CES 2025 once again proved its status as a global stage for innovation, attracting over 141,000 attendees and more than 6,000 media professionals from around the world.

The Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT) Made in the UK, Sold to the World Awards are open for SMEs to enter until 9 March, with the addition of two new categories and an expanded prize package to honour exceptional accomplishments in global trading.

Managing payments across multiple providers is one of the most complex challenges for businesses operating in the global digital economy. Companies that rely on multiple payment service providers (PSPs) to cater to diverse markets or customer needs often face difficulties such as inefficiencies, technical hurdles, and high operational costs. This is where payment orchestration emerges as a powerful solution, streamlining multi-provider payment management while maximising efficiency and cost savings.  

CES 2025 featured a diverse lineup of celebrity appearances, enhancing the event's dynamic atmosphere.

At CES 2025, Paige West, Managing Editor at Startups Magazine, interviewed Wouter Konings, Founder of PhoneCam. They discussed the inspiration behind the product, which came from a real-life crime experienced by the founder’s son, the world’s smallest bodycam, and how it works.

Throughout history, science has been our tool for unravelling the complexities of life and improving medical treatments, including how cells interact, chemical reactions unfold, and drugs bind to their targets. In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken this to a new level. By collecting and processing vast amounts of data, AI is helping us identify new therapeutic targets and create treatments on an entirely different scale.

A group of talented people create an innovative product that gains traction with a few key clients. Everyone is happy. Until the company hits a wall. It finds itself struggling to scale, bogged down by bespoke solutions and unable to transition to a true product-based model.

At CES 2025, a panel discussion titled ‘The Future of NeuroTech: Exploring Tomorrow's Innovations’ brought together some of the brightest minds in neurotechnology to discuss the current state of the field, its future potential, and the challenges that lie ahead.

At CES 2025, Startups Magazine’s Paige West spoke to Lei Ziyang from 2nd-Curv. They discussed the LAKE flash dishwasher, and experienced a demonstration of the appliance.

At CES 2025, Startups Magazine’s Managing Editor, Paige West, interviewed Nicole Terry, Social Media Manager of Pelagion. The pair discussed the HydroBlade, the stand-up electric hydrofoil with steering capabilities, the inspiration behind the product, and the company’s goals for its CES appearance.

In a significant milestone for scalable quantum computing, Quantum Motion, a UK-based quantum computing scaleup founded by academics from University College London and Oxford University, has demonstrated rapid, large-scale characterisation of quantum devices fabricated using commercial semiconductor processes.

Richard Mackintosh joins Ripple, the easy-to-use AI sustainability data management solution, to support its continued growth in 2025.

Workspaces today require to be right-sized, adaptable space that foster community, collaboration, and flexibility.

ebm-papst, a player in air technology and heating technology, and HYTING, a startup for hydrogen heating systems, have announced their strategic partnership to develop and manufacture hydrogen-fuelled heat generators.

The January Blues have been present in general discourse for some time. Low mood, lower energy levels and feelings of irritability are experienced by many of us throughout the winter and January following the high of the holiday season.