Tag: Brexit
European investment in British tech sector surges despite Brexit
European investment in the British tech industry surged last year as the sector shrugged off Brexit uncertainty, according to a new report. Cash injected into the thriving tech sector from Europe jumped to a record high of £1.89 billion in 2018, up from £1.66 billion in 2017, according to new data from law firm Penningtons…
YouTube removes adverts for Britain First
YouTube has removed adverts for far-right group Britain First after clips promoting the organisation appeared before videos on the site. The adverts were taken out after the Guardian contacted the video-sharing platform about the clips, which had appeared before content linked to Brexit and British politics, the newspaper said. It reported that the video showed…
200 million Tweets about Brexit since referendum. Twitter issues tips on how to mute words.
More than 200 million tweets have been sent referencing Brexit since the result of the EU referendum was announced, according to figures from Twitter. And probably another 200 million more before we come to any kind of agreement! The social media platform has published tips for users who may wish to hear less about the…
Facebook launches UK fact-checking initiative to combat fake news
Facebook has launched a UK arm to its international fact-checking initiative following more than two years of criticism about how the social network has handled the spread of misinformation on its platform. Full Fact, a fact-checking charity founded in 2010, will review stories, images and videos which have been flagged by users and rate them based…
Top 10 trending ‘What is?’ Questions on Google in 2018. What is Bitcoin tops list
With the world perhaps more confusing than ever in 2018, Google users were bombarding the search engine with plenty of “what is…?” questions. Here are the 10 questions which, according to Google, were the top trending questions of the year. Note, these were not the most searched questions, but the ones that had significant spikes…
Scottish designers enable create Exit Brexit tool for digital generation
An online tool created to make it easy for the “digital generation” to urge their MP to vote against Theresa May’s Brexit deal if they are against it has been launched by designers. The Exit Brexit tool locates users’ MPs from their address details and generates a letter of objection, which it then sends to…
London’s Shoreditch is world’s most expensive tech district
ClubRooms in Shoreditch. Image: http://www.shoreditch-officespace.co.uk According to a survey by estate agent Knight Frank, Shoreditch is now the most expensive tech district in the world, with intense demand for office space pushing rents higher than those in Mid-Market, San Francisco, and almost double those in Brooklyn, New York. The 2018 Global Cities report, which…
