Volkswagen Group (VW) has teamed up with electric vehicle (EV) startup Rivian, in a deal valued at $5.8 billion (£4.55 billion).
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ChargeLab and ChargeHub are teaming up to significantly enhance EV roaming capabilities across North America, providing seamless connectivity
From this Thursday, 17 October, customers in the UK can officially pre-order the Ariya NISMO at their local Nissan dealer.
Apple must pay €13 billion in back taxes to the Irish government after the European Court of Justice rejected Apple’s appeal of a landmark 2016 ruling.
Crypto payments platform Wirex and Visa have extended their partnership to further the use of digital currencies in the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA).
With digital wallets now the go-to payment method for adults worldwide, the PSR and FCA are joining forces to investigate how they could impact the UK’s financial ecosystem.
Apple has issued a new spyware attack warning to users in 98 countries. It’s the second time the iPhone maker has released an alert of this nature over the last few months.
A former senior Apple lawyer who avoided prison time after pleading guilty to insider trading must pay a $1.15 million fine in a related U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil case, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
Volkswagen and EV start-up Rivian have entered a joint venture to create next-generation software-defined vehicle (SDV) platforms to be used in both companies’ future EVs.
Sainsbury’s has launched a new initiative to reward customers with Nectar points when they use its ultra-rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging service, Smart Charge.
This fall, Apple will be bringing AirPods software updates that will transform the way users respond to Siri, take calls, and immerse themselves in their favourite games.
McDonald’s has launched “My Happy Place” Metaverse, inviting locals to create personalized hamburgers and participate in a variety of activities
Apple has unveiled the winners of its annual Apple Design Awards, honouring 14 best-in-class apps and games.
Magic Leap and Google have teamed up to develop new extended reality (XR) technologies, merging Magic Leap’s advanced optics with Google’s robust infrastructure.
Octopus Energy is teaming up with Zopa Bank to launch a 'Buy Now Pay Later' scheme for solar panels and EV chargers.
Uber is offering its drivers a £5,000 grant for a new electric vehicle, as well as additional grants of up to £17,000.
Volklec, who make batteries for electric vehicles has launched today. Based in Coventry in the West Midlands, with the vision of Powering Electrified Mobility
Apple has unveiled new accessibility features coming later this year, including Eye Tracking, a way for users with physical disabilities to control iPad or iPhone with their eyes.
A U.S. federal judge has questioned whether Apple has set up a gauntlet of hurdles to discourage the use of alternative payment options in iPhone apps, despite a court order seeking to create more ways for consumers to pay for digital services.
Adidas has teamed up with Solana-based fitness app Stepn to launch an exclusive NFT sneaker collection, signaling the company's further dive into the Web3 space.
The continuous battle between Apple and Spotify continued today with Apple rejecting a new version of its iOS app in the European Union with in-app pricing information.
Apple are to launch a special Today at Apple series titled “Made for Business” in May, offering small business owners and entrepreneurs free opportunities to learn how Apple products and services can support their growth and success.
Apple has lost its bid to have part of a lawsuit in the United Kingdom dismissed. The lawsuit filed on behalf of 1,500 UK based app developers alleges that Apple charged them unfair commissions
To facilitate cryptocurrency purchases for U.K. based users, Coinbase has integrated Apple Pay functionality, enabling users to buy Bitcoin and other digital assets directly through their iPhones using Apple Pay.
PayPal has added new features to its complete payments solution for small businesses, enabling small businesses to accept a range of payments including PayPal, Venmo and PayPal Pay Later products.
The UK Government are to ensure that EV owners in England, without driveways or dedicated parking spaces, can access a £350 chargepoint grant
Apple terminated Epic Games developer account a few days ago, an account where Epic said it intended to use that account to bring the Epic Games Store and Fortnite to iOS devices in Europe
Apple has terminated Epic Games developer account. Epic says that it intended to use that account to bring the Epic Games Store and Fortnite to iOS devices in Europe thanks to the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Apple has implemented transcripts for Apple Podcasts, a new feature that makes podcasts more accessible and easier to navigate.
Apple today unveiled the new MacBook Air with the M3 chip. With M3, MacBook Air is up to 60 percent faster than the model with the M1 chip and up to 13x faster than the fastest Intel-based MacBook Air.
Later this month, Meta will pass along Apple’s 30% service charge to advertisers who pay to boost the visibility of their posts on its social networks.
