Brazil Demands Clarity After Meta Ends Fact-Checking

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Matthew Broersma

Brazil demands specifics on how new Meta stance on misinformation will apply to country amidst outcry over wide-ranging policy changes

US Executive Order Aims To Shore Up Cyber-Defences

Order from outgoing Joe Biden administration aims to respond to multiple hacks by China targeting government, infrastructure

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Amazon, Meta End Diversity Initiatives

Amazon, Meta end diversity and inclusion initiatives as tech firms re-align policies with those of president-elect Trump and his supporters

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TSMC Cuts Off Singapore Company Amidst Huawei Fallout

TSMC cuts off Singapore-based PowerAIR as it investigates chip it produced appearing in AI accelerator made by US-sanctioned Huawei

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Huawei Next-Gen OS Gets Boost With Tencent’s WeChat

Tencent's super-app WeChat launches on Huawei's HarmonyOS Next platform in major boost to company's Android and iOS competitor

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Apple Creates Data-Processing Company In Shanghai

Apple forms data-processing venture in Shanghai amidst ongoing efforts to introduce AI offerings in mainland China

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Threads, Instagram To Promote More Political Content

Meta's Threads, Instagram platforms to promote more political content as company shifts policies closer to those of Donald Trump

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Amazon Workers In North Carolina To Vote On Unionisation

E-commerce giant faces another unionisation move, with workers at North Carolina warehouse set to vote next month

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Supreme Court To Hear Arguments In TikTok Divest Or Ban Appeal

Supreme Court in US on Friday is to hear oral arguments that could well decide the fate of TikTok in…

3 days ago

Blue Origin Preps New Glenn Rocket For Sunday Launch

Jeff Bozos challenge to SpaceX's Falcon-9 heavy lift rocket, the New Glenn rocket, to make inaugural launch on Sunday

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US Billionaire Proposes Bid For TikTok’s US Assets

As US ban looms this month, TikTok faces a buyout offer for its US assets from American billionaire and a…

4 days ago

Google Donates $1 Million To Donald Trump Inauguration Fund

Bending the knee continues from the tech industry, as Alphabet's Google becomes latest to make inauguration fund donation

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Microsoft Confirms Job Cuts Based On Performance

Software and cloud giant Microsoft confirms it is cutting a small percentage of jobs across departments, based on performance

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Outgoing SEC Chair Gary Gensler Lashes Out At Crypto Industry

Parting shots from outgoing SEC chair Gary Gensler, as he warns in interview that crypto industry is “rife with bad…

4 days ago

Japan Links 200 Cyberattacks To Chinese Hackers MirrorFace

Chinese hacking group MirrorFace has been linked by Japanese officials to more than 200 cyberattacks over the past five years

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Apple Says It Never Sold Recordings Made By Siri

Clarification from Apple. Settlement of Siri privacy lawsuit did not mean it actually sold data collected by voice assistant

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Meta Decision To Drop Fact-Checking Slammed By Staff, Oversight Board, EU

Backlash begins. Multiple reactions to the plan by Meta and Mark Zuckerberg to drop its US fact-checking programs

5 days ago

Apple Still Prevented From Selling iPhone 16s In Indonesia

Indonesian government minister confirms that despite Apple planning production facility, it still cannot sell its iPhone 16 locally

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Sam Altman Denies Sexually Abusing Sister

Sister of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, files lawsuit against him and alleges he sexually abused her for years as a…

5 days ago

Las Vegas Cybertruck Suspect Used ChatGPT – Police

US Army special forces soldier Matthew Alan Livelsberger used ChatGPT to work out explosives needed for blast

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Anthropic Nears Deal For $2 Billion Amazon Investment – Report

More funding for AI startup Anthropic, after report that Amazon is to pump in additional $2 billion (£1.6 billion)

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Zuckerberg Axes Facebook Fact-Checkers, Claims ‘Censorship’

Mark Zuckerberg continues to 'adjust' to the new political reality in US – announces axing of fact-checkers on Facebook

5 days ago

Pentagon Adds Tencent, CATL To Military Blacklist

US Defense Department says EV battery maker CATL, tech giant Tencent are suppliers to China's military, amidst tech tensions

6 days ago

Meta Appoints Trump Friend To Board

Meta Platforms appoints UFC chief Dana White, close friend of Donald Trump, to board as it repositions for new administration

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New Orleans Attacker Wore Meta Smart Glasses

Man who drove pickup truck into New Orleans crowd on New Year's Day used Meta smart glasses to record video…

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Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: Humanware in 2025

Learn how businesses can balance AI with human judgment, address bias, empower employees through training, and create innovative workplaces that…

6 days ago

Apple To Update AI After False Headlines Reported

Apple update to clarify when notification summaries are AI-generated after false headlines reported from BBC, New York Times

6 days ago

Italy Negotiating 1.5bn Euro Government Comms Deal With Starlink

Italian government in advanced negotiations with SpaceX's Starlink to provide secure government communications via satellite

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TikTok Preparing Mexico E-Commerce Launch As US Ban Looms

TikTok planning February launch in Mexico of highly successful e-commerce platform, as deadline looms for potential US ban

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China Aims To Deliver Open Source Chip This Year

Head of Chinese government research academy promises high-performance chip based on open source RISC-V standard, amidst chip tensions

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