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The UK recognizes stablecoin as a valid means of payment
On Monday, the UK government recognized stablecoin as a valid means of payment in the country. The country is now closer to permitting stablecoin to be used as a means of payment after releasing plans for its regulation. The UK Treasury revealed that stablecoins would be used within regulation, indicating that it’ll be recognized as […]
Facial recognition cameras will be deployed throughout London, according to police
London’s Metropolitan Police have announced plans to deploy live facial recognition cameras across the city, according to The Guardian, to detect individuals on watchlists “for serious and violent offences.” The Met says the technology will go into use next month, and will be deployed in popular locations for shopping and tourism. While facial recognition has been met […]
Despite threats of US retaliation, the UK will tax tech giants, with support from Europe’s digital policy chief
The UK will move forward with its plan to tax multinational digital firms, despite retaliatory threats from US officials, chancellor Sajid Javid said at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this week, according to The Guardian. “We plan to go ahead with our digital services tax in April,” he said. “It is a proportionate tax, and […]
Offering a digital platform to manage rentals, UK startup Residently draws £7m in seed funding
The UK-based startup Residently has raised £7 million in seed funding, with a tech platform to simplify and modernize the rental process for tenants in London and New York, according to Tech Crunch. A press release from the company said they’ve earned backing from European venture capital firms including Felix Capital, LocalGlobe, and A/0 PropTech, as well […]
YouTube will tweak its UK platform to promote fewer conspiracy videos
YouTube will implement algorithm changes to its platform in the UK, reducing recommendations of conspiracy theory and junk science videos, according to Tech Crunch. YouTube chief executive Susan Wojcicki said the changes will allow quality content “more of a chance to shine” and could reduce views of “borderline content” by 50 percent. The changes were first trialed […]
Beyond Britain, Huawei makes inroads across Europe
After months of heated debate, Theresa May and her ministers have finally made a decision on how much of Britain’s new 5G network they are willing to entrust to Chinese multinational Huawei. In response to warnings from officials like defence minister Gavin Williamson, May’s National Security Council decided Huawei could participate in “non-core” aspects of […]
Net neutrality: France is world champion
Arcep (independent French agency in charge of regulating telecommunications in France) has launched the app, Wehe. It evaluates if an internet provider respects net neutrality. After the first series of analysis, France is far ahead with positive results. Net neutrality (or network neutrality) is a principle of digital governance. All internet content must have […]
Minority Report is real : we can now foresee crime
1956: That was the year the book “Minority Report” was written by Philip K. Dick. 2019: That’s when it will become a reality. With the National Data Analytics Solution, welcome to the age of preventing crime before it happens. Maybe. Preventing crime “Minority Report” is a novel written by Sci-Fi author Philip K. Dick. […]
Approaching €100 Million, Dailymotion to open office in the Land of the Rising Sun
It’s been some time now that the French press is watching closely every move Dailymotion is making, mainly because of the French government intervention last spring putting an end to the Dailymotion Yahoo deal. Dailymotion and a few UK media announced several days ago a new partnership between the two parties consisting in Dailymotion appointing […]