A Strange Loop, Barbican, review: New York’s smash hit doesn’t land in London June 29, 2023 A Strange Loop review and star rating: ★★★ A Strange Loop won every Best Musical award in New York, and was nominated for 11 Tony Awards. It was a New York Times Critics’ Pick and won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; unusual for a musical, the accolade was previously taken by Hamilton. The musical [...]
The real winners of marketplace battles are the consumers July 6, 2023 A Finnish mobile phone maker, an American social media network and a Japanese camera company walk into a bar, and the barman says: “oh, my dad told me about you.” Not necessarily the most promising comedy material but as a jumping off point for a discussion of the value of competition, the fates of once-seemingly-impregnable [...]
Letters: Zuckerberg is sinking his ship February 14, 2022 [Re: Meta share price plunge sees investors buy up almost 20 times more shares, Feb 7] Mark Zuckerberg’s Christmas wish for the end of 2021 may have come true, but it has come at the cost of $220bn drop in valuation. The Metaverse might show promise in years to come, but it does not appear [...]
Sorrell tells ad land to calm down about Elon Musk’s Twitter November 3, 2022 Despite the pandemonium caused by Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter last week, there is one media mogul who seems largely unfazed by the news. S4 Capital chief and former WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell underplayed the $44bn takeover and said that Facebook owner Meta was the one to watch when it came to the future [...]
The Notebook: Here East’s Gavin Poole on AI, esports and Tech Week June 7, 2023 The notebook is a place for interesting people to say interesting things. Today, it's Gavin Poole, CEO of Stratford tech hub Here East
Microsoft, Google and Amazon flood AI start-ups with cash, outspending venture capital December 27, 2023 Big tech companies spent twice as much on deals with Generative AI start-ups than venture capital groups in 2023, according to new data from Pitchbook.
Magnificent Seven market concentration is a problem everywhere, not just on Wall Street July 31, 2024 ‘Market concentration’ is a phrase on the lips of a lot of the market right now, especially as the Magnificent Seven tech stocks continue to swell in size. The Magnificent Seven is made up of the Big Five tech stocks; namely Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft, plus Nvidia and Tesla. Making up more than [...]
Ferrari Shifts into High Gear with Crypto Payments in Europe July 26, 2024 Each day, Coinrule will run through the state of the digital assets market for Blockbeat, your home for news, analysis, opinion and commentary on blockchain and digital assets. Ferrari announced it will start accepting cryptocurrency payments in Europe by the end of this month. This move follows a successful launch in the US last year. Ferrari plans [...]
Online Safety Bill: UK tech superpower dreams could be crushed by over-regulation August 24, 2023 New rules in the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) are set to come into force tomorrow, while the UK’s Online Safety Bill (OSB) remains mired in parliamentary proceedings, reigniting the regulation debate among tech companies and industry experts. The OSB, which aims to enhance online safety and security for users within the UK, is [...]
Playstation: Sony to cut 900 jobs and close London studio February 27, 2024 Sony has announced plans to cut around 900 jobs in its PlayStation arm and close its London studio.