With a quarter of all firms based in the UK, safety tech firms are part of one of the fastest-growing sectors of the UK technology industry, according to government figures.
TikTok has announced it will sell fresh food on its video-sharing platform in the UK. Food brands Pasta Evangelists, The Fish Society, and The Veg Box Company will be some of the first to sell their products to British consumers directly through TikTok Shop.
The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee has launched an inquiry into the impacts of new technologies like machine learning and virtual reality.
Amazon has reported a loss for the second quarter in a row. The e-commerce giant experienced a $2 billion loss compared with a net income of $7.8 billion during the same period of 2021.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is calling on start-ups to join it in developing and piloting technology that meets the biggest cyber security challenges facing the UK.