A new health and wellbeing platform has announced it plans to raise £1 million for UK charities. After a successful beta stage last year, WellGiving launched this month.
Nokia is to drive 5G private wireless adoption with a new partnership. Tech Mahindra, a digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering service company, will use Nokia’s private wireless DAC for customers across industries and facilitate in automating 5G Private Wireless network management on a cloud.
Residents across the UK’s small towns and villages are being digitally excluded from key services due to underinvestment in rural connectivity and skills, a new report has warned. The research, published today by Rural England CIC, found that while the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital-first lifestyles in rural areas.
Digital health start-up Oto has announced the close of a £510,000 pre-seed funding round. The platform aims to support those suffering with tinnitus by using what it describes as “accessible, science-backed, and evidence-based” digital tools.
CLO Virtual Fashion, the developer of 3D fashion technology, has announced an investment in PixelPool, a company that creates 3D software solutions for the apparel retail industry.
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has awarded a multi-million-pound contract to Involve Visual Collaboration (Involve) as part of plans to virtualise the UK benefits system.
O2 and Virgin Media customers will be able to continue to use data, calls, and texts in the EU with no extra charge. The move comes months after the other UK mobile networks – Vodafone, EE, and Three – announced that they will reintroduce roaming fees this year.
UK challenger bank Starling has announced that it has stopped all paid advertising on Facebook and Instagram. In a company statement last week, the bank’s chief executive Anne Boden said that Starling could no longer pay to “advertise on a platform alongside scammers” that are going after the savings of its customers.
Technology firms that fail to protect their users could be fined up to £18 billion under the government’s upcoming Online Safety Bill, according to the culture secretary.
Matterport, the spatial data company designed to digitise and index the world, has acquired AI company Enview for $35.5 million. Matterport has a 3D data platform which can design, build, and operate real-life spaces by turning them into immersive digital twins.
Samsung Electronics has announced a set of new sustainability initiatives designed to accelerate the production of “eco-concious” home appliances. The move comes as the company reveals that it is expecting a 52 per cent hike in profits for the final 12-weeks of 2021.
OpenSea has announced a $330 million funding round, valuing the company at $13.3 billion. Paradigm and Coatue led the round with participation from new and existing investors.
iProov, the online biometric face authentication business, has announced a $70 million growth investment. It said it would use the capital, put forward by investor Sumeru, to build on its existing business in the US and to expand its international customer base.
TomTom has announced that more than five million vehicles now use its maps for automated driving. According to the geolocation tech business, this figure has increased tenfold over the past three years.
Amazon has announced that it is sending Alexa to space as part of a technology demonstration on an upcoming NASA mission. Artemis I is the first of several missions by the space agency intended to land the first woman and the first person of colour on the moon.