Say bye to linen and leather, and welcome digital clothing and the metaverse December 29, 2021 The latest feature of the metaverse is here: brace yourself for digital clothing. Cyber outfits are completely sustainable – not least because they don’t have any physical presence in the real world. Digital clothing is at the forefront of innovation, and at the crossroads of the digital and the real world. Surely Mark Zuckerberg already [...]
‘An awful lot to play for’: Google lobbies EU for a softer Digital Markets Act as final changes made January 14, 2022 Google is in the process of nudging European Union officials this week in a last minute effort to influence the impending Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Long-read: Has the twit hit the fan? April 20, 2022 THE HOT topic in tech over the past week or so has been Elon Musk’s hostile $43bn bid for Twitter, which set off a firestorm of, well, tweets.Some claimed Elon Musk was riding to the rescue of free speech, others that his success would mark another step towards the breakdown of democracy. In all this [...]
Facebook ends long-standing crypto ad ban December 3, 2021 A turbulent start to the week for Bitcoin continues, with the leading cryptocurrency bouncing between $56,000 and $59,000 for the last two days as global financial markets continue to look uncertain in the face of the Omicron variant. Will we see a more significant move before the week is out? It seems to be a [...]
Spider-Man: No Way Home review – Marvel delivers pure cinematic sugar December 17, 2021 Logistics aren’t sexy, but throughout Marvel’s latest Spider-Man adventure I was struck time and again not by the antics of the heroes on the screen but the ones in an office in Los Angeles. How many scheduling clashes must have been overcome, how many legal meetings someone must have sat through, in order for this most [...]
NFTs: Are they legally laced up, or is the shoe on the other foot? March 23, 2022 Reed Smith partner Danielle Garno walks us through Nike's recent legal complaint over NFTs from online marketplace StockX.
Bitcoin is bigger than the Swiss Franc – is it time to consider crypto in your portfolio? November 10, 2021 As Bitcoin becomes bigger than the Swiss Franc, Gavin Brown asks 'is it time to consider crypto in your portfolio?'
Ukraine and Russia turn to crypto as war rages on March 21, 2022 Crypto analyst Francisco Memoria examines what's been driving the price of Bitcoin and Ethereum over the past seven days.
‘Big tech’ staff leaving in droves to join blockchain and crypto firms March 16, 2022 Crypto AM's Jonny Fry examines why big names like Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Google and Microsoft are losing staff to crypto projects.
More shame than a name: Will the real Mark Zuckerberg please stand up? October 29, 2021 What’s in a name? asks a star-crossed lover. The answer, she discovers, is everything. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is the realisation that neither can escape the fate dictated by their two names: Montague and Capulet. In Silicon Valley, one firm has alighted on a similar problem. Facebook’s leadership has realised, at last, that [...]