Octopus Energy has launched the UK's first vehicle-to-grid tariff, guaranteeing free charging for electric vehicle owners who sell the power from their cars' batteries back to the grid during peak hours.
Spotify has called Apple’s new rules to comply with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) a “complete and total farce” that “does not comply with the letter and the spirit of the law”.
From Jan. 18, Apple will again be banned from selling Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 devices in the US due to its ongoing patent infringement case with Masimo.
Apple is planning to remove its blood-oxygen feature from the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, to circumvent a US ban of the devices.
Under a proposed settlement to a class-action lawsuit, Apple has agreed to pay out up to $14.4 million to Canadians who owned an iPhone 6 or iPhone 7,
Apple is to pay out $25 million to settle a class action lawsuit over its Family Sharing feature. The feature allows users and up to five family members to share access to apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books that they purchase.
Italy has launched its anti-piracy platform, Piracy Shield, which forces operators and providers to block content.
Mercedes-Benz in the UK has extended their partnership with Pod Point, who operates the largest network of EV charging points in the UK.
In an open letter, the UK's CMA has warned about the potential risks of limited competition in the electric vehicle charging infrastructure sector, specifically along motorways.
MPs have agreed on new regulations to ensure transparent pricing across electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints, as well as ensuring contactless payment options are available.
Microsoft has launched an exchange offer for Activision Blizzard’s outstanding debt as part of its acquisition of the company.
Microsoft has closed its $75bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard following its clearance by the CMA, ending 21 months of uncertainty over the video games industry’s biggest-ever deal.
Cellhire and OV have signed a strategic partnership, eliminating excessive charges for roaming IoT devices by giving Cellhire’s clients and channel partners access to more than 600 direct roaming agreements globally, in a permanent roaming solution.
NiFTiesLab Corp, operator of the first BRC-20 attention economy token $HSAC that rewards user engagement and interaction, has collaborated with Icon.X World, a Web3 car racing simulation platform.
The UK High Court has denied a “fanciful” attempt from BT to sue Virgin Mobile (VMO2) after EE accused the operator of terminating their network access agreement before its expiry.
BitMart has successfully acquired crypto related licenses in Lithuania, representing a pivotal step forward in BitMart's commitment to achieving full regulatory compliance throughout the European market.
Samsung today unveiled its fifth generation of Galaxy foldables: Galaxy Z Flip5 and Galaxy Z Fold5.
Video games have long suffered the stigma of being a waste of time, according to countless complaining mothers the world over. They’re also addictive, socially isolating and can even pose health risks if taken to the extreme
National and global media, encompassing public and commercial TV, radio, and online-streaming broadcasters will utilise large voice and data bundles provided by Cellhire.
Apple has become the first publicly traded company to close a trading day with a $US3 trillion market value.
Vodafone has launched 5G Standalone services to customers, calling it 5G Ultra, but only in select locations and on certain devices.
Pepe CPT is bringing the power of AI to the world of cryptocurrency trading. Pepe CPT, short for Pepe Crypto Pre-trained Trader, utilizes advanced AI algorithms
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been sued by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the U.S, accused of mishandling customer funds and lying to regulators and investors.
Google has released an architecture called “Composer for TV”, which allows developers to create apps on Google TV with less code and more intuitive tools.
British luxury smartphone brand VERTU has launched its latest flagship model, the METAVERTU 1TB WEB3 phone
Aaron Tsai, King of Shell has become World’s first Trillionaire in the Metaverse, through the creation of his personal social token (PST), ATT and an algorithmic USD stable coin USDM.
The UK Government is to send an emergency alert to all UK mobile phones in April, currently expected to take place in the early evening of Sunday, 23 April 2023.
Waygate has launched its NFT Platform and 3D Capture Tool, where you can transform your real-life objects into ultra realistic and immersive 360-degree viewable 3D NFTs.
Web 3.0 start-up Telept, has launched its first-mover Web PC platform Telept City, which empowers participants to create one-of-a-kind AI generated NFT called X-Native.
Digital collectibles platform VeVe, has teamed up with luxury super sports car brand and manufacturer Automobili Lamborghini to bring Lamborghini super sports cars to the platform on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 8 AM PT, starting with the Huracán STO.
The WWF Deutschland and Savespecies have teamed up to launch “SaveYour.World" metaverse, run on Journee and powered by the Polygon network.
