Hollywood Video Game Performers Strike Over AI Fears

Performers for major game producers including Activision and EA go on strike after 18 months of negotiations over generative AI…

3 months ago

OpenAI Tests Search Engine Prototype Called ‘SearchGPT’

Google's dominance of online search is being challenged, after OpenAI unveiled a search prototype tool called SearchGPT

3 months ago

CrowdStrike CEO: 97 Percent Of Windows Sensors Back Online

One week after the world's largest IT outage, the head of CrowdStrike says nearly all impacted machines are back online

3 months ago

Elon Musk To Discuss $5 Billion xAI Investment With Tesla Board

Conflict of interest? Elon Musk to talk with Tesla board about making $5 billion Tesla investment in his other venture,…

3 months ago

Amazon Developing Cheaper AI Chips – Report

Engineers at Amazon's chip lab in Austin, Texas, are racing ahead to develop cheaper AI chips that are faster than…

3 months ago

Apple Smartphone Sales In China Drop 6.7 Percent, Canalys Finds

China woes. Apple's China smartphone shipments decline during the second quarter, dropping it down into sixth place in that market

3 months ago

Meta Ordered To Clean Up AI-Generated Porn By Oversight Board

Oversight Board orders Meta to clarify rules over sexually explicit AI-generated images, after two fake images of famous women shared…

3 months ago

CrowdStrike Blames ‘Undetected Error’ For World’s Largest IT Outage

CrowdStrike CEO summoned to testify before US Congress, as firm provides update about update that crashed millions of computers last…

3 months ago

Alphabet To Invest $5 Billion In Waymo Self-Driving Unit

Senior management at Alphabet confirm substantial additional investment in the Waymo self-driving division

3 months ago

Revolut Gains UK Banking Licence

After three years of trying, fintech start-up Revolut finally recieves a UK banking licence, but with some restrictions from regulator

3 months ago

NHS Staff Say New Tech Will Treat Extra 18.6 Million Patients A Year

Research from Virgin Media O2 Business finds majority of NHS staff believe new tech will help treat millions more patients

3 months ago

Alphabet Q2 Beats Expectations, But Shares Dip

Despite share buyback and positive Q2 results, Alphabet's share price falls over YouTube slowdown and margin declines

3 months ago

Google Cancels Plan To Axe Third Party Cookies For Chrome Browser

Better switch to Firefox? After years of delays, Google performs u-turn and will no longer cancel third-party tracking cookies

3 months ago

Meta Releases Open Source Llama 3.1 AI Model

Release of latest AI model, Llama 405B, offers improved reasoning capabilities especially for math and coding

3 months ago

Wiz Rejects $23 Billion Acquisition Bid From Google – Report

Memo to staff from co-founder explains reason for walking away from Google's takeover bid, and confirms IPO intentions

3 months ago

Microsoft Blames 2009 EU Agreement For World’s Biggest IT Outage

Redmond says EU deal gave CrowdStrike the keys to the Windows kernel, allowing last week's huge IT outage to happen

3 months ago

Extracting Value from Your Investment in AI

Unlock the full potential of your AI investments with a strategic approach. From understanding business needs and building a strong…

3 months ago

Wisk Plans Autonomous Air Taxi Flights By Decade’s End

Boeing-owned start-up Wisk plans autonomous eVTOL flights by end of decade as companies crowd into nascent air-taxi market

3 months ago

US Cracks Down On Tech Shipments To Russia

Shipments of high-end chips and other electronics to Russia via China and Hong Kong said to fall by 20 percent…

3 months ago

Double-Digit Growth For Google Expected Amidst AI Push

Google expected to see double-digit revenue and profit growth for second quarter amidst AI cloud enthusiasm, stronger ad sales

3 months ago

Xiaomi Entered EV Market ‘Due To US Sanctions’

Xiaomi chief executive says he decided to begin making electric vehicles after company was placed on US military blacklist in…

3 months ago

Nvidia Said To Develop ‘Blackwell’ AI Chip For China

Nvidia said to be developing version of next-gen 'Blackwell' AI chip for China market as US mulls further export controls

3 months ago

NHS Delays Continue After Windows Outage

Patients told to expect delays into this week as disruption to EMIS booking system leads to 'considerable' backlog amidst global…

3 months ago

CrowdStrike Says ‘Significant Number’ Of Systems Back Online

CrowdStrike says 'significant number' of systems affected by global outage now back online, as Russia, China relatively unscathed

3 months ago

VW Chief Discusses Free Trade With China Officials

VW chief executive discusses free and fair trade with Chinese officials in Beijing after EU imposes electric vehicle tariffs

3 months ago

Editorial: CrowdStrike Outage: Is Our IT Too Fragile?

The recent CrowdStrike outage has caused global IT disruptions, impacting businesses and raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and disaster recovery.

3 months ago

Nigeria Fines Meta $220m Over Privacy Infringements

Nigerian competition and consumer agency fines Meta $220m over violations of privacy law, after probe spurred by WhatsApp user agreement

3 months ago

Tesla Production Lines ‘Shut Down’ By Global IT Outage

Some Tesla production lines reportedly shut down by worldwide systems failures linked to CrowdStrike software update

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US Sanctions Russian Hackers Over Infrastructure Attacks

US Treasury sanctions two members of Russian hacking group over critical infrastructure attacks as hacktivists threaten Olympics

3 months ago

Oracle To Pay $115m In Privacy Lawsuit Settlement

Oracle to pay $115m to settle proposed class-action lawsuit over 'digital dossiers' that allegedly collected data on hundreds of millions

3 months ago