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Katie Prescott

London

Technology Business Editor at The Times

Technology Business Editor @TheTimes // former BBC Business correspondent. Mum of 2 wild girls. ✉️ [email protected]

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  • 'We're going after the Midwest millennial mum'

    Jan 9, 2025 | thetimes.com | Katie Prescott

  • 'We're going after the Midwest millennial mum'

    Jan 9, 2025 | thetimes.com | Katie Prescott

  • Meet the woman trying to win Britons £100 each from Google

    Dec 3, 2024 | thetimes.com | Katie Prescott

    Nikki Stopford is no ordinary class rep. With £7 billion to play for, hers is a role very far from the school playground. The 53-year-old from Brighton is taking the lead in a class action “opt-out” lawsuit against Google, representing almost everyone in the UK. Netting us about £100 each, should it succeed.

  • AI licensing deals can protect good journalism, says Reuters chief

    Dec 1, 2024 | thetimes.com | Katie Prescott

    Publishers “are right to be wary” about the companies developing AI, Steve Hasker, chief executive of Thomson Reuters, has warned. The experience with tech businesses over the past 25 years had been “devastating for the news industry” and there was a need to be “vigilant” about the protection of copyright, he said. As boss of the enormous content company, Hasker has overseen a number of licensing deals with AI businesses in order to sell its information to power their large language models.

  • Regulation is just what the crypto sector needs - and wants

    Nov 26, 2024 | thetimes.com | Katie Prescott

    This November, crypto is officially back. Swept into power with Donald Trump’s successful, partially crypto-funded, campaign. It has brought in a newer, more welcoming environment for digital currencies in the US. Not to mention a spike in their value. Now, the UK is following suit. Lest we forget, it is a mere two years ago this month since the crypto exchange FTX collapsed into a putrescent heap of digital tokens.

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Katie Prescott
Katie Prescott @kprescott
10 Feb 25

(My first X post in ages because….)Thanks to @sama for joining @dannyfortson and I on The Times tech podcast today, as he came through London on his way to the AI Action Summit in Paris 🔗 https://t.co/cIvfhZWGm0 Producer: Calum McCrae Editor: Stephen Titherington https://t.co/9IGVJ4ScxR

Katie Prescott
Katie Prescott @kprescott
13 Jan 25

RT @dannyfortson: As AI use explodes, so does the need for clean energy to power data centres. Why not just put them in outer space? That i…

Katie Prescott
Katie Prescott @kprescott
24 Dec 24

RT @jemimajoanna: This reply from a friend in a group chat has just made my Christmas Eve (Yes I'm still writing the bleedin' thing) (Mer…