Crypto payments platform Wirex, has signed a long-term strategic partnership with Visa to expand its footprint in the United Kingdom and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
Specialized in Comic NFTs, telling legendary stories through interactive comic books, and Web3 gaming, LightningWorks has launched the world’s first interactive comic book in its collector’s release on Ethereum.
Apple today unveiled M2 Pro and M2 Max, two next-generation SoCs (systems on a chip) that take the breakthrough power-efficient performance of Apple silicon to new heights.
MRHB’s tokenized decentalized exchange TijarX has moved on from its Beta phase! To celebrate, MRHB is currently hosting the TijarX Gold Rush Contest, starting from Jan 16th and ending Jan 31st.
Virgin Media O2 will begin moving all Virgin Mobile customers over to O2’s range of plans. From February 2023, the company will start sending communications to the first group of Virgin Mobile customers
Consola.finance has launched its end-to-end finance and accounting platform specifically designed for web3 firms.
Samsung has unveiled its new Neo QLED, MICRO LED and Samsung OLED line-ups alongside lifestyle products and accessories ahead of CES 2023.
Prada is launching the eighth edition of the Timecapsule NFT collection on January 5th at 3 PM CET.
Degen Productions has released ‘A Bear and a Robot: Artificial Imagination’, one of the first books ever fully written and illustrated by Artificial Intelligence.
China is launching its first state-run NFT marketplace, known as the “China Digital Asset Trading Platform,” a secondary trading market for digital collectibles.
Touchcast has launched an end-to-end automotive customer experience in the metaverse, running on Microsoft Azure, allowing consumers to browse, customize, and purchase their dream car inside an interactive virtual showroom, directly from their browser, without needing a VR headset or specialized software.
Arctic Wallet is a non-custodial multi-chain crypto wallet built on the principles of decentralization and privacy. The Arctic Team believes that anonymity and security can go together with user-friendliness and simplicity.
Ether Domain Name Services (EDNS) has joined Huawei Cloud to innovate the Web3 ecosystem together and discover the capability of growing cloud-based solutions that are made on Web3 technologies to bring a revolution in the digital ecosystems.
Coinbase has secured regulatory approval by the Central Bank of Ireland to act as a virtual asset service provider (VASP), where the company’s operations in the country will be overseen by Cormac Dinan, a former employee of Crypto.com, Deloitte and Citigroup.
Aston Martin has launched its first NFT collection designed in cooperation with The Tiny Digital Factory. A total of 3,000 NFTs will be available starting on December 18 this year.
Find Satoshi Lab ("FSL"), a Web3 gaming and development studio founded in 2021, has launched its NFT Launchpad on MOOAR, FSL's NFT marketplace which went live last month.
Twitter has relaunched its Blue Subscription service, which gives users who sign up a blue tick badge, the ability to edit tweets and a range of other features in exchange for a £6.50 monthly fee.
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Apple today unveiled Apple Music Sing, a new feature that allows users to sing along to their favourite songs with adjustable vocals and real-time lyrics.
Coca-Cola will provide FIFA World Cup NFTs depending on heat maps of the matches played. GMUNK, a digital content creator who has formerly collaborated with Nike, DoorDash, and singer Grimes, will design and display the NFTs on Crypto.com’s NFT portal.
Google has launched Android 13 for Smart TVs, bringing improvements in accessibility and performance, more customization options, and changes in the UI.
Identity Management Institute (IMI) has launched a Metaverse Security Centre, to spread awareness of metaverse risk and web3 best practices.
FIAT Metaverse Store is the world’s first metaverse-powered interactive showroom, the first of its kind to power an end-to-end sales experience in the metaverse, revolutionizing the brand's entire customer experience.
Porsche has launched its next brand experience in the digital world at Art Basel in Miami, unveiling the brand's newest collection of NFTs.
The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a probe into apple and Google's "effective duopoly" on mobile browsers and cloud gaming.
Ooredoo, the Official Middle East and Africa Telecommunications Operator of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 has enabled everyone in Qatar to access and experience its pioneering 5G network, making this World Cup the first 5G-powered World Cup in the history of the event.
NVIDIA and Microsoft are to build one of the most powerful AI supercomputers in the world, powered by Microsoft Azure’s advanced supercomputing infrastructure combined with NVIDIA GPUs, networking and full stack of AI software
MovieX is a web 3.0-based project that pays users for watching movies and popular videos instead of charging them.
Crypto Exchange Gate has launched Gate Pay, a crypto-based payment solution.
