Bezos questions Chinese influence on Musk’s £34.5bn Twitter takeover April 26, 2022 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has questioned Elon Musk’s grab for Twitter, raising alarms about Chinese influence on the social media platform.
Twitter accepts Musk’s $44bn buyout deal April 25, 2022 Twitter has accepted a $44bn buyout from Tesla tycoon Elon Musk which takes the firm into private ownership
Post Office under fire for stalling Horizon payouts for victims April 25, 2022 The Post Office have been accused of stalling Horizon scandal payouts after the criminal convictions of 72 postmasters were overturned.
A fresh £225m: UK life sciences continue to ride wave of Covid-19 momentum April 25, 2022 The UK’s life sciences sector has continued to ride the wave of momentum that has come with Covid-19, with investors increasingly alive to the sector’s opportunities. The Cambridge Innovation Centre (CIC) has raised £225m in an oversubscribed round for its second life sciences fund, it announced today. The venture capital investor, focused on life sciences [...]
UCL hit by nearly 60m email attacks since start of 2022 April 25, 2022 University College London was whacked with almost 60 million malicious email attacks in the first three months of this year, according to official figures. The data, which was obtained through the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and analysed by the Parliament Street think tank, revealed that a total of 58,628,604 spam, phishing, malware and edge block [...]
New investigation reveals metaverse plagued with sexual and racial abuse April 25, 2022 A recent Channel 4 exposé has revealed sexual and racist abuse runs rife in the metaverse as firms continue to roll out the new technology.
First commercial astronauts to return to Earth after string of splashdown delays April 24, 2022 The world’s first commercial astronauts are due to return to Earth tomorrow, after several splashdown delays over poor weather. The Ax-1 crew, which consists of three high-paying customers via commercial space firm Axiom and two space veterans, will be spend another night on the International Space Station (ISS), NASA confirmed last night. After spending a [...]
Business of Space: Reusable rockets, space junk and new markets ‘ripe for overhaul’ April 23, 2022 City A.M.’s Millie Turner offers up a roundup of the most important news across the space industry, every Friday. This week: D-Orbit to supply key parts for ESA rocket The US says no to space junk Satellite connection on place ‘ripe for overhaul’ D-Orbit inks fresh supply deal D-Orbit has cut a deal with Beyond Gravity to deliver critical tools and [...]
Private detective admits hacking Wirecard’s critics April 22, 2022 An Israeli private detective has admitted coordinating efforts to hack journalists on behalf of disgraced payment processor Wirecard. Aviram Azari pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit hacking, and aggravated identity theft, for his role in acting as a middleman in the hacker-for-hire scheme. The charges relate to Azari’s role in working [...]
Exclusive: Salesforce chief says tech firm’s Canada offices are amongst the fullest worldwide April 21, 2022 Salesforce’s London offices are now fuller than almost all of its other offices worldwide, Salesforce’s UK & Ireland head has said to Morning Wire Speaking exclusively to this paper, Salesforce UK & Ireland CEO Zahra Bahrololoumi said “Salesforce thrives in city centres,” as she explained the firm is now working to upgrade its offices in [...]