Mar 10, 2023 That's my crypto – fork it over! By Matthew Harman How far would you go to get your hands on billions of pounds worth of cryptocurrency? Dr Craig White, who also claims to be Satoshi...
Mar 08, 2023 Remote driving: Law Commission gears up for regulatory change By Charles MacRae Autonomous vehicles have dominated headlines for some time now, but the Law Commission has recently turned its attention to remote...
Feb 22, 2023 WEF: Without AI we won’t meet ESG Goals By Natalie Donovan The World Economic Forum has recently said that without AI, we won’t meet ESG goals and beat climate change. It is clear that...
Feb 21, 2023 Tech and Sustainability are inseparable: key takeaways from ClimateTech roundtable By Laura Houston Harry Hecht George Mole Chaya Kupperman +1 more... Show less There is nothing novel in the suggestion that technology has a central role to play in tackling the climate crisis. However, after...
Feb 14, 2023 How would you like to pay? Moving towards the digital pound By Emily Bradley In a significant step, the Bank of England and HM Treasury have declared that it is "likely" that a digital pound—the catchy moniker for...
Feb 14, 2023 Faces and breaches: ICO doubles down on tailored approach to UK data enforcement By Alex Buchanan In the first few weeks of 2023, the ICO has continued to espouse its commitment to exercising its full spectrum of enforcement powers....
Feb 03, 2023 Are the Floodgates Opening? The Future of Large Datasets in AI By Matthew Harman The use of large third-party datasets in the development of AI models has been a contentious issue for some time now. In the latest...
Jan 31, 2023 To borrow or not to borrow: key considerations for “venture debt” deals By James Cook Phoebe McGibbon Callum Morganti If you are a tech start-up, or your organisation invests in or helps develop them, you will have seen market speculation that 2023 is...
Jan 26, 2023 ICO tech report highlights privacy challenges for four key technologies By Natalie Donovan The ICO is encouraging developers to consider privacy at an early stage when implementing new technologies and, in its first annual...
Jan 20, 2023 Accountability and technology: imagining the future of the SM&CR By Emily Bradley The Senior Managers and Certification Regime or 'SM&CR', a regulatory lever which seeks to foster greater individual accountability...
Jan 19, 2023 HMT Review of Payment Services Regulations: is this the beginning of a tectonic shift in the regulatory bedrock? By Jordan Emery Ten years ago, the thought of your phone scanning your face before you pay for your morning coffee may have been a disturbing one. Five...
Dec 06, 2022 Fundraising during rockier times – key takeaways By James Cook During a recent panel session moderated by Slaughter and May for late-stage UK start-ups, titled ‘Fundraising during rockier times’, we...
Oct 24, 2022 UKIPO publishes guidance on examining patent applications for AI inventions By Richard Barker As promised in its response to its Call for Views on AI and IP, the UKIPO has published a set of guidelines clarifying how it will...
Sep 29, 2022 Acquiring start-ups under the improved R&D regime By Kasim Mehmood The UK is, and intends to remain, a leading start-up hub for the tech and other sectors. R&D tax reliefs play a key role in incentivising...
Sep 27, 2022 Merging crypto and ESG By Emily Bradley On 15 September 2022 the long-awaited transition to a 'proof-of-stake' consensus mechanism on Ethereum—referred to as 'The Merge'—finally...
Sep 16, 2022 Privacy-enhancing technologies: what are they and when do you use them? New ICO guidance helps explain By Jack Higgins On 7 September, the ICO published its draft guidance on the use of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs). The draft forms the latest...