standard time
Posted: 21/10/2025
Spotify has announced that it will collaborate with Sony Music Group, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Merlin and Believe to develop AI products that aim to empower artists and songwriters
Posted: 20/10/2025
Lloyds Banking Group has announced that 93 per cent of its workforce are now actively using Copilot tools.
Posted: 20/10/2025
Amazon Web Services reported a significant disruption on Monday morning, with multiple services in its US-EAST-1 region experiencing increased error rates and latency
Posted: 20/10/2025
European telecommunications tower and infrastructure operator Cellnex is selling 99.99 per cent of its shares in Towerink France to Vauban Infra Fibre (VIF) in a deal worth €391 million
Posted: 17/10/2025
Lidl is rolling out a new payment feature for in-store checkout which is integrated into the retailer's rewards app.
Posted: 17/10/2025
Frasers Group has become the first European retailer to partner with agentic AI specialist commercetools to implement the company's complete suite of agentic commerce solutions.
Posted: 17/10/2025
US-based cybersecurity vendor F5 has disclosed a breach by what it called a “highly sophisticated nation-state threat actor,” confirming unauthorised access to parts of its BIG-IP development environment and engineering knowledge platforms, as well as limited customer configuration data
Posted: 17/10/2025
Holland & Barrett has announced an automation upgrade to optimise warehouse operations
Posted: 16/10/2025
The government has said that specialist AI tech helped to speed up its decision to abolish the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat).
Posted: 16/10/2025
Channel Islands Coop and British American Tobacco (BAT) have partnered to trial facial age estimation technology at 10 stores in Jersey.
Posted: 16/10/2025
Global asset manager Macquarie Asset Management is selling Aligned Data Centers (Aligned) to a consortium of investors
Posted: 16/10/2025
Swedish FinTech Klarna has rolled out a UK digital wallet and flexible debit card.
Posted: 16/10/2025
Mastercard has launched its first European edition of the Cyber Defence Exercise (CDX), bringing together key players from the financial and telecommunications sectors to simulate and combat real-world cyber threats
Posted: 16/10/2025
Waymo, the Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle developer, plans to begin testing in London within weeks and is working towards offering fully driverless ride-hailing under the UK government’s proposed piloting scheme from 2026
Posted: 16/10/2025
Cryptocurrency platform Coinbase is expanding its presence across India and the Middle East by investing in CoinDCX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange with over 20 million users in the region
Posted: 15/10/2025
Visa has launched Trusted Agent Protocol, a foundational framework for agentic commerce designed to facilitate secure communication between merchants and AI agents during purchases.
Posted: 15/10/2025
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has hit London-headquartered Capita with a £14 million fine after the outsourcing business failed to protect the personal information of millions of customers during a data breach.
Posted: 15/10/2025
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined new plans to support tokenisation in the asset management industry
Posted: 15/10/2025
Walmart has partnered with OpenAI to allow shoppers and members of Sams’s Club to complete purchases directly within ChatGPT.
Posted: 15/10/2025
British AI infrastructure provider Nscale has signed contracts with Microsoft to supply and operate roughly 200,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs across facilities in the US and Europe, in what the company described as one of the largest AI infrastructure agreements to date
Posted: 15/10/2025
Apple has been hit with a new proposed class action in the United States that accuses the company of using pirated books and other copyrighted materials to train Apple Intelligence, its suite of artificial intelligence features
Posted: 13/10/2025
UK FinTech Tide is expanding its technology centre in Lithuania to strengthen its commitment to to scale its engineering capabilities.
Posted: 14/10/2025
Mastercard is rolling out a new payment optimisation platform (POP) that integrates real-time data to improve merchant approval rates
Posted: 14/10/2025
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Microsoft are advancing their strategic partnership to advance agentic AI services, transforming how financial institutions access and use licensed financial data
Posted: 14/10/2025
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) dealt with 204 “nationally significant” cyber-attacks in the UK during the 12 months to August 2025, an increase from 89 during the previous year.
Posted: 14/10/2025
British digital bank Monzo is launching a new built-in tax filing tool for its business customers.
Posted: 14/10/2025
Warburg Pincus has agreed to acquire PSI Software, a German company that provides intelligent solutions for sustainable energy supply, production, and logistics, including automotive, energy trading, and gas grids, in an offer which will value the firm at approximately €702 million
Posted: 13/10/2025
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed that tech giant Google has strategic market status (SMS) in general search and search advertising services.
Posted: 13/10/2025
Lloyds Bank has rolled out a new bespoke AI training programme for its senior staff.
Posted: 13/10/2025
Ten major international banks have formed a consortium to evaluate the launch of a reserve-backed digital currency, pegged to G7 currencies and designed to be used on public blockchains
Posted: 13/10/2025
Tesco has implemented measures to make shopping in stores easier for its blind and partially sighted customers with a new app
Posted: 13/10/2025
Google and Open Banking infrastructure firm Yapily have partnered on the tech giant's bank account verification services.
