Paid partnership with KPMG UK With the power to unlock huge benefits for the wider economy, UK tech innovators are our hope for the future. As KPMG opens applications for the firm’s annual Tech Innovator in the UK competition, Nicole Lowe, head of KPMG’s Emerging Giants practice talks to Dr Elliot Street, CEO of Inovus […]
Microsoft and Amazon asked to comment on tie-ups, a move that paves way for formal investigationThe UK competition watchdog has stepped up its scrutiny of big tech involvement in artificial intelligence startups, asking for comment on three deals by Microsoft and Amazon.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it was examining Microsoft’s investment in the French firm Mistral and the hiring of the DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman as head of the US company’s new AI division....
Lottery bids for highly educated worker visas plunged nearly 40% this year, authorities said Tuesday, claiming success against people who were “gaming the system” by submitting multiple, sometimes dubious, applications to unfairly increase chances of being selected. Major technology companies that use H-1B visas sought changes after massive increases in bids left their employees and prospective hires with slimmer chances of winning the random lottery. Facing what it acknowledged was likely...
Doctor Who’s Ncuti Gatwa and W1A’s Hugh Skinner will star in a National Theatre revival of Oscar Wilde’s play about courtships, betrothals, and confused identities. The Importance of Being Earnest also stars three-time Olivier Award winner Sharon D. Clarke playing the imperious Lady Bracknell. Director Max Webster, making his NT debut, told Deadline exclusively that casting Gatwa and […]
ST. GEORGE — Piles of lumber, tractors, workers walking around in hard hats – welcome to Southern Utah. The area’s growth is seemingly unstoppable, with new buildings and renovations springing up everywhere you look. In this episode of “What’s Going There,” Southern Utah’s show about developments and businesses in the works, Tom Callister with Linx […]
Tehran has been increasingly public about its air defense capabilities, including showing off models of systems at a recent international defense expo.
Speaking to the Journal moments after the decision by the PPS on Monday, Billy McGreanery and Marjorie Roddy spoke of how they had left no stone unturned in successfully clearing their beloved uncle William (Billy) McGreanery’s name, and in trying to achieve justice for the man who was like a second father to them. “There was always the possibility of this, you just hoped that it wouldn’t come to this and that they would do the right thing, which they haven’t in my opinion,” Billy said....
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Visa's CIO Don Hobson shares his vision for how generative AI will revolutionize the global payments landscape, from enhanced fraud detection to greater financial inclusion.
The chief executive of Norway's gigantic sovereign wealth fund on Tuesday said there is "clearly a lot of froth" in the tech sector.
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division conducted a live fire exercise of the U.S. Army’s newest counter-drone system in Capu Midia, Romania, informs a press release by the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest. The M-LIDS system, which stands for Mobile, Low/slow/small, unmanned aircraft Integrated Defeat System, is capable of detecting and defeating against the most common […]
As the UK’s second-largest city, it shouldn’t be a surprise that Birmingham is one of the UK’s most significant tech and business hubs, home to more than 2,000 tech startups and more than 6,000 tech businesses overall. In fact, the tech sector in the West Midlands was named the fastest growing in the UK […]