Meta’s Nick Clegg: Fully developed metaverse more than a decade away

A fully developed metaverse could be as much as 15 years away, according to a new document written b...

Oscar Hornstein

Virtual and Augmented Reality / Fri 20 May 2022

UK expected to shelve plan to boost tech regulator powers in Queen’s Speech

The UK government is no longer expected to include legislation to increase the power of tech regulat...

Oscar Hornstein

Government & Policy / Wed 4 May 2022

SLAMcore raises £12.8m to help robots navigate

Spatial mapping company SLAMcore has raised $16m (£12.8m) in its Series A investment round led by R...

George Simister

AI / Wed 4 May 2022

Standard Chartered becomes latest corporate to buy virtual land in metaverse bet

British multinational banking and financial services company Standard Chartered has become the lates...

Oscar Hornstein

Virtual and Augmented Reality / Tue 26 Apr 2022

Meta appeals UK regulator’s Giphy merger block

Facebook parent company Meta has begun an appeal process against the UK's competition regulator for ...

Oscar Hornstein

Government & Policy / Tue 26 Apr 2022

Regulator tells Meta to do more to stop investment scam ads

The head of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned Meta that it must take greater action t...

Oscar Hornstein

Government & Policy / Fri 8 Apr 2022