Posted: 10/10/2025
Former British prime minister Rishi Sunak has joined both Microsoft and Anthropic as a senior advisor
Posted: 10/10/2025
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has conducted a trial to explore the use of AI to determine whether adverts for alcohol are complying with regulation.
Posted: 10/10/2025
Klarna has partnered with Google Cloud to supercharge its AI capabilities, as the FinTech seeks to boost its personalised and creative shopping experiences for its 114 million customers worldwide
Posted: 10/10/2025
Discord has said that government ID photos from approximately 70,000 users may have been exposed after hackers compromised a third‑party customer service vendor that handled age‑verification appeals for the platform
Posted: 10/10/2025
Breuninger is enhancing its media infrastructure through a partnership with Topsort, a company specialising in AI and retail media infrastructure, to increase brand visibility and customer engagement on its platform
Posted: 09/10/2025
Japanese multinational conglomerate SoftBank Group (SBG) is set to acquire ABB's robotics division in a carve-out deal worth $5.3 billion
Posted: 09/10/2025
The platform, which is winding down operations on 15 October, aims to make investing more accessible through personalisation.
Posted: 9/10/2025
Anthropic is expanding its global operations to India with plans to open an office in Bengaluru in early 2026
Posted: 08/10/2025
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 to a trio of scientists for their work on quantum technology.
Posted: 8/10/2025
The chief executive and co-founder of British digital bank Revolut has switched his country of residence from the UK to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Posted: 8/10/2025
Amazon will invest €1 billion in Belgium by 2027 to build out logistics infrastructure, enable same‑day delivery, and deepen support for small and medium‑sized enterprises selling on its marketplace
Posted: 08/10/2025
Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ikea-owner Ingka Group, has acquired US-based logistics technology company Locus.
Posted: 8/10/2025
Lloyds Banking Group has announced that its barcode cash deposit tool has seen customers pay in more than £3 million since its launch in August.
Posted: 7/10/2025
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD has announced that its UK sales jumped by 880 per cent in September. The brand said it sold over 11,271 cars last month, a substantial increase compared to the same four-week period of 2024 and surpassing established brands such as Renault and SEAT
Posted: 07/10/2025
Jaguar Land Rover has said it will restart manufacturing this week after a cyber-attack paralysed its operations at the end of August.
Posted: 7/10/2025
The European Union (EU) is reportedly planning to transfer direct supervision of cryptocurrency companies, stock exchanges and clearing houses to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), marking a significant shift in its regulatory approach
Posted: 07/10/2025
The time taken to approve clinical trials in the UK has dropped from an average of 91 days to just 41 days thanks to AI and other technology platforms, according to new findings published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (BJCP).
Posted: 7/10/2025
Elon Musk has appointed Anthony Armstrong, a former Morgan Stanley banker, as chief financial officer of artificial intelligence group xAI and social media platform X
Posted: 07/10/2025
The experience, which has been launched following a successful trial, aims to mimic how fashion is consumed on social media platforms.
Posted: 6/10/2025
Space and defence tech specialist Firefly Aereospace (Firefly) has acquired advanced national security technology firm SciTec in a deal worth $855 million
Posted: 06/10/2025
BT has said it will deliver 5G Standalone technology to 99 per cent of the UK population by the end of 2030.
Posted: 6/10/2025
Asahi Group Holdings has resumed production at six Japanese beer plants after a cyberattack triggered a system outage that halted brewing, shipments and customer operations across the country
Posted: 06/10/2025
Samsung Electronics has partnered with Coinbase to allow smartphone users to purchase cryptocurrency through the phone’s payment app.
Posted: 6/10/2025
British supermarket Iceland is expanding its retail media network through a new partnership with Epsilon.
Posted: 3/10/2025
Indonesia has reportedly suspended TikTok's registration status as an electronic system provider over allegedly failing to fully share data related to live streaming activities, particularly during recent nationwide protests
Posted: 03/10/2025
Accenture has appointed Shaheen Sayed as chief commercial officer of reinvention services.
Posted: 3/10/2025
Asda has integrated electronic shelf edge labels (ESLs) across 250 of its busiest Express convenience stores in the UK following a successful three-month trial at its Oxford Road store in Manchester
Posted: 03/10/2025
The European Central Bank has named the first-ranked providers for key components of its planned digital euro, including a central fraud detection and prevention mechanism led by Portugal-based Feedzai, as the project continues through its preparation phase
Posted: 03/10/2025
Phasecraft, a quantum algorithms company, has unveiled a quantum enhanced software platform which it claims can complete calculations 1,000 times faster than classical computers.
Posted: 2/10/2025
Meta will soon draw on user interactions with Meta AI and other AI features to decide what content, ads and recommendations users see and receive across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, including posts and reels
Posted: 02/10/2025
US multinational bank Citi has reportedly announced plans to roll out a mandatory AI prompt training programme for most of its workforce.