Decentralized financial technology platform Telcoin is expanding into the European market, giving the company the ability to offer both its self-custodial digital asset wallet and cryptocurrency exchange service to Europeans
Bytebus is a platform that provides cloud mining services to its users and provides opportunities to expand their income.
ImmutableX has officially launched the GameStop NFT Marketplace which unlocks access to web3 games and millions of world-class, NFT gaming assets to tens of millions of GameStop players and GameStop Powerup Pro loyalty customers across the United States.
Booky Call, a free book discovery platform cleverly disguised as a dating app, is hosting BookyCon, the world's largest virtual book festival Nov. 12.
Singapore-based blockchain start-up E-verse is to kick off year-end celebrations with the first ever global metaverse concert with Neha & Tony Kakkar, India's biggest musical artists.
Claire's Stores has launched ShimmerVille, a transformative digital world to explore, work, play, shop and connect with friends.
Global cryptocurrency exchange Bitget has entered into a partnership with Lionel Andrés Messi, the iconic Argentinian footballer and winner of seven Ballon d'Or Awards.
Blockchain security and risk monitoring solutions provider AnChain, has launched AnChain.AI University, its new professional certification program learning centre.
Disney Music Group and experiential e-commerce platform Obsess have launched the Disney Music Emporium virtual experience, an immersive online store celebrating the wonder of Disney music
INTERPOL has entered the metaverse with a global police metaverse, hosted on the INTERPOL Secure Cloud to ensure neutrality.
Warner Bros. has teamed up with Web3 company Eluv to create NFTs of the legendary film “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” the extended version.
Catheon Gaming has officially launched its GameFi Accelerator Program designed to support the most promising blockchain gaming and metaverse developers and projects globally.
Daedalus Technologies has launched a cryptocurrency wallet with support for the new Aptos and Sui blockchains, as well as existing Solana and Ethereum networks.
Catheon Gaming has officially launched the Catheon Gaming ecosystem, the Catheon Gaming white paper and the Catheon token.
TMB has launched its exclusive NFT collection with Theta Labs for The Pet Collective, one of the largest animal-based media brands in the world with over 47 million social followers and the largest pet account on TikTok.
Global smartphone company, Infinix, has launched the brand's all-new ZERO ULTRA smartphone – its most powerful flagship to date with 180W Thunder Charge technology – as well as a space-themed limited-edition XBOY EXPLORER NFT collection.
Ethereum Towers, a community-centric, vertical megastructure consisting of 4,388 NFT apartments set in the upcoming Ethereum Worlds Metaverse, have launched their next apartment NFT mint.
Blockchain platform Neo has entered the world of decentralized digital identities with their NFT-based Neo Name Service (NeoNS)
Kiley Grombacher of Bradley/Grombacher LLP have filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of Apple users who allege Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta still tracks their activity on their iPhones even though they "opted out" of tracking.
NFT battle game Versus, which features an Animal-Crossing-inspired open-world multiplayer metaverse, is adding Concordium to its ecosystem allowing players to explore unique arenas in collaboration with major brands.
NFT marketplace Angel Dust, where artists and collectors can create, sell and collect digital items secured with blockchain, is officially holding its much-anticipated presale subscription for early investors.
The PGA TOUR and Web3 brand Autograph are to create a comprehensive "digital collectibles" NFT platform, revolutionizing golf fandom by allowing fans to celebrate their love of the game by owning a token of its storied history.
Polkastation combines various DeFi protocols, NFT minting, and marketplace with the Polkadot framework as its base.
Snoop Dogg has unveiled his newest wine with 19 Crimes, Snoop Cali Gold (SRP: $17.99), the franchise's first sparkling wine that coincides with the world's first rapping wine label!
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NS1 has appointed Kim Kaminski, a veteran marketing leader with more than 25 years of experience, as chief marketing officer (CMO).
NYX, a Web3 start-up leveraging NFTs, has launched NYX Soulmate, an AI-powered match platform for Web3.
Homespace Metaverse extends reality and allows people to earn, play, educate, meet and spend time with each other in places like future cities, black-and-white movies of the 50s, or in the homes of their dreams, which they can create for themselves through Сreative Mode.
Virtuzone has unveiled its plan to build a flagship metaverse office tower in partnership with pax.world, a blockchain metaverse with an early-mover advantage.
UNest, the family investing app that makes it easy for parents to build a brighter future for their kids, has launched UNest Crypto, becoming the industry’s first all-in-one financial solution for parents and kids to offer digital assets.
