An interview with Nick Clegg about Zuckerberg's “masculine energy”, Silicon Valley's “cloying conformity” and “combination of machismo and self-pity”, and more
When Britain's former deputy PM took a job at Meta, nothing could have prepared him for the ‘cloying conformity’ of the tech world.
The Alan Turing Institute, the UK's flagship AI agency, plans to focus on defense, environment, and health, after staff criticized its leadership in December
Agency responds to criticism and rapidly evolving technology by cutting back initiatives — Britain's flagship artificial intelligence agency … Bluesky: @lukaszolejnik and @elinorcarmi . X: @mikepeel...
Microsoft completes its Activision Blizzard acquisition after a 20-month battle with regulators in the UK and the US; Bobby Kotick will remain CEO through 2023
Combining with Microsoft will enable us to deliver more fun, more joy … BBC : Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard Tom Warren / The Verge : Read Xbox chief Phil...
A look at the UK's new DARPA-inspired Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), which has a four-year £800M budget to invest in breakthrough tech like AI
Head of Advanced Research and Invention Agency tells FT it has appointed directors charged with selecting projects X: @braincures , @drdrasko , @clivecookson , @braincures , @workmj , @wi_john , and @...
An in-depth look at a January strike at Amazon's BHX4 Coventry warehouse, a carefully planned and legal effort, the likes of which Amazon UK had never faced
Jack Shenker / The Guardian : Twitter: @hackneylad , @nataliesedacca , @garethforest , @postfilm , @taj_ali1 , @hackneylad , @hackneylad , and @hackneylad . Forums: r/unitedkingdom Twitter: Jack Shen...
UK tech companies say operating with remote workers has changed their approach to post-Brexit hiring: executives will be local to HQs, most other roles won't
Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg : Tweets: @carnage4life and @brexit Tweets: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : It's now quite clear tech companies are going to embrace remote work as a solution to immigrant wor...
Facebook says it plans to hire 1,000 workers in the UK this year, with over half in technology, bringing its total in the UK to over 4,000
Reuters : Tweets: @nickymorgan01 , @snigskitchen , and @reutersbiz Tweets: @nickymorgan01 : Productive discussions with @Facebook's COO, Sheryl Sandberg, following today's announcement of 1000 new UK...
In an interview, Mark Zuckerberg says he will stay on as Facebook's chairman, defends COO Sheryl Sandberg, reiterates Facebook's potential as a force for good
but ousting her alone wouldn't solve its problems Michael Nuñez / Mashable : Facebook admits hiring PR firm to attack billionaire George Soros Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian : Zuckerberg's control o...
Uber's head of Northern Europe Jo Bertram is departing amid battle to regain London licence, will be replaced by London GM Tom Elvidge on interim basis
LONDON (Reuters) - Uber's [UBER.UL] top boss in Britain will quit the taxi hailing app just as the firm battles to overturn a decision …