Posted: 2/10/2025
A financially motivated hacking campaign is pressuring executives at large organisations to pay ransoms after claiming data was stolen from Oracle’s E‑Business Suite, according to multiple cybersecurity firms investigating the incidents
Posted: 02/10/2025
Apple, Google and Meta are facing US-based legal challenges after a federal judge in California ruled that they must stand trial for allegedly promoting “illegal gambling” through casino-style apps that are addictive to users
Posted: 01/10/2025
The UK government has launched its £1 million Regional Tech Booster programme to support 14 projects across the country.
Posted: 1/10/2025
The 10th annual National Technology Awards have launched today, with a deadline for entries of 23 January 2026.
Posted: 1/10/2025
CoreWeave has signed an agreement to provide Meta Platforms with up to $14.2 billion of artificial intelligence cloud infrastructure through 14 December 2031, with an option for Meta to materially expand its commitment into 2032
Posted: 01/10/2025
British luxury department store Harrods has been contacted by the hackers behind a data breach at one of its third-party providers which impacted 430,000 customer records.
Posted: 30/9/2025
YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by president Donald Trump for suspending his account following the riots at the US Capitol in January 2021
Posted: 30/09/2025
Technology secretary Liz Kendall has set out plans to force technology giants to actively prevent unsolicited nude images being shared on their platforms instead of taking a reactive approach.
Posted: 30/9/2025
OpenAI has launched Instant Checkout, a feature that lets people buy products directly within ChatGPT, starting with US Etsy sellers and with Shopify merchants to follow
Posted: 30/09/2025
Meta is offering a no-ads subscription for Facebook and Instagram users in the UK
Posted: 29/09/2025
The UK government has awarded £4.4 million to businesses developing aviation technology including drones and unmanned aircraft.
Posted: 29/09/2025
Following prime minister Keir Starmer’s announcement for plans to launch a new digital ID scheme last week, concerns have been raised about digital exclusion, data protection, and a potential threat to innovation.
Posted: 29/9/2025
Deutsche Bank has carried out its first euro-denominated cross-border payment via blockchain.
Posted: 29/9/2025
Anthropic plans to triple its international workforce and expand its applied artificial intelligence team fivefold this year, responding to rising demand for its Claude models beyond the United States, according to statements published on Friday
Posted: 29/09/2025
The UK government has launched a taskforce to develop the North East AI Growth Zone.
Posted: 26/09/2025
Global marketplace operator OXL Group has acquired motor classifieds platform La Centrale from Providence Equity Partners in an all-cash deal worth €1.1 billion
Posted: 26/09/2025
The UK's trade association for financial services, along with top banks in the country, have rolled out a new pilot to test the first UK live transactions of tokenised sterling deposits (GBTD).
Posted: 26/9/2025
Carrefour Italy has integrated a new platform that unifies its forecasting and replenishment capabilities as the retailer seeks to reduce manual processes and boost automation across its stores
Posted: 26/09/2025
A new national commission has been launched to accelerate the safe adoption of artificial intelligence in the NHS, bringing together clinical leaders, patient advocates, and technology experts from companies such as Google and Microsoft
Posted: 26/09/2025
The University of Strathclyde has developed a new generation of quantum sensors which can provide insights into the risks posed by space weather to national infrastructure.
Posted: 25/09/2025
Crypto exchange Coinbase is launching support for XSGD, a stablecoin backed 1:1 by the Singapore dollar, the firm said on Thursday
Posted: 25/09/2025
Nine major European banks have joined forces to launch a euro-denominated digital stablecoin as they seek to provide a genuine European alternative to the US-dominated market
Posted: 25/09/2025
HSBC has developed a method for algorithmic bond trading which mixes quantum and classical computing resources to solve “real-world” problems.
Posted: 25/09/2025
The Co-operative Group (Co-op) has admitted that a cyber-attack on its systems in April has slashed its revenues by £206 million in the first half of the year.
Posted: 25/9/2025
Apple has urged the European Union to scrap its landmark Digital Markets Act (DMA), arguing that the regulation is causing delays to new product features and exposing users to increased privacy and security risks
Posted: 25/09/2025
Alibaba is turbocharging its AI push as it announces new data centre openings, a partnership with Nvidia, and the release of its new LLM model Qwen3-Max
Posted: 24/08/2025
Lørenskog based electronics retailer Power has debuted “Power Live”, a series of interactive live online shopping shows aimed at boosting online audience engagement and overall growth
Posted: 24/09/2025
Morgan Stanley is reportedly set to offer cryptocurrency trading on E-Trade, an investment brokerage and electronic trading platform that operates as a subsidiary of the bank
Posted: 24/09/2025
Nvidia and OpenAI have unveiled a landmark strategic partnership that will see the chipmaker invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI
Posted: 24/09/2025
Revolut has announced a £3 billion investment in the United Kingdom over the next five years, alongside the opening of its new global headquarters in London’s Canary Wharf
Posted: 24/09/2025
Amazon has reportedly filed a federal lawsuit to block a New York State law that gives the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) the power to oversee labour disputes in the private sector when the National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) is unable to act
Posted: 23/09/2025
Elkjøp, the largest consumer electronics retailer in the Nordics, has installed new technology to enhance its B2B payments and customer onboarding.
