Reporting on the technology sector: software, AI, semiconductors, platform regulation, cyber-security and the deal-flow inside the industry that increasingly powers everything else.
A Mesa County district judge sentenced the former clerk to nine years in state prison for tampering with election equipment in a stunt designed to expose a non-existent fraud, one of the harshest sentences yet handed to an elected US official over the 2020-election conspiracy ecosystem.
The merging of two software titans, Adobe and Figma, sparks debate in the digital design community. In a move that's stirring up the digital design world, Adobe, the titan known for its ubiquitous creative software suite, has acquired Figma, the inno...
A London-listed business with a nearly $1 billion market cap is getting ready to offer its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, as the debate about the London Stock Exchange's declining appeal to public companies heats up. In order to get ready ...
High street newsagent chain WH Smith has revealed it was the subject of a cyber attack in which hackers gained access to corporate data. The retailer said that information about both current and previous employees was accessible to hackers. It empha...
Three UK prime ministers failed to persuade a prominent Cambridge microprocessor inventor to list on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), it has been revealed. On Thursday night, Japanese-owned Cambridge-based Arm announced it would list on the New York...
Those who lease new electric car are "overcharged" by hundreds of pounds per month, according to new research. Clean transportation group Transport & Environment says that companies don't price their cars to reflect the high resale value of cars...
Instagram and Facebook are 'doing a Twitter' and introducing a blue tick verification system, according to parent firm Meta. The monthly fee for Meta Verified will be $11.99 (£9.96) for web users and $14.99 for iPhone users. This week, it will be acc...
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has been exonerated of misleading investors in a 2018 tweet. A jury concluded that Elon Musk did not deceive his investors when he tweeted in 2018 that he had the money to take Tesla private. Due to the SpaceX owner...
The lending division of the American cryptocurrency startup Genesis filed for bankruptcy protection last week, becoming the newest business to fail as a result of a market crash that reduced the value of crypto tokens by almost $1.3 trillion l...
One of the largest tech firms in the world, Microsoft, is getting ready to lay off thousands of employees as a result of the weakening global economy. According to technology press reports, the US software giant may soon reveal intentions to delete a...
Elon Musk has set a new world record for losing the most amount of money ever. The CEO of Tesla and Twitter has lost so much money since November 2021 that, according to Guinness World Records, the international body that keeps track of record accom...
Tesla's share price has dropped to its lowest level in more than two years as a result of the electric car manufacturer's ambitions to shorten its production cycle and investors' concerns regarding Elon Musk's time commitment to running Twitter. Thi...
The largest round of layoffs in Amazon's history will result in 18,000 job losses, the company has stated. The e-commerce giant's brick-and-mortar locations, including Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go, will be particularly hit by the changes, chief execut...
Disgraced crypto trader Sam Bankman-Fried has been denied bail on charges connected to "one of the biggest financial frauds in American history". The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the 30-year-old founder of collapsed crypto...
The creator of the insolvent cryptocurrency company FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been detained by Bahamas police. According to the attorney general of the nation, the Bahamas have received official information from the US that criminal charges have b...
The UK, Italy, and Japan will work together to create a new artificial intelligence-powered fighter jet, according to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The collaborative company will aim to increase security ties and generate thousands of jobs in the U...
The US, China and Japan are also advanced in the race to develop space-based solar power and are expected to announce their own plans shortly. Separately from the ESA proposal, in the UK, a company, Space Solar, has been formed. It aims to demonstrat...
On Sunday, Antigua and Barbuda environment minister Molwyn Joseph, and chair of the Alliance of Small Island States, said the deal was a "win for the entire world" and "restored global faith in this critical process dedicated to ensuring no one is le...
ReutersBy Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent1: The biggest win on climate since Paris...?A new funding arrangement on loss and damage - a pooled fund for countries most affected by climate change - has been hailed as a "historic moment". It can be...
NASABy Rob CorpSunday with Laura KuenssbergHumans could stay on the Moon for lengthy periods during this decade, a Nasa official has told the BBC.Howard Hu, who leads the Orion lunar spacecraft programme for the agency, said habitats would be needed ...
Getty ImagesBy Georgina RannardClimate reporter in Sharm el-SheikhA promise from the developed world to foot more of the climate bill has raised fresh hopes of breakthrough at the UN climate summit COP27.Nations meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, are...
Getty ImagesBy Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondentUN climate talks were meant to end on Friday but nations are deeply divided over cash to help poor countries cope with the impacts of climate change. The idea of phasing down the use of all fossil f...
"The proposals adopted today for the requiem and hammerhead sharks, championed by the government of Panama, will forever change how the world's ocean predators are managed and protected," said Luke Warwick, director of shark and ray conservation at t...
American Bird ConservancyBy Tiffanie TurnbullBBC News, SydneySome 140 years after the black-naped pheasant-pigeon was last sighted by scientists, researchers have "rediscovered" the rare bird.After a month of searching, a team in September captured f...
