Tesla To Use Human Back-Up Drivers For Cybercab Fleet

Tesla to initially use human back-up controllers for company-owned robotaxi fleet at launch next year, says Deutsche Bank

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China Opens Nvidia Antitrust Probe After US Sanctions

Chinese government opens antitrust probe into Nvidia's $7bn acquisition of Mellanox, in move seen as retaliation to export restrictions

4 weeks ago

Google Announces Quantum Chip Error ‘Breakthrough’

Google Willow quantum chip makes significant improvements in error correction, moving quantum computing closer to reality

4 weeks ago

TikTok Asks For Emergency Pause On US Divestiture Law

TikTok, ByteDance ask court for emergency injunction to pause enforcement of divestiture law pending Supreme Court appeal

4 weeks ago

OpenAI Seeks To Remove Commercial ‘AGI’ Constraint

ChatGPT developer OpenAI reportedly discussing removal of provision that blocks Microsoft from accessing super-intelligent AI

1 month ago

EU Probes Nvidia AI Chip Business Practices

European Commission reportedly questions Nvidia competitors, customers over business practices in AI chip market over antitrust concerns

1 month ago

Apple To Begin Using In-House 5G Modems Next Year

Apple reportedly planning to use first-generation in-house 5G modem in iPhone SE next year, hopes to reach parity with Qualcomm…

1 month ago

EU Probes TikTok Influence On Romania Elections

European Commission queries TikTok for information on alleged Russian campaign to influence Romanian presidential election

1 month ago

US Exempted China DRAM Makers From Controls ‘Under Pressure From Japan’

US exempted Chinese DRAM memory chip manufacturers from latest round of export controls under pressure from Japan, report says

1 month ago

Huawei Gains On Apple In China Premium Smartphones

Huawei sees sales of premium smartphones in China grow by 34 percent as Apple declines, while company bets on Android-free…

1 month ago

TikTok Loses Bid To Overturn US Divestiture Law

US appeals court rejects bid by TikTok and parent ByteDance to overturn law forcing it to divest Chinese ownership or…

1 month ago

Elon Musk’s xAI Closes $6bn Funding, Plots Colossus AI Supercomputer Expansion

SEC filing reveals that Elon Musk’s AI firm, xAI, has raised another $6 billion, as it pledges to expand Colossus…

1 month ago

Intel Adds Two Chip Veterans To Board, Amid Search For New CEO

Two chip veterans named for Intel's board of directors, amid reports of expertise gap after August departure of Lip-Bu Tan

1 month ago

Waymo To Expand Ride-Hailing Service To Miami

Another major city in the United States is to receive Alphabet's Waymo ride-hailing service, with Miami the next stop

1 month ago

Meta To Spend $10 Billion On Largest Data Centre To Date

Facebook parent confirms its 23rd data centre in the US will be located in Louisiana, and will be its largest…

1 month ago

Musk’s Neuralink Animal Lab Cited For ‘Objectionable Conditions’

Federal regulator reportedly cites animal lab at Elon Musk's Neuralink for “objectionable conditions or practices”

1 month ago

Trump Nominates Cryptocurrency Advocate Paul Atkins As SEC Chair

President-elect Donald Trump nominates a new chairman to head the SEC, who is a noted cryptocurrency advocate

1 month ago

CMA Clears Vodafone, Three Merger After Price Promise

UK regulator approves Vodafone, Three merger, after receiving commitments over price, network, and virtual mobile operators

1 month ago

Amazon Sued For Halting Deliveries To Two Black Neighbourhoods

District of Columbia sues Amazon, alleging it secretly stopped fastest delivery service to two predominantly Black neighbourhoods

1 month ago

Bitcoin Surges Past $100,000 For First Time, Amid Trump Optimism

Crypto optimism under Trump's presidency, pushes the price of Bitcoin past $100,000 for the first time ever

1 month ago

Welcome to the Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: Women in Tech: Still Work to be Done?

In this episode, we explore the challenges women face in tech. From addressing the gender gap to fostering inclusivity and…

1 month ago

Meta Looks To Nuclear Energy For US Data Centres

Facebook parent Meta joins other big data centre operators and explores use of nuclear energy to help it meet AI…

1 month ago

CMA Delays Cloud Computing Report Until 2025

UK competition regulator slightly delays its provisional report on the cloud computing sector and whether “behavioural” remedies are required

1 month ago

Intel Approaches Ex Board Member Lip-Bu Tan, Others As CEO Replacement

After “retiring” former CEO Pat Gelsinger last weekend, Intel approaches respected chip industry veteran and former board member Lip-Bu Tan

1 month ago

Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Pleads Guilty To Fraud

Founder of former cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, Alex Mashinsky, pleads guilty to two counts of fraud

1 month ago

Telegram Joins Child Safety Scheme

Internet Watch Foundation confirms Telegram messaging app has joined child abuse imagery crackdown, after years of refusal

1 month ago

US Chips ‘No Longer Safe’, Chinese Industry Bodies Claim

Latest salvo in escalating trade war, as Chinese companies are told by local industry bodies that US chips are 'no…

1 month ago

UK Underestimates Threat Of Cyber-Attacks, Says NCSC Head

The cyber risk facing UK “widely underestimated”, warns head of GCHQ’s NCSC Richard Horne in first major speech

1 month ago

Microsoft Faces £1 Billion Lawsuit For Alleged Overcharging

Lawsuit filed in London against Microsoft alleges customers using rival cloud services, have to pay more to licence Windows Server

1 month ago