Posted: 23/9/2025
The Channel Islands Co-operative (CI Coop) has unveiled plans to roll out a new membership app.
Posted: 23/9/2025
BT and EE, CK Hutchison Group Telecom, Virgin Media O2, and Vodafone Group have announced the launch of new network technologies in the UK that will help online platforms verify customer ages and help combat digital fraud.
Posted: 23/09/2025
Oracle has announced a significant leadership transition, promoting Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia to the joint role of chief executive officer, while Safra Catz steps into the position of executive vice chair of the board
Posted: 23/09/2025
Researchers from the University of Bristol and Imperial’s Centre for Sectoral Economic Performance (CSEP) have released an independent report setting out how the UK can strengthen its cybersecurity sector to fuel both resilience and economic growth.
Posted: 22/9/2025
VodafoneThree has named Ericsson and Nokia as key partners to build out its 5G infrastructure across the UK over the next decade in a deal worth £2.7 billion
Posted: 22/09/2025
Fidelity International has introduced a generative AI (genAI) conversational interface designed to assist customers using its personal investing platform by helping them quickly find the information they need.
Posted: 22/9/2025
Meta has introduced QR code for payments in the WhatsApp Business app, as it seeks to enable small and micro businesses to accept payments easily within the platform
Posted: 22/09/2025
ASDA has renewed and expanded its partnership with Microsoft, marking one of the largest technology deals in UK retail to date, according to the Windows-maker
Posted: 22/09/2025
Airports across Europe have experienced significant delays and cancellations following a cyber-attack on Collins Aerospace, the company responsible for check-in and boarding systems at several major hubs.
Posted: 22/09/2025
Italy’s parliament has passed a new law regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI), aligning national policy with the European Union’s recently adopted AI Act
Posted: 19/09/2025
Two teenagers have been charged as part of the National Crime Agency's investigation into a serious cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL) on 31 August
Posted: 19/09/2025
Nvidia has agreed to invest five billion dollars in Intel, marking a significant collaboration between two of Silicon Valley’s most prominent rivals as they seek to reshape the landscape of artificial intelligence and personal computing
Posted: 19/09/2025
Meta has unveiled a range of AI-powered glasses which allow users to carry out a range of tasks including checking messages, previewing photos or viewing translations.
Posted: 18/09/2025
Amazon has violated consumer protection law by collecting billing information from Prime subscribers before disclosing the terms of service, US District Judge John Chinin ruled on Wednesday
Posted: 18/09/2025
Singapore is introducing new measures to prevent scam mules from accessing services that could facilitate fraud, including financial, telecommunications, and government digital services
Posted: 18/09/2025
TikTok’s future in the United States has been secured following an agreement between the US and China that will see a consortium of American investors, led by Oracle, Silver Lake, and Andreessen Horowitz, take control of the app’s US operations
Posted: 18/09/2025
HSBC Private Bank has launched a gen AI-powered ecosystem called Wealth Intelligence, designed specifically for their client-facing wealth management teams as it seeks to boost its client service experience
Posted: 17/09/2025
Openbank, Grupo Santander’s fully digital bank, is expanding its product suite by enabling customers in Germany to trade leading cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ether, and Cardano, alongside their existing investments.
Posted: 17/09/2025
A software owned by major Australian banks is reportedly being trialled as a tool to enforce a social media ban for teenagers that will come into effect in December, according to a Reuters report
Posted: 17/09/2025
Chip manufacturer STMicroelectronics is investing $60 million to renovate its plant in Tours, France, with the aim of developing next-generation chip manufacturing technology through a new Panel-Level Packaging (PLP) pilot line
Posted: 17/09/2025
Lloyds Banking Group has announced an expanded strategic partnership with Broadcom, reinforced by a new multi-year agreement aimed at supporting its ambitious digital transformation
Posted: 17/09/2025
British computing company Quantum Motion has built what it claims is the industry's first full-stack quantum computer using a standard silicon CMOS chip fabrication process, which is the same transistor technology used in conventional computers.
Posted: 16/09/2025
PayPal has launched a new peer-to-peer (P2P) payment feature that now includes cryptocurrency support via personalised links, as it seeks to make payments universal and increase user growth
Posted: 16/09/2025
Cyber criminals have stolen the private details of potentially millions of Balenciaga, Gucci and Alexander McQueen customers in a ransomware attack
Posted: 16/09/2025
OpenAI has named Mike Liberatore, previously finance chief at Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence venture xAI, as its new business finance officer
Posted: 16/09/2025
Google will invest £5 billion in the UK over the next two years, the tech giant announced on Tuesday ahead of President Donald Trump's state visit to the country
Posted: 16/09/2025
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has rolled out Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI), a blockchain-based platform which provides comprehensive coverage from asset issuance and tokenisation through to distribution, settlement and post-trade management across multiple asset classes.
