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‘World-first’ AI aims to revolutionise fitness tracking

Squats, crunches or kettlebell swings: if you are starting a fitness regime in 2021, there are ma...

Under Review: ROXi

In our tech review column, Jonathan Symcox sings along with music streaming box ROXi Background ...

Celebrity backing for AI reading app’s bid to reach 500,000 kids

Reading is crucial to a child’s development – yet one in nine kids in this country don’t ...

Cosmetics giant Avon appoints Karen McElhatton as CTO

Cosmetics giant Avon has announced the appointment of Karen McElhatton as Chief Technology Officer. ...

HumanForest crowdfunds £1.27m to expand e-bike fleet

HumanForest, a provider of sustainable shared e-bikes, has successfully completed a crowdfunding cam...

US expansion planned for FinTech automating charity donations

The food delivery sub-sector is one of only a handful enjoying a bumper year in 2020, and a London s...

Cloud HR and payroll provider XCD raises £2m

Bristol-based XCD, a cloud-based HR and Payroll software provider, has raised £2m to support its or...

GoCardless raises £71.8m to accelerate open banking strategy

GoCardless, a FinTech firm focussed on making recurring payments easier, has raised $95m (£71.8m) i...

Whirli raises £4m to bring kids toys into the sharing economy

A new service hoping to reduce the waste caused by children's toys has raised new funding to expand ...

Uber competitor Bolt closes £137m amid UK expansion plans

Uber has a new multi-platform transport competitor in the form of European mobility platform Bolt. ...

Tech platforms must avoid ‘London Underground’ mistake

As the world’s first underground passenger railway, London’s Tube network was once the envy o...

Child safeguarding tech firm merges with US rival

A tech firm focussed on online child safety has acquired the US owners of Net Nanny, a well-known pa...