Microsoft for Startups and third-party tech vendor Ansarada have announced a new global partnership aimed at making it easier and faster for startups to raise capital and grow. Ansarada is the first company of its kind to form a worldwide partnership in the Microsoft for Startups programme.
As the government announced the introduction of the long-awaited Online Safety Bill to parliament today, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT has said that singling out algorithms as responsible for children’s online safety is ‘passing the buck’.
The government will introduce what it describes as a set of “world-first” online safety laws in parliament today. The long-awaited Online Safety Bill includes tougher and quicker criminal sanctions for tech bosses, as well as new criminal offences for falsifying and destroying data.
HSBC has announced it is entering the metaverse through a new partnership with blockchain gaming business The Sandbox. HSBC is to buy a plot of land in The Sandbox metaverse, which will be developed to engage with sports, e-sports, and gaming enthusiasts.
The former president and chief operating officer of Nintendo has said that he does not buy into the idea that Meta – formerly Facebook – will be successful in the metaverse. Reggie-Fils Aime told Bloomberg journalist Emily Chang that he believes the metaverse is the cloud of five years ago and the internet of 20 years ago at an event in Austin, Texas.
The Home Office is reportedly facing an investigation for allegedly capturing data from the phones of migrants entering the UK, according to an exclusive report by Sky News.
There are currently six boys to one girl in many areas of computing education, according to a new report from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. However, the research also found that once young women do choose computing they generally outperform their male counterparts.
Co-op has announced it is expanding its Starship Technologies-run robot delivery service to an additional five stores in Northampton. The expanded robot service, which delivers same day, on-demand grocery orders, will add a further 20,000 households to the delivery remit.
Skechers has announced it is entering the metaverse. The footwear brand said that it is the first to sign a lease in the fashion district of Decentraland.
Meta – which owns social media giants Facebook and Instagram – has reportedly made an exception to its rules by allowing violent speech against Russian soldiers and Vladimir Putin.
Blockchain and crypto solution business Ripple has announced the first independent creators to receive money for their NFT projects through its Creator Fund.