Posted: 15/09/2025
China's market regulator reportedly said that a preliminary investigation found that Nvidia has violated the country's antitrust law
Posted: 15/09/2025
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded Google Cloud a £400 million contract for sovereign cloud services
Posted: 15/9/2025
The United States and China are nearing an agreement over the future of TikTok’s US operations, with officials signalling that a resolution could be reached as trade talks continue in Madrid
Posted: 15/09/2025
Spanish banking group BBVA is rolling out digital asset custody tech from Ripple to support its new crypto services.
Posted: 12/9/2025
Some 57 per cent of cyber incidents at schools are caused by students hacking into their schools’ computer systems, according to a new study by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
Posted: 12/03/2025
The European Commission has made legally binding a set of commitments from Microsoft designed to resolve antitrust concerns over the tying of Teams to its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 suites for business customers
Posted: 12/09/2025
OpenAI has signed a non-binding agreement with Microsoft for the next phase of their partnership which will allow OpenAI to transform its for-profit division into a public benefit corporation (PBC)
Posted: 12/09/2025
Alibaba is reportedly planning to raise $3.2 billion through the sale of a zero-coupon convertible bond as it looks to ramp up international expansion and strengthen its cloud computing portfolio
Posted: 11/09/2025
Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed that some data has been affected during a cyber incident last week.
Posted: 11/9/2025
Mastercard has unveiled Agent Pay, a new service which enables AI-powered assistant to autonomously initiate and complete transactions on behalf of users
Posted: 11/09/2025
OpenAI has reportedly signed a contract to purchase $300 billion of computing capacity from Oracle over roughly five years starting in 2027
Posted: 11/09/2025
The Nepalese government has reportedly withdrawn its ban on major social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, after violent protests left at least 19 people dead and hundreds injured.
Posted: 10/09/2025
UK Morrison is set to roll out artificial intelligence-powered shopping trolleys in one of its UK stores, with the trolleys expected to be introduced in early 2026
Posted: 10/09/2025
Currys has rolled out electronic shelf edge labels (ESEL) across its stores in the UK and Ireland.
Posted: 10/9/2025
The new tool enables European manufacturers and brands selling their products on the Chinese e-commerce platform to book parcel deliveries with a range of couriers.
Posted: 10/9/2025
The Volkswagen Group has announced it will invest around €1 billion to expand its AI capabilities by 2030.
Posted: 10/09/2025
EcoDataCenter has secured €600 million in financing from Deutsche Bank as the firm continues to allocate capital to advanced digital infrastructure in Europe
Posted: 09/09/2025
The owner of brands easyJet and easyHotel is entering the crypto market with the launch of a new mobile app.
Posted: 9/9/2025
Fressnapf has transitioned 2,750 stores and their operations across Europe to the Gk Cloudretail platform, as it seeks to streamline operations with a scalable, cloud-based retail system
Posted: 09/09/2025
The UK government has announced that it will strengthen the Online Safety Act by putting stricter legal requirements on tech companies to search for and remove material which encourages or assists self-harm.
Posted: 9/9/2025
Microsoft has agreed to lease artificial intelligence computing capacity from Amsterdam-based Nebius in a contract valued at $17.4 billion over five years, with options that could lift the total to about $19.4 billion, according to company statements and filings
Posted: 09/09/2025
The European Commission has fined Google €2.9 billion (£2.5 billion) for allegedly violating EU antitrust rules by distorting competition and favouring its own online advertising technology services, advertisers and online publishers
Posted: 08/09/2025
Tesco has launched a new initiative to support its employees in the UK, providing free access to the Peoplesafe app, a personal safety tool designed to protect staff during their commute to work and personal travel
Posted: 08/09/2025
Users of Microsoft’s Azure cloud services may have experienced delays due to undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, Microsoft has confirmed.
