Time for another Friday Tech Round Up!  This week, we look into a sevenfold increase in fintech investment, a €43 billion euro chip supply investment, TechCrunch questions whether journalistic news media missing a huge opportunity, Cloud ME technology – Alibaba Cloud and the Financial Times discusses revolutions in the energy grid.  We also shoutout out our free Data Science Immersion Day on the 15th and 16th March, and End Youth Homelessness’ latest fundraiser – Gaming for Good.  

Have a watch and let us know your thoughts, or any pieces of news we missed, in the comments!   

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• UK fintech investment sees sevenfold increase in a year


• EU plans €43 billion chip supply investment


• Energy grid tech is on the charge


• “Cloud ME” Technology is bringing people closer together for the Beijing Winter Olympics

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