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Margot James: deep AI expertise is central to the UK’s future
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It is by now a rite of passage for young technology industries to face a period of definitional uncertainty. Fintech …
Platform patricians and platform plebs: how social media favours the famous
In the spring of 2018, US celebrity Kim Kardashian uploaded a set of near nudes to her Instagram account to promote h…
Why China’s impressive patent rates don’t tell the whole story
Figures released last month by UHY Hacker Young showed that China is leading the way in global patent filing for AI a…
Tom Watson: we cannot be held hostage by data monopolists
This is an edited version of a speech Tom Watson delivered at an event organised by Progressive Centre UK on Wednesda…
How can we close the funding gap for northern startups?
As a Manchester United fan, few things have put more of a smile on my face than watching our revival under club legen…
Blockchain publicist says whole gender will disrupt your business
Yesterday I and hundreds of others received an email from a press officer, promoting what exactly was quite hard to u…
Quantum computing should be at the heart of the UK’s post-Brexit economy
First there was analogue, then came digital, next is quantum. The coming age is set to transform the economy and soci…
How a strong London-Paris link could fuel technological progress in Europe
Last month marked the centenary of the end of the First World War, and a time for remembrance. As we grapple with gre…