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title: Techerati Newsletter - 20 December 2024
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Your tech news has landed: Tech Show London 2025 registration goes live, Databricks raises £7.9bn, and more!

| View in browser Registration goes live for Tech Show London 2025 Hosting five colocated shows, this year's event will provide attendees with a platform for thought leadership, collaboration, and innovation.   > Discover brand new features for Tech Show London 2025.   > Secure your ticket to Data Centre World!  READ MORE EU police data plans raise serious privacy and security concerns Over 50 organisations, like NGOs and tech firms, have warned that altering police data access threatens European human rights and digital security.   > Should technologies permit ‘lawful access by design’? Find out more.  READ MORE AI and data firm Databricks raises £7.9 billion Databricks described the funding round as “substantially oversubscribed”, and the firm is now valued at £49.2 billion.   > Read on to discover how the funding will be spent. READ MORE More News from the Tech Industry 1. UK aims to regulate use of copyright protected content in AI training The UK has launched a consultation on new proposals to provide legal clarity on using copyright-protected materials for AI model training. The measures seek to address uncertainty within the creative industries and support innovation.    2. UK businesses facing disruption from PSTN switch-off deadline Unless work is done by companies in the UK, the move from the Public Switched Telephone Network to IP networks is set to cause major disruption. According to the report, 18% of small firms and 26% of large companies report having a solution ready.   3. European Commission to develop satellite constellation set to rival Starlink The European Commission has signed an £8.7 billion concession contract with the SpaceRISE consortium to develop and deploy the IRIS² project, a multi-orbital satellite constellation of 290 satellites slated to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink.   4. UK sets out vision for clean power by 2030 The UK Government has released a report detailing the nation’s plans to achieve clean energy by 2030. The Clean Power Action Plan aims to secure energy independence, shield households from volatile energy prices, and generate skilled jobs. You May Find This Interesting... Kolena unveils restructured to revolutionise data analysis for knowledge workers Arctic Wolf to acquire BlackBerry’s Cylance endpoint security assets Nokia reports Europe’s first commercial 5G cloud RAN deployment CloserStill Media Limited, 3rd Floor, The Foundry, 77 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 8JA, United Kingdom, +44 20 7348 5250   Unsubscribe \| Update your contact preferences Unsubscribe Manage Preferences |
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