The BMW X2 – the sportier new version of the perennial X1 – is a fine addition to the German marque’s roster | City A.M. August 8, 2018 BMW loves to overwhelm with numbers. First we had the X5 SUV, followed by the X3. Then came the X6, X4 and X1. Later this year we’ll see a Range Rover-sized X7 (lord knows how big an X8 or X9 would be), but ahead of that, a more obvious gap has been plugged in the [...]
Huawei one-ups Samsung with world’s fastest foldable 5G smartphone February 24, 2019 Huawei has stepped up to the plate with a foldable smartphone that is bigger, thinner, and faster than Samsung's model launched earlier this week. The Huawei Mate X features screens on both the front and the rear of the phone that fold outwards to form one larger, eight-inch OLED display. The front and back screens on [...]
Elon Musk’s Space X signs up first private moon flight passenger September 14, 2018 Space X has announced that it has signed up the first private passenger to fly around the moon on its new Big Falcon Rocket launch system. Elon Musk's company said it was a crucial step towards a future of everyday space travel. Read more: 'It's legal, right?' Elon Musk smokes weed on podcast The rocket [...]
Elon Musk’s Space X signs up first private moon flight passenger September 14, 2018 Space X has announced that it has signed up the first private passenger to fly around the moon on its new Big Falcon Rocket launch system. Elon Musk's company said it was a crucial step towards a future of everyday space travel. Read more: 'It's legal, right?' Elon Musk smokes weed on podcast The rocket [...]
Nationwide invests in former Barclays CEO’s fintech firm in bid to shake up business banking March 7, 2019 Nationwide has acquired a £15m stake in fintech startup 10x Future Technologies as it looks to boost its digital offering and shake up the business banking sector. The UK’s largest building society has invested in the firm founded by former Barclays boss Antony Jenkins to build a digital platform for its new business current account. [...]
Wealthsimple grabs $100m in new funding round from Allianz May 22, 2019 Digital wealth giant Wealthsimple has raised a CA$100m (£58.8m) investment round, led by the investment unit of insurance firm and asset manager Allianz. The Canadian fintech, which operates in the UK and US alongside its home country, manages an online investing service and a commission-free stock trading app, with over $4.5bn of assets under management. Read more: [...]
Teesside torment: Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos consults on closing factory, putting 224 jobs at risk October 3, 2019 Workers at an Ineos factory in Teesside were left fearing for their jobs this morning, after the chemicals giant said it was consulting on shutting it down. The future of the plant at Seal Sands, which employs more than 220 people, hangs in the balance after “decades of under investment”. Read more: Ineos plans $800m [...]
Space, the investment frontier: The companies that are reaching for the stars July 24, 2019 When Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon 50 years ago, space was the exclusive domain of two superpowers. Now it has become perhaps the ultimate competitive arena for two tech giants — not to mention a host of other private enterprises that see untold promise and profits in reaching for [...]
Football’s data liberator: How smarterscout founder Dan Altman plans to bring stats to the mainstream January 28, 2020 Dan Altman has been many things. Economist. Best-selling author. British government advisor. Columnist. Consultant. Teacher. All of those occupations revolved around the use of data, and “after about 15 years” Altman, in his own words, “got a bit bored and decided to try something a bit different.” That boredom has seen the 46-year-old American turn [...]
Huawei’s latest handset, the P30 Pro brings true telephoto photography to smartphones March 26, 2019 Following months of speculation and a number of leaks, Huawei has announced its new P30 and P30 Pro Android smartphones at a launch event in Paris today. The latest flagship in the Chinese firm’s photography-focused phone series sports a slew of cutting-edge new camera features. The P30 Pro includes an improved 40MP sensor as part of [...]