Tag: Richard Branson
Instagram adds features to help stop sextortion, Richard Branson back to balloon roots
Instagram will stop people from being able to screenshot or screen-record images and videos intended to be viewed once, as part of "ongoing efforts" to prevent sextortion on the platform. Its parent company Meta announced features on Thursday aimed at protecting teens from being tricked into sending intimate images to scammers and blackmailed over them.…
Journalists most important tech influencers in Tyto Tech 500 – but Richard Branson still tops list
Richard Branson tops Tyto Tech 500 list of most influential voices for tech industry 2023 The seventh annual Tyto Tech 500 awards reveals a major transformation in the pan-European technology landscape as journalists are identified as the most influential voices for the tech industry in 2023. The number of journalists placed…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Apple strikes chip deal with US firm Broadcom
Apple says it has struck a multi-billion dollar deal with chipmaker Broadcom to use more US-made parts. Under the multi-year agreement, the two US companies will develop components for 5G devices that will be designed and manufactured in America. Apple says the deal is part of a plan it announced in 2021 to invest $430bn…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Virgin Orbit pauses all operations
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit has admitted it is close to running out of money as it told staff they will stop getting paid within days. The rocket launch company, which in January led a botched mission to fire satellites into orbit from the UK, is racing to shore up its finances and said on Thursday…
Tyto launches sixth annual Tyto Tech 500 for 2022: Richard Branson tops list
Richard Branson tops the Tyto Tech 500 list European PR agency Tyto has published its sixth annual Tyto Tech 500, revealing the most influential individuals in the tech sectors of the UK, Germany and France. The Tyto Tech 500, the only objective data-driven influence study into Europe's technology sector, claims the publishers, this year reveals how academics and cybersecurity…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Virgin Hyperloop changes direction
Sir Richard Branson’s “hyperloop” business, which aims to build a futuristic means of transport, has cut half its staff as part of a shift towards moving cargo rather than passengers. Virgin Hyperloop has made 111 people redundant shortly after a clear-out of top executives. The project is backed by Sir Richard’s Virgin Group as well as…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Sony gears up for EV launch
Sony unveiled the Vision-S 02 concept EV at CES 2022 (Image credit: Sony) Sony, an iconic electronics company known for making video game consoles and televisions, is gearing up for a push into electric vehicles. Its EV program began two years ago, but the company is now attracting partners that can help…
Tech Digest daily round up: Top journalists ‘targeted with phone malware’, reports claim
Rights activists, journalists and lawyers around the world have been targeted with phone malware sold to authoritarian governments by an Israeli surveillance firm, media reports say. They are on a list of some 50,000 phone numbers of people believed to be of interest to clients of the company, NSO Group, leaked to major news outlets.…
Tech Digest daily round up: Toddington hopes to transform service stations
Toddington Harper thinks he may have been destined to transform the motorway network since his parents named him after Toddington services on the M1 in Bedfordshire. The businessman from Iver, in Buckinghamshire, is promising to make major improvements at motorway service stations allowing more drivers to charge the batteries of their electric vehicles quickly and…
Tech Digest daily round up: Pollution-eating car shown at Goodwood
A car that has been designed to strip the air of pollution as it drives along has been shown off at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Created by British designer Thomas Heatherwick, it is hoped the Airo will go into production in China in 2023, with plans to make a million of them. The radical…
