Amazon has announced it will create over 10,000 new permanent jobs in 2021, taking its total UK workforce to more than 55,000 people. The company said it will also invest £10 million over three years to train up to 5,000 employees in new skills.
The Diem Association has announced a new partnership with Silvergate Capital, which will become the exclusive issuer of the organisation’s stablecoin cryptocurrency in the United States.
The UK must rapidly accelerate the roll out of gigafactories and new battery technology development, or risk losing domestic car production altogether, according to a new report by HSSMI.
Huma Therapeutics has raised $130 million to fund its digital health platform. The money will be spent on scaling the British healthcare company’s modular platform, which can power digital ‘hospitals at home’ nationally by supporting pharmaceutical and research industries to run what it describes as “the largest ever decentralised clinical trials.”
New internet laws will give Ofcom the power to fine technology companies up to £18 million, or ten per cent of annual turnover, if they fail to deliver a duty of care. The regulator will also be able to block access to sites.
Brits will be able to access their covid-19 vaccination status for travel via the NHS App from 17 May. UK citizens without access to a smartphone will be able to call the NHS Helpline to request a letter outlining their vaccination status.
The Water Services Regulation Authority, known as Ofwat, has been hit with more than 20,000 malicious emails this year. The data was obtained by a Freedom of Information request by Parliament Street.
Shares in Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Holdings dropped by 9.4 per cent on Monday, after the company said it was “evaluating” the timing of its next flight test.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) took down more scams in the past year than in the previous years combined, as cyber security experts faced extra pressure to protect the UK public and critical services like the NHS during the coronavirus crisis.
SpaceX will next year launch a rocket entirely funded by cryptocurrency dogecoin. Dogecoin is a digital asset that is best known for its logo and name, based on the image of a dog from the "Doge" meme.
Royal Mail has announced that it will trial the first autonomous scheduled drone flights between the UK mainland and an island this week. The trial will see the parcel delivery company use uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) flights to deliver PPE, covid-19 testing kits, and other mail to the Isles of Scilly.