Category: Digital Experience

AI Startup Looking to Ensure SMEs Get Paid on Time Raises £2m

London-based Previse, the FinTech startup utilising artificial intelligence to battle the scourge of late contract payments by large corporates, has announced it has closed its £2m seed funding round. Led by Hambro Perks alongside Founders Factory and with contribution from high...

Facebook Drone That Could Bring Global Internet Access Completes Test Flight

Mark Zuckerberg’s long-term plan for the Aquila drone is to have it and others provide internet access to 4bn people around the world who are in the dark A solar-powered drone backed by Facebook that could one day provide worldwide internet...

UK Digital Infrastructure Boosted by Launch of New £400m Government Fund

The government has today launched a new, £400m Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund (DIIF), designed to combat slow download times and troublesome connectivity across the country. Ministers are seeking to revolutionise Britain’s digital infrastructure, making internet access more reliable for homes and...

European Commission Antitrust Watchdog Margrethe Vestager Encourages Firms to Sue Google for Anti-competitive Practices

Brussels’ crackdown on Google is set to intensify after the EU’s top watchdog urged companies to sue the US tech giant in light of its mega-fine for anti-competitive practices. Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition chief, also said the decision to fine Google €2.4bn (£2.1bn)...

Station F, the World’s Largest Startup Campus Opens in Paris

WIRED interviews Roxanne Varza, director of new campus Station F The world’s biggest startup campus is opening today in Paris’s 13th arrondissement. Based on a former railway depot known as la Halle Freyssinet, the 34,000m2 space will accommodate more than 1,000 startups...

Google Unveils Advr, An Experimental Area 120 Project for Advertising in VR

Google today is more formally taking the wraps off its internal incubator, Area 120, with the launch of a dedicated website, alongside the launch of one of the program’s more interesting projects to date: a way to advertise within VR. The...

London P2P Car Sharing Startup First in UK to Offer Keyless Mobile Tech

HiyaCar, the London-based peer to peer (P2P) car sharing company, has become the first UK company to offer keyless car entry as part of its service. The startup’s QuickStart technology combines with its app to take users from selecting a car...

Global Cyberattack: What You Need to Know

A massive ransomware attack has hit businesses around the world, causing major companies to shut down their computer systems. Researchers are still investigating the software behind the attack, warning that it’s more sophisticated than the WannaCry worm that struck hundreds of...

Ocado Is Testing Its Own Driverless Vehicles on The Streets of London

Online grocer Ocado has become the latest company to join the autonomous vehicle fray after it began testing its own driverless deliveries on the streets of London. The UK retailer has partnered with Oxford-based Oxbotica to develop and test a small...

Look at The Evidence: Google’s Troubles In Europe Are Entirely of Its Own Making

LONDON — Google was fined €2.4 billion (£2.1 billion) for abusing its monopoly in Europe on Tuesday, and while Americans will no doubt bemoan the stereotype of European antipathy toward innovation this is mostly Google’s own fault. Let’s be clear: Today’s...