Posted: 8/9/2025
Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by authors who said the artificial intelligence company used pirated copies of their books to train its models, in what plaintiffs describe as the largest publicly reported copyright recovery on record
Posted: 08/09/2025
British AI companies received £2.9 billion in private investment last year, with the average deal valued at £5.9 million, according to new UK government figures
Posted: 5/9/2025
OpenAI has reportedly partnered with semiconductor giant Broadcom to develop its own custom chip, expected to launch in 2026
Posted: 05/09/2025
AI and digital twin specialist Cadence has acquired Hexagon’s design and engineering (D&E) business, in a deal worth approximately €2.7 billion
Posted: 05/09/2025
France's data protection authority has imposed a €150 million fine on fast-fashion retailer Shein for failing to comply with cookie consent regulations, marking one of the largest penalties ever issued by the regulator
Posted: 05/09/2025
Salesforce's latest quarterly results have raised concerns among investors, with the cause appearing to be the slower-than-expected monetisation of its AI initiatives
Posted: 04/09/2025
Google has been ordered by a US federal court to pay $425 million for breaching users’ privacy by collecting data from millions of users who had disabled a tracking feature in their accounts
Posted: 04/09/2025
Around 51 per cent of financial institutions plan to increase their investment in artificial intelligence over the next 12 months, with a further 22 per cent maintaining current spending levels, according to a new survey from Lloyds Banking Group
Posted: 4/9/2025
PayPal is dangling one of the most sought-after artificial-intelligence tools in front of its customers, offering a 12-month free subscription to Perplexity Pro and an invitation to the start-up’s new Comet browser
Posted: 04/09/2025
Scottish Widows has completed the migration of more than 3.8 million customers onto a new digital platform, marking a major milestone in its ongoing transformation programme
Posted: 3/9/2025
European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde has urged EU lawmakers to require strong protections and equal regulatory standards from foreign stablecoin issuers, warning that without them, there’s a risk of sudden withdrawals that could drain financial reserves in Europe
Posted: 03/09/2025
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has confirmed that it has severely been hit by a cyber incident
Posted: 03/09/2025
Alphabet’s Google has escaped a forced breakup after a Washington, DC judge decided the search giant may keep both its Chrome browser and Android mobile software, while ordering it to loosen distribution contracts and share key search data with rivals
Posted: 03/09/2025
Chinese social media platforms, including WeChat, Douyin (TikTok's domestic counterpart), Weibo, and RedNote, have implemented mandatory labeling systems for AI-generated content following new regulations that took effect on 1 September
Posted: 02/09/2025
Rail passengers travelling between Leicester, Derby and Nottingham will be able to trial a new digital system which the government claims will offer simpler and more flexible tickets.
Posted: 2/9/2025
Japan Post Bank is reportedly planning to issue a blockchain-based digital yen backed by deposits, with the aim of increasing the efficiency of financial transactions for customers
Posted: 02/09/2025
OpenAI is drawing up plans for a hyperscale data centre in India that could supply at least one gigawatt of computing power, according to people familiar with the project cited by Bloomberg
Posted: 02/09/2025
CaixaBank has launched a service to allow customers to split payments for online and in-app purchases.
Posted: 1/9/2025
Rain has raised $58 million in a Series B funding round.
Posted: 1/9/2025
Taco Bell is reportedly re-evaluating the next stage of its AI strategy after errors made by the company’s drive-through automated voice system went viral
Posted: 01/09/2025
Waitrose & Partners is reportedly testing advanced AI vision technology in its shopping trolleys, making it the first UK supermarket to adopt the technology
Posted: 01/09/2025
YouTube and Fox Corporation have announced that they have reached an agreement to continue offering Fox content on YouTube TV
Posted: 29/08/2025
Nokia has announced a new 5G radio solution which is designed to deliver high-quality and resilient real-time communications to rail operators around the world.
Posted: 29/08/2025
US consumer credit reporting agency TransUnion has said it experienced a July data breach which impacted the personal data of over 4.4 million customers.
Posted: 29/8/2025
US asset manager Blackstone is looking to expand its planned project to build data centres in Spain's Aragon, with an additional investment of €4.3 billion in the region striving to become a major cloud computing hub.
Posted: 29/8/2025
The controversial US websites argue that the British internet regulator has no authority to impose “unconstitutional UK laws on American soil."
Posted: 28/8/2025
The UK government has said will invest £154 million to help the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) develop technology to dispose of plutonium.
Posted: 28/08/2025
Google will invest an additional $9 billion over the next year in Virginia’s cloud and AI infrastructure as part of a move to accelerate innovation in the US
Posted: 28/08/2025
Anthropic has revealed how cybercriminals exploited its Claude artificial intelligence system to conduct sophisticated cyberattacks, including a large-scale extortion operation that targeted at least 17 organisations and fraudulent employment schemes linked to North Korea.
Posted: 28/8/2025
British retailer Charles Clinkard has implemented an AI platform that enables sentiment analysis and instant notifications as the retailer seeks to boost its online reputation and customer experience
Posted: 27/08/2025
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on the UK government to change its approach to AI as a new poll finds that 51 per cent of the public are concerned about the impact of the technology on their jobs.
Posted: 27/08/2025
Zopa is launching a five-year campaign to reskill 100,000 banking workers in AI disciplines by 2030.
Posted: 27/08/2025
Amazon is reportedly planning to roll out its Kuiper satellites service in Vietnam
Posted: 27/08/2025
British home improvement retailer B&Q has announced it is trialling an AI-driven transport optimisation platform to help it meet its ambitious goal to reach zero emissions by 2040.
Posted: 27/8/2025
Brussels has rebuffed a warning from United States president Donald Trump that he will impose “substantial additional tariffs” on countries whose technology laws he claims discriminate against American companies
Posted: 27/08/2025
Sam Altman, the co-founder of OpenAI, discussed a deal with Peter Kyle, the UK secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, reportedly discussed a deal with OpenAI to give people living in the UK access to the premium version of ChatGPT.
