Amazon Workers In North Carolina To Vote On Unionisation

7 hours ago
Tom Jowitt

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

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…

10 hours 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

11 hours ago

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…

1 day 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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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…

1 day 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

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 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

2 days ago

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…

2 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

2 days ago

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)

3 days ago

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

3 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

4 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

4 days ago

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…

4 days ago

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…

4 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

4 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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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…

5 days ago

TikTok ‘Aware’ Livestream Feature Exploited Minors

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

5 days ago

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…

5 days ago

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…

5 days ago

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'

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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…

5 days ago