After 20 years with BT’s EE network, Virgin Mobile (the world’s first MVNO) will be moving on in 2021 to Vodafone - who it has signed a five year partnership with.
The possibility of eavesdropping virtual assistants being used as witnesses in trials raise important questions concerning privacy and consent.
FinTech is entering a third phase of development.
On the 28th of October 2019, Virgin Galactic Holdings (VGH) debuted on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The company, founded by Sir Richard Branson, started trading as the first space tourism business on the exchange.
An industry-wide survey of financial services companies has demonstrated the increasing role of machine learning in the sector. The survey was commissioned by regulators, the Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who have since promised to explore machine learning policy.
After years of resisting technology, the legal industry has begun to embrace it. However, firms are now struggling to filter through the increasing number of legal technology service providers.
Technology Giant Google is to buy the health technology company Fitbit for $2.1 billion, raising concerns about the personal data of Fitbit’s 28 million users.
The UK data protection watchdog has called for legal guidance on the rise of live facial recognition and urged police to restrain their use of it.
Facebook, the world’s second largest seller of advertisements, is being sued for discrimination against older females for withholding advertising for financial services, such as bank accounts, insurance, investments and loans.
In May 2019, global law firm Ashurst expanded its Ashurst Advance scheme, the firm’s “NewLaw” operations division, as it launched Ashurst Digital Ventures (ADV).