Canadian AI firm Cohere is tripling its London office at 100 New Oxford Street, betting on surging UK government and enterprise demand for sovereign AI.
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Cut off from the world’s most powerful AI, Britain leans on Trump for a way back in
Downing Street is lobbying the White House for a UK carve-out after Donald Trump banned foreign access to Anthropic’s most advanced Claude models, citing security risks.
Beyond the hype: what do British businesses really make of AI?
As MPs launch an inquiry into AI and the future of work, Business Matters asks what British firms really gain from artificial intelligence, and what is holding smaller businesses back.
SpaceX shares rocket past listing price in historic stock market debut
SpaceX shares surged past their $135 IPO price to hit $150 on debut, as investors piled into Elon Musk’s $1.75tn space and satellite empire. But can the gains last?
Brabin backs Tech West Yorkshire as region bids to become UK’s leading tech hub outside London
Mayor Tracy Brabin backs Tech West Yorkshire, a new body uniting 9,700 digital firms across Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Calderdale and Kirklees to build a leading UK tech hub.
Google ordered to hand UK news publishers an opt-out from AI search results
The CMA has ordered Google to give UK news publishers control over AI Overviews, opening the door to fairer content deals and a rebalanced digital economy for SMEs.
Nvidia takes the AI war to the desktop with RTX Spark superchip
Nvidia has unveiled the RTX Spark superchip at Computex 2026, bringing personal AI agents to Windows PCs from Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI from the autumn.
The British chipmaker quietly building a global challenger in county Durham
Pragmatic Semiconductor, the Durham-based maker of ultra-thin flexible chips, is gearing up to become the UK’s largest chipmaker by volume — and has its sights set on an IPO.
Nine in ten companies still waiting for AI to pay off, warns Accenture chief
Soaring adoption is failing to translate into bottom-line returns, fuelling fresh anxiety over inflated valuations across the AI sector
Meta to axe 8,000 jobs as Zuckerberg doubles down on AI race
Meta begins 8,000 global redundancies to bankroll a $145bn AI splurge, with 350 Dublin roles in the firing line as Zuckerberg chases ‘personal superintelligence’.
Are You Building a Future-Ready Business? Choose Tech That Is Less Visible, Not More Complicated
You may have heard the joke: an older fish says to a younger fish, ‘The water’s nice today, huh?’ and the younger fish replies, ‘What the hell is water?’ It works because the things that shape our experience most are often the easiest to overlook.
ICO Warns SMEs: one month to comply with new Data Complaints Law
UK businesses have just four weeks to put a statutory data protection complaints process in place before the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 takes effect on 19 June 2026. Here’s what SMEs must do.
How a 50-person start-up beat TikTok at the IPO – with Lord Sugar in its corner
An Isle of Man fintech start-up has beaten TikTok at the UK Intellectual Property Office, winning a two-year trade mark fight backed by Lord Sugar’s Trade Mark Wizards, and TikTok has been ordered to pay costs
Barclays crowns Fractile and Isomorphic Labs in inaugural AI 100 as Britain’s tech race intensifies
Barclays Eagle Labs names Oxford chip pioneer Fractile and DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs among Britain’s top AI start-ups, as UK AI funding tops £8.3bn.
Smart glasses are ‘an invasion of privacy’, yet Meta is shifting them by the million
Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses have sold seven million pairs and command 80% of the AI eyewear market, but a wave of covert filming, lawsuits and looming facial recognition is fuelling a fierce privacy backlash. What it means for British businesses and the wider tech sector.
