Google Donates $1 Million To Donald Trump Inauguration Fund

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Tom Jowitt

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

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…

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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

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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…

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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

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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

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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…

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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

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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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Nick Clegg To Leave Meta, Hand Over Post To Republican

Former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg to leave global affairs post at Meta ahead of Donald Trump's return to…

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TikTok ‘Aware’ Livestream Feature Exploited Minors

Less-redacted Utah lawsuit says TikTok internal reviews found Live feature effectively incentivised abuse of minors for profit

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Microsoft To Spend $80bn On AI Infrastructure This Year

Microsoft planning to spend $80bn on data centres for AI and other cloud applications this fiscal year, as AI race…

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China’s BYD Regains Top EV Spot Amidst Tesla Decline

China EV giant BYD surpasses Tesla on worldwide EV deliveries in fourth quarter of 2024 as Tesla shows first full-year…

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US Sanctions Chinese Tech Company Over Infrastructure Hacks

US Treasury sanctions Beijing-based Integrity Tech over alleged links to state-backed hacking group 'Flax Typhoon'

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Hacker Sentenced After Stealing Unreleased Coldplay Tracks

London hacker received suspended sentence after making £42,000 from sale of unreleased tracks from Coldplay, Upsahl tracks stolen from cloud

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Apple’s AI Produces False Headline About Darts Championship

Apple's new AI feature falsely claims Luke Littler won PDC World Championship before event had taken place, in latest such…

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US Appeals Court Blocks Biden Attempt To Restore Net Neutrality Rules

End for net neutrality in US. FCC's attempt to re-enact net neutrality laws in United States struck down by Federal…

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US Mulls Restrictions On Chinese Drones

China fires back after US Commerce Dept says it is considering new restrictions on Chinese drones in the United States

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Do Kwon Pleads Not Guilty In US Court

After extradition to the United States, disgraced founder of Terraform Labs Do Kwon pleads not guilt to US fraud charges

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IBM, GlobalFoundries Settle Respective Lawsuits

Legal ceasefire. IBM and GlobalFoundries have settled their respective lawsuits against each other after years of allegations

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