Posted: 26/08/2025
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) has launched aUS$1 billion US commercial paper (USCP) programme powered by blockchain technology, the firm said on Tuesday
Posted: 26/08/2025
ANZ's digital padlock tool has gone live as the bank announces that scam losses dropped nearly 15 per cent between October 2024 and June this year.
Posted: 26/8/2025
Co-op has installed new electronic shelf labels to make it quicker to become a member.
Posted: 26/08/2025
Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore has developed an AI-powered treasury and foreign exchange (FX) management platform
Posted: 26/08/2025
LinkedIn is reportedly strengthening its investment in video advertising by expanding partnerships linked to its BrandLink programme
Posted: 26/08/2025
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence venture xAI has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Apple and OpenAI of using an exclusive partnership to squeeze rivals out of the fast-growing generative chatbot sector
Posted: 26/08/2025
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) has said it will no longer axe 45 customer service roles and replace them with an AI-powered voice bot as planned.
Posted: 22/8/2025
Swedish digital therapy provider Mindler has bought ieso Digital Health UK, deepening its access to the United Kingdom’s mental-health market and creating what the companies call the nation’s most comprehensive online treatment platform
Posted: 22/08/2025
British household name Marks & Spencer (M&S) is to invest £340 million in the development of an advanced automated distribution centre for its food business.
Posted: 22/8/2025
EDEKA Paschmann, the German supermarket chain, has announced the rollout of AI technology at self-service checkouts to address errors at its Düsseldorf stores.
Posted: 21/8/2025
Multinational food ordering business Just Eat is trialling an AI-driven robot for doorstop deliveries in Zurich, Switzerland.
Posted: 21/8/2025
JPMorgan and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group are set to lead a $22 billion loan facility to finance Vantage Data Centers' $25 billion data centre campus in Shackelford County, Texas
Posted: 21/08/2025
Citi has expanded its single-entry point digital client platform CitiDirect Commercial Banking to more customers across the globe and improved its functionality using AI technology.
Posted: 21/08/2025
John Lewis has announced the appointment of Dom McBrien as its chief digital & omnichannel officer, a role that will sit on the company’s management board.
Posted: 21/08/2025
The Council for Science and Technology (CST) has released a report outlining a set of recommendations for developing a sovereign AI chip design industry in the UK.
Posted: 20/08/2025
Suleyman wrote that one of his main concerns is that many people will soon start to believe that AIs are conscious so strongly that they’ll advocate for AI rights, model welfare, and even AI citizenship.
Posted: 20/8/2025
The state of Wyoming has become the first US public entity to launch a blockchain-based stablecoin.
Posted: 20/8/2025
Britain has quietly withdrawn a legal notice that would have forced Apple to weaken the encryption protecting iCloud accounts worldwide, ending an eight-month transatlantic row over access to user data
Posted: 20/08/2025
Santander UK has updated its OneApp mobile banking platform with technology that detects and blocks screen-sharing sessions, in a bid to curb a rise in scams that exploit legitimate remote-access software
Posted: 20/08/2025
Colin Bell, the former chief executive of HSBC, has been appointed by Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) to its board of directors.
Posted: 19/08/2025
Trading platform Robinhood has expanded its AI assistant to help UK users learn what is driving movements in the stock market.
Posted: 19/08/2025
CaixaBank has revealed it hit nine million registered Bizum users at the end of June.
Posted: 19/8/2025
Freemans, the digital department store, has implemented new technology to help it expand its dropship capabilities and increase its range of third-party bands.
Posted: 19/08/2025
Google has admitted to anti-competitive behaviour in Australia and will pay a court-recommended fine of A$55 million (£29 million) after striking deals that locked rival search engines out of millions of Android phones
Posted: 19/08/2025
Starling Bank has bought accounting software start-up Ember as it seeks to weave tax and bookkeeping tools directly into its small business accounts
Posted: 19/08/2025
The UK government has announced it has appointed Jade Leung as the Prime Minister’s new AI adviser.
Posted: 18/08/2025
Meta is preparing yet another restructuring of its artificial intelligence operations, splitting its recently formed Superintelligence Labs division into four specialised groups
Posted: 18/08/2025
Digital bank Monzo is reportedly in the early stages of creating a UK mobile phone service, setting up a new front in its contest with established telecoms operators and rival FinTechs
Posted: 18/08/2025
Brussels and Washington are struggling to finalise a joint statement that would seal a transatlantic trade deal, with European Union officials insisting the bloc’s landmark Digital Services Act must remain untouched
Posted: 18/08/2025
Stripe issued an apology after its customer service staff allegedly told customers that the company had banned LGBTQ+ purchases
Posted: 15/08/2025
The UK government will develop and launch AI-driven technology which can predict crime before it happens.
