Silicon UK Pulse: Your Tech News Update: Episode 7

Welcome to Silicon Pulse – your roundup of the latest tech news and developments impacting your business for the week…

1 year ago

European Countries Right To Ban Huawei, ZTE – EU Official

EU industry chief Thierry Breton says decision by some EU countries to ban Huawei and ZTE is justified and in…

1 year ago

Megaupload Staff Jailed For Role In Kim Dotcom Business

Two executives of banned file storage site Megaupload have been sentenced to prison, after agreeing to testify against Kim Dotcom

1 year ago

TikTok To Invest Billions In Southeast Asia For E-Commerce Push

ByteDance looks to Southeast Asia amid Western pressure, and pledges significant investment in region to bolster e-commerce

1 year ago

Twitter Sued For $250 Million By Music Publishers

Lawsuit from music publishers alleges 'massive' copyright infringement, and that Twitter “routinely ignores” takedown requests

1 year ago

EU Parliament Approves Draft AI Regulations

European Union edges forward into passing the world's first laws governing artificial intelligence (AI), after parliament approval

1 year ago

Most Reddit Forums Still Dark, After CEO Doubles Down

Moderators of thousands of Reddit’s forums maintain blackout in protest at API fees, after Reddit CEO doubles down

1 year ago

ARM In Talks With Potential IPO Investors – Report

Talks with potential 'anchor investors' in ARM's upcoming IPO may include Intel, Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft, TSMC, Samsung etc

1 year ago

EU Seeks Breakup Of Google Ad Tech Business

European Commission sends formal accusations over Google's advertising business, and states it should be broken up

1 year ago

Vodafone, Three Merger: Industry Reaction

Merger to create the largest mobile operator in the UK draws reaction from industry experts and commentators

1 year ago

Vodafone, Three Merger To Create UK’s Biggest Mobile Operator

Vodafone UK will own 51 percent of combined entity with Three UK, as challenge to EE and Virgin Media O2…

1 year ago

Amazon Web Services Restored After Widespread Outage In US

Outage on Tuesday evening for Amazon Web Services that took down some major websites in the US, has been resolved

1 year ago

Judge Grants FTC Injunction To Temporarily Block Microsoft-Activision Deal

Temporary restraining order by US regulator to prevent Microsoft's acquisition of Activision, is granted by US judge

1 year ago

AMD Spurs AI Interest With Forthcoming MI300 Chip

AMD tantalises investors with details of forthcoming MI300 AI chip, expected to be direct competitor to Nvidia's flagship H100

1 year ago

Struggling Huawei Clinches Major China Mobile 5G Contract

Huawei wins major contract to roll out tens of thousands of 5G base stations for China Mobile amidst financial pain…

1 year ago

Bank of China Boosts Hong Kong Crypto With Tokenised Security

Bank of China international investment arm issues tokenised security in Hong Kong, in boost for city's crypto ambitions

1 year ago

Amazon Uses AI To Track Down Fake Reviews

Amazon introduces new AI tools to track down fake reviews, tests generative AI to summarise users' comments

1 year ago

US FTC Seeks Injunction Blocking Microsoft-Activision Deal

US FTC seeks preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order to prevent Microsoft and Activision from pushing deal through

1 year ago

Ofcom Hit By MOVEit Extortion Hack

Ofcom, accountancy firm EY and Transport for London confirm data stolen by Clop gang after mass hack on MOVEit transfer…

1 year ago

Yaccarino Lays Out Vision For Twitter 2.0 As ‘Global Town Square’

New Twitter boss Linda Yaccarino lays out vision for platform as 'global town square', urges staff to 'think big'

1 year ago

PM: UK Can Be ‘Home Of Global AI Safety Regulation’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tells London Tech Week he wants UK to be 'home' of AI safety regulation as international…

1 year ago

Salesforce Offers ‘Open’ Generative AI Suite

Salesforce AI Cloud includes in-house generative AI tools as well as those from Amazon, OpenAI, Anthropic and others

1 year ago

Baidu Ranks Top In Chinese ChatGPT-Style Chatbot Tests

Tests find Baidu's Ernie Bot ranks above Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen but behind OpenAI's ChatGPT as competition heats up

1 year ago

China Launches Supply Chain Expo Amidst US Pressure

China to host world's first national supply chain expo in Beijing in November as US and allies introduce chip sanctions

1 year ago

Twitch ‘Removes’ New Ad Rules Following Outcry

Amazon-owned streaming service Twitch removes restrictions that would have drastically reduced revenues for content creators and charities

1 year ago

Meta ‘Prepares To Launch Twitter Rival’

Facebook and Instagram parent Meta prepares to launch text-based Twitter rival as it looks to offer 'sanely run' alternative

1 year ago

Thousands Of Reddit Forums Go Dark In Protest

Moderators of thousands of of Reddit's forums, representing the vast majority of its content, have gone dark in protest at…

1 year ago

EU Mulls Mandatory 5G Ban For Firms Like Huawei – Report

European Union is reportedly considering a mandatory ban on member states using high risk companies for 5G networks

1 year ago

China To Restrict AirDrop, Bluetooth File-Sharing, Citing National Security

After protests last year, Chinese cyber regulator to clamp down on wireless file-sharing technology on national security grounds

1 year ago