UK techies splash out record £7.16bn on consoles and games March 31, 2022 UK's gamers spent a record amount on video games in 2021, beating the previous high set in the peak of the pandemic.
Europe’s first metaverse ETF set to list in London March 10, 2022 Europe’s first metaverse exchange traded fund (ETF) is set to launch on the London Stock Exchange this month as investors scramble to pump cash into the burgeoning sector.
Nick Clegg gets a Facebook promotion as policy role expands towards the metaverse February 16, 2022 Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg has announced that former deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will be getting a promotion at Facebook to “president, global affairs”. In a Facebook post, Zuckerberg revealed that Clegg will be granted a larger policy role than his current one as policy chief at Facebook. “We need a senior leader at the [...]
‘An evil act of targeted violence’: Five dead after US bank worker livestreams Kentucky shooting spree April 11, 2023 A Louisville bank employee armed with a rifle killed five people at his workplace on Monday morning while livestreaming the attack on Instagram, authorities said. Police arrived as shots were still being fired inside Old National Bank and killed the gunman in an exchange of gunfire, Louisville Metro Police Department chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said. The [...]
The Tiktok election: Can memes really move the polls? June 6, 2024 Labour and the Conservatives have been throwing their best memes at each other, but will Tiktok actually sway the election?
Integration of CeFi and DeFi now possible through Binance Bridge 2.0 March 29, 2022 Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has today launch Binance Bridge 2.0 - a tool which will allow users to quickly and securely bridge assets from any blockchain to the BNB Chain.
Self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor sues crypto exchanges in multi-billion-pound trademark spat May 5, 2022 An Australian cryptographer, who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, is suing two of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges over claims they undermined his intellectual property rights by using the name Bitcoin. Craig Wright, who claims to be the real person behind the Bitcoin creator’s alias Satoshi Nakamoto, is suing Coinbase and Payward – [...]
The Notebook: Neil Bennett on Thames Water’s future, Iceland’s remarkable recovery and Twitter’s new rival July 5, 2023 The Notebook is where interesting people say interesting things. Today it’s Neil Bennett, global co-chief executive of advisory firm H/Advisors Where next for Thames Water? However big and powerful they appear, businesses are in reality fragile creatures. Many thousands of them fail every year for all sorts of reasons, and today’s behemoth is tomorrow’s insolvency [...]
The Notebook: Why everyone’s investing in gilts April 16, 2024 Victoria Scholar takes the Notebook pen to talk through the latest trends in the investment world, from gilts and gold to Rent the Runway.
Following Google’s lead: Microsoft axes Russia Today and bans state-owned media ads February 28, 2022 Microsoft have stated in a blog post that it will be removing Russian state-owned media outlet RT’s mobile apps from the Windows App store, as well as cutting ads on Russian state-sponsored media. In a post, the tech giant said: “One of our principal and global responsibilities as a company is to help defend governments [...]