Tesla shares jump on increased revenue as losses widen February 10, 2016 Tesla Motors reported revenue of $1.2bn (£825m) for the three months to 31 December 2015, up from $956m in the same period of 2014. The electric car company's results fell short of analysts' expectations of $1.85bn in revenue. Meanwhile, losses for the quarter widened to $320m from $108m. Shares in the company were up by over four [...]
Twitter timeline change: This is Twitter’s new “best of” algorithmic timeline feature February 10, 2016 Twitter has revealed the changes that are coming to people's timelines. Despite the outrage over reports of the introduction of a feed curated by an algorithm rather than simply appearing in chronological order, the feature will roll out from today – although it is optional. In a blog post, Twitter said: "Here's how it works. You flip on [...]
City supremo Rich Ricci is racing into fintech joining FreemarketFX as chairman February 10, 2016 City supremo Rich Ricci, the former long-standing boss of Barclays' investment banking, is jumping on board the fintech revolution. The horse racing fan and former right-hand man of Bob Diamond will join the p2p currency exchange platform FreemarketFX, founded by former senior executive at Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank Alex Hunn, as non-executive chairman He has also invested an undisclosed sum in [...]
London fintech startup World Remit raises $45m from Triple Ventures Growth BDC and Silicon Valley Bank February 10, 2016 Star London fintech startup World Remit has landed another multi-million pound round of funding from investors. Triple Ventures Growth BDC and Silicon Valley Bank have invested $45m (£31m) in the form of debt financing to fuel expansion plans. Read more: Index has a new $550m VC fund and its eye on London startups The remittances startup lets [...]
Best UK mobile network: EE is the fastest mobile operator but Three is the most reliable as rivals Vodafone and O2 lag behind in new study February 10, 2016 EE has retained its crown as the UK's best mobile operator, but Three has beaten it when it comes to reliability, a fresh ranking reveals. When EE, Three, O2 and Vodafone were put to the test in a nationwide assessment of the operators’ speed, reliability, calls, internet, text and overall performance, EE shone brightest in five of [...]
Nasa’s stunning space tourism posters will make you want to travel to Mars February 10, 2016 Get your space suit on – these stunning pictures of future space travel will make you want to pack your suitcase and head for Mars, and beyond. The retro poster designs, commissioned by Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab, imagine a future where a mission to Mars is more of a day trip and a visit to Saturn's Enceladus is on the [...]
Online security risks: Here are three you’re probably taking February 10, 2016 Despite the ongoing business focus on investing in strong cyber security, one of the greatest causes of data breaches is often ignored – employees themselves. According to a 2014 report by IBM, 95 per cent of IT security breaches are caused by human error. There is a lot to be learnt about security, and it’s [...]
Here’s how much people working at Silicon Valley tech companies including Google, Facebook and Salesforce earn in London February 9, 2016 Dream of rocking up to Google's plush St Giles office and making use of its famous slide to get to meetings? Fancy becoming a Twitter native? Loads of people dream of working for a US tech giant – but how much do they actually pay their London workforce? Jobs site Glassdoor, which compares salaries at [...]
Firewatch day one review: a spectacular, touching and innovative game February 9, 2016 Firewatch | PC, PS4 | ★★★★☆ There’s a paradox at the heart of Firewatch. It’s about the epic, unfathomably massive, dangerously potent world of nature. And it’s also about the tiny, dark, often unbearably sad world inside our heads, a place even the most gloriously saturated of sunsets can’t always illuminate. These twin factors, two sides of [...]
Insurance tech startup Lemonade backed by reinsurers Lloyd’s of London, Berkshire Hathaway’s National Indemnity, Hiscox and more February 9, 2016 A soon-to-launch tech startup with millions in venture capital investment and plans to disrupt the insurance industry has been backed by leading insurers Lloyd's of London and Berkshire Hathaway's National Indemnity. Lemonade, a New York-based peer-to-peer insurance firm which recently picked up $13m from Sequoia Capital among others, will be reinsured by the firms, along with Hiscox, Everest, Munich, Transatlantic and [...]