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HD Hyundai to Keynote CES 2024

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that HD Hyundai, the world’s largest shipbuilder, will keynote at CES 2024 to share tech-first strategies which employ technology for building a more sustainable future. HD Hyundai, a global company also known for specialised construction equipment and energy solutions, further excels in developing eco-friendly infrastructure technology, as well as retrofitting carriers and shipyards.

Elevance Health’s Gail Boudreaux to Keynote CES 2024

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced Gail K. Boudreaux, president and CEO of Elevance Health, will headline a keynote session to discuss how the company is implementing an innovative whole-health approach to care. It complements the Digital Health Summit, which returns to CES 2024, and will focus on the outlook for health care in the U.S. and beyond.

Generative AI Distorts Human Sentiment, according to academics

Generative AI and the deployment of Large Language Models (LLMs) leads to unintended alterations in the sentiment of original text, according to leading academics from the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology at Warwick Business School.

Coventry Building Society Arena announces new partnership with SKOOT

Coventry Building Society Arena, one of the Midlands’ premier event venues, has unveiled a new partnership with sustainability platform, SKOOT.

Government launches cyber-resiliency inquiry

The government has opened an inquiry into the UK’s critical national infrastructure (CNI) to assess its cyber-resiliency as the UK is highlighted to be the third most targeted globally for cyber-attacks, following the US and Ukraine.

Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology launches Crypto Dashboard

The Crypto Dashboard, created by the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology at Warwick Business School, has been launched to revolutionise monitoring capabilities for various cryptocurrency assets, providing users with enhanced real-time insights and advanced analytics.

Positive growth overshadowed by late payments for UK small businesses

Despite tentative jobs growth, small businesses experienced slow sales growth and rising late payment times in the three months to September, according to the latest data from global small business platform Xero.

TIS selects the top 40 startups impacting tourism worldwide

Multiple startups have been recognised at the Touristech Startup Fest 2023, the global entrepreneurship competition hosted annually by TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit. The event, which has positioned itself as the key event for the tourism and technology entrepreneurial ecosystem, received more than 4,000 applications from startups from countries such as Spain, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Upfront Diagnostics’ blood test to detect severe stroke enters last phase of clinical trials

Upfront Diagnostics, a healthcare company focused on discovering novel biomarkers that can be applied to medical diagnosis, has started the last phase of clinical evaluation of a point-of-care rapid blood test designed to rapidly identify when stroke is caused by a blood clot blocking a main blood vessel within the brain. This is known as large vessel occlusion (LVO).  

New study shows farmed fish grow better with fungi produced from Nordic forestry by-products

Finnish biotech startup Enifer has contributed to a new study on farmed salmon that was done in collaboration with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). The study utilised Enifer’s PEKILO®Aqua mycoprotein, and it was conducted by a group of researchers led by Professor Margareth Øverland.

LG broadens ‘mission for the future’ initiative

LG NOVA, LG Electronics’ North American Innovation Centre, has launched the next version of its Mission for the Future programme designed to discover, build and grow highly impactful mission-driven new businesses in collaboration with startups and entrepreneurs.

ZEBOX global startup accelerator opens in Manchester

Global startup accelerator, ZEBOX has opened the doors of its UK hub in Manchester as it continues its ambition to support and develop the sustainable innovations of tomorrow.

Human trials for brain implants get the go ahead
Human trials for brain implants get the go ahead

Elon Musk’s biotech startup, Neuralink, has received approval from an independent review board to begin recruiting for its first human clinical trial. Neuralink is set to begin offering brain implants to paralysis patients as part of its PRIME study.

Kota raises €5 million to make core employee benefits work for modern companies

Kota, formerly known as Yonder, the all-in-one platform to automate insurance and retirement benefits for modern teams, has successfully closed a €5 million Seed round led by EQT Ventures with follow-on investment from existing investors Northzone and Frontline Ventures.

Four of Five European Financial Service leaders are bracing for Generate AI impacts

Almost 80% (77%) of leaders from European financial services expect Gen AI to have a significant impact on productivity and roles, according to the EY European Financial Services AI Survey. Yet, many firms still lack plans to train their workforce.

King’s College partners with quantum startup for drug discovery

King’s College London, a British university, and Kvantify, a Danish quantum computing software company, are proud to unveil their strategic partnership. Together, they will explore novel methods to integrate classical and quantum computing tools in drug discovery for neurological conditions.

Engine B brings Copilots to the audit, tax and accounting market

Engine B, a next-generation AI-driven professional services technology company, has created its first scalable Copilot, using the latest tools from Microsoft and the Azure OpenAI Service.

National Physical Laboratory (NPL) secures a place on new Silicon Catalyst programme, ChipStart UK

A pioneering new semiconductor technology developed by scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has been selected as one of the first twelve UK semiconductor innovations to receive support from ChipStart UK, a new incubator programme set up by Silicon Catalyst.UK and funded by the UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

Canva introduces student-safe AI products, customisable lessons, and over 5,000 free classroom resources

Canva has launched a suite of new primary and secondary school education products as part of its Canva for Education platform, making it the first company to introduce AI-powered tools at scale.

The membership community built to unlock power of cognitive diversity

Blend, the membership community built to unlock the power of cognitive diversity, breaking through business silos, has launched today (24th October).