British Games Institute cements UK cultural hub for video games
BGI merger with Nottingham’s National Videogame Arcade creates ‘centre of gravity’ for the UK’s £1bn-plus games industry – but it’s still seeking government support
Is Facebook for old people? Over-55s flock in as the young leave
A forecast 700,000 teenagers and young adults will leave the social media site in 2018
Arsenal seals cryptocurrency sponsorship deal
First such deal by a major sporting team will see club promoting CashBet at the Emirates
Elon Musk lines up $55bn payday – the world’s biggest bonus
Musk will become planet’s richest man if he turns Tesla into a $650bn business in a decade
CEO Kaz Hirai on Sony turnaround: ‘My job has been to revive pride in what we do’
The firm’s chief executive says his hands-on approach has paid off so far, but he’s not ready for a victory lap just yet
Tencent, the $500bn Chinese tech firm you may never have heard of
It’s overtaken Facebook, bought stakes in Snapchat, Tesla and Hollywood films, and has quietly risen to rival Google and Netflix
How smart speakers stole the show from smartphones
Amazon and Google believe they’ve struck gold with their voice-controlled speakers while Apple and Microsoft struggle to catch up
Intel facing class-action lawsuits over Meltdown and Spectre bugs
Plaintiffs claim compensation for security flaws and alleged slowdown that fixing computers will cause, while corporations count cost of corrections
Green shoots at BlackBerry? Fallen phone giant turns its hand to software
Chief executive John Chen has yet to reverse the company’s slide – but a positive response from investors is pushing up its shares
Cryptocurrencies: City watchdog to investigate new fundraising trend
FCA to escalate scrutiny of initial coin offerings in currencies such as bitcoin, increasingly used by startups
Game that tune: Apple snaps up Shazam for reported $400m
Reported price tag of $400m would be less than half the $1bn music identifying app was last valued at when it tapped investors in 2015
Facebook’s new London office brings 800 jobs to the capital
The tech giant’s new building will focus on engineering, and will also house LDN–LAB, a new scheme to nurture UK tech startups
Hammond boosts housing and NHS spending as growth forecasts are slashed
Autumn budget also includes stamp duty cut, £1.5bn universal credit U-turn and extra £3bn for Brexit preparations
Uber unveils former banker as new UK chairwoman
Former Bank of England adviser and ex-M&S executive Laurel Powers-Freeling named as new chair of embattled taxi app
Amazon ordered to repay €250m by EU over ‘illegal tax advantages’
Commission also says it plans to take Irish government to European court of justice over failure to collect €13bn from Apple