Posted: 15/08/2025
Accenture has acquired Australian cybersecurity company CyberCX, marking Accenture's largest ever acquisition in the cybersecurity sector
Posted: 15/08/2025
HSBC plans to blanket its future London headquarters with cameras and biometric scanners, expanding staff surveillance on a scale rarely seen in British banking
Posted: 15/08/2025
Google has announced it will invest $9 billion in Oklahoma over the next two years in cloud and AI infrastructure.
Posted: 14/08/2025
Russia has begun blocking voice calls on the hugely popular messaging apps WhatsApp and Telegram, deepening a campaign to bring the country’s online space under closer state control
Posted: 14/08/2025
HMRC has reportedly confirmed for the first time that it uses AI to monitor taxpayers' activity on social media
Posted: 14/08/2025
Th UK’s Ministry of the Interior has announced the introduction of 10 new vans equipped with real-time facial recognition (LFR) technology across seven police forces.
Posted: 13/08/2025
Danish fashion company Bestseller, which owns brands including Jack & Jones and Vero Moda, has invested in a firm which produces robotic sewing technology.
Posted: 13/08/2025
Anthropic is offering the Claude family of large language models (LLMs) to the US government for just one dollar, allowing it to speed up its adoption of the technology.
Posted: 13/08/2025
Pinterest has officially launched a new engineering excellence Hub in Zurich, Switzerland, with the move marking a significant expansion of its AI and machine learning capabilities to boost the global shopping experience across its channels
Posted: 13/08/2025
Spanish banking group Santander has said it is accelerating its data and AI-first transformation plans through a new partnership with OpenAI.
Posted: 13/8/2025
Artificial intelligence start-up Perplexity has offered $34.5 billion to buy Google’s Chrome browser, positioning itself as a ready buyer should a US court force parent company Alphabet to divest the software that dominates global web traffic
Posted: 13/08/2025
AOL is to discontinue Dial-up Internet, closing the service at the end of September.
Posted: 12/08/2025
The European Central Bank (ECB) is accelerating its digital euro initiative by integrating a new cloud-native payments technology into its innovation platform
Posted: 12/08/2025
GitHub will lose its chief executive officer by the end of the year as Thomas Dohmke departs to launch a new start-up, drawing the code-hosting giant closer to Microsoft’s artificial-intelligence engine
Posted: 12/08/2025
Prosus has received conditional approval from the European Commission for its €4.1 billion acquisition of Just Eat Takeaway
Posted: 12/08/2025
Meta said it had closed more than 6.8 million WhatsApp accounts linked to criminal scam centres
Posted: 11/08/2025
The UK government has announced that 13 car models will be added to the Electric Car Grant (ECG) scheme.
Posted: 11/8/2025
Walmart has launched a series of immersive online storefronts as part of a broader initiative called Walmart Realm, with the aim of capturing the attention of Generations Z and Alpha
Posted: 11/08/2025
Binance has inked a partnership with Spain’s BBVA which enables customers to store their cryptocurrency assets off the exchange, marking a significant shift in how digital assets are safeguarded
Posted: 11/08/2025
New figures from KPMG reveal that UK FinTech investment dropped by five per cent in the first six months of 2025.
Posted: 11/8/2025
British supermarket chain Asda is reportedly close to completing its £800 million IT upgrade project six months after its initial deadline.
Posted: 11/8/2025
Marks & Spencer has reinstated its click and collect service, nearly four months after a major cyberattack forced the retailer to suspend online operations and in-store collections
Posted: 11/08/2025
Meta has reportedly appointed major private investment firms PIMCO and Blue Owl Capital to lead a massive $29 billion financing package for the expansion of its data centre in Louisiana
Posted: 08/08/2025
US brand Tommy Bahama has announced the launch of a new point of sale (POS) system across its 160 stores.
Posted: 8/8/2025
UK-based retailer Toolstation, is boosting its inventory management as it seeks to enhance the customer experience and support its growing multi-channel retail operation
Posted: 08/08/2025
Standard Chartered has announced the formation of Anchorpoint Financial, a joint venture with Animoca Brands and Hong Kong Telecommunications (HKT), to apply for a stablecoin issuer licence in Hong Kong
Posted: 08/08/2025
Uber is reportedly in talks with potential investors, including private equity firms and banks, to raise funds for the expansion of its robotaxis business
Posted: 07/08/2025
Google has announced that it will invest $1 billion in AI literacy programmes, research funding and cloud computing resources at US universities.
Posted: 7/8/2025
British tech retailer Currys has announced the launch of a new AI platform for its in-store employees.
Posted: 7/8/2025
Supermarket Asda has rolled out a new advanced data-driven insights platform that enables suppliers optimise product performance, track market trends, and make smarter category decisions for Asda.com
Posted: 07/08/2025
Apple has announced a new $100 billion investment in its US manufacturing operations, increasing its total domestic commitment to $600 billion over the next four years
Posted: 07/08/2025
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