Silicon UK Pulse: Your Tech News Update: Episode 6

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

1 year ago

Amazon Plans Ad Tier For Some Prime Video Services – Report

Ads may appear on certain tiers of Amazon's Prime video streaming, after similar plans were adopted by rival streaming providers

1 year ago

Google To Crack Down On Office Attendance

Tech giant Google asks full remote workers to reconsider, amid crackdown on those not adhering to hybrid work schedule

1 year ago

Meta Looks To Private Broadcasting With WhatsApp Channels

New Channels feature for WhatsApp offers creators and organisations the ability to 'broadcast' content to wide audience of followers

1 year ago

Russian Clop Criminals Issue Ultimatum After Mass Hack

Cybercriminal gang Clop warn hack victims to get in touch before 14 June, or their stolen data will be published

1 year ago

UK To Host First Global Safety Summit For AI

During PM visit to Washington DC , government confirms UK will host first global summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI) safety

1 year ago

Silicon Insights: The Evolution of Account Based Marketing: Part 1

How has account based marketing evolved? As more data has become available and that can be analysed for insights, how…

1 year ago

Coinbase, Binance Hit Back After SEC Lawsuits

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong hits out at SEC chair Gary Gensler, while Binance alleges Gensler sought role at crypto exchange

1 year ago

US Senators Warn Elon Musk After Twitter Safety Resignations

Departure of two safety executives at Twitter last week prompts warning from US Senators to Elon Musk over FTC compliance

1 year ago

AI To Fundamentally Change Recruitment Process

Research from Totaljobs suggests AI will fundamentally change the workplace as well as the recruitment process

1 year ago

Microsoft’s Brad Smith Meets Chancellor After Blocked Acquisition

Microsoft's Brad Smith meets with Chancellor and CMA, after saying the Activision block discourages investment in UK

1 year ago

Reddit To Axe 5 Percent Of Workforce

More layoffs in tech sector, as Reddit confirms it will dismiss approximately 5 percent of its workforce and reduce hiring

1 year ago

UK To Order Removal Of Chinese CCTV Kit From Sensitive Locations

Government to tighten procurement regime to protect national security, and pledges timeline for removal of Chinese surveillance equipment

1 year ago

SEC Sues Binance, CEO, And Coinbase

US financial regulator alleges US clients of Binance have $2.2 billion at risk, after lawsuits against Coinbase and Binance

1 year ago

Travel Agency Priceline To Adopt Google AI

Travel agency Priceline to offer travel bookings chatbot powered by Google AI, plus more Google techologies for internal staff

1 year ago

US State’s TikTok Lawsuit Criticised For ‘Irrelevant Posturing’

US state of Indiana criticised for devoting more than 90 percent of complaint against TikTok to 'irrelevant posturing'

1 year ago

Apple Pushes ‘Spatial Computing’ With Vision Pro Headset

Apple successfully builds on familiar iPhone, iPad experience with mixed-reality Vision Pro headset, but analysts say appeal remains limited

1 year ago

TSMC Defends Overseas Expansion Amidst Political Tensions

Taiwan's TSMC defends investment in overseas plants to shareholders as geopolitical tensions between US and China continue to intensify

1 year ago

Linda Yaccarino Clocks In As Twitter Boss

Former NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino spends first day as Twitter chief executive after being named by Elon Musk last month

1 year ago

Microsoft To Pay $20m In Child Data Settlement

Microsoft to pay $20 million settlement after FTC found it illegally collected and retained data from child users of Xbox…

1 year ago

BBC, Boots, British Airways Hit By Mass Hack

BBC, Boots, British Airways on growing list of companies affected by hack last week of US data-transfer software used around…

1 year ago

France Contributes 2.9bn Euros To New Chip Plant

France to contribute 2.9bn euros to planned STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries semiconductor plant planned in Crolles

1 year ago

Binance ‘Controlled’ Bank Accounts Of US Affiliate

Five bank accounts of supposedly independent Binance.US were in fact controlled by senior Binance official, report finds

1 year ago

Apple Set To Announce Virtual Reality Headset At WWDC

Apple expected to demonstrate VR/mixed reality headset at WWDC conference as it enters unproven market rife with major competitors

1 year ago

Sci-Fi Author Liu Cixin ‘Used ChatGPT’ To Write Speech

Award-winning sci-fi author Liu Cixin reveals he used ChatGPT to help write speeches delivered at a conference last week

1 year ago

Human-Like AI ‘May Face Ban’, Says Government Adviser

Powerful AI systems with human-like, general-purpose intelligence may need to be banned to preserve humanity, says government adviser

1 year ago

US Air Force Denies Simulated AI Drone ‘Attacked’ Operator

US Air Force says simulation in which AI-powered drone attacked operator in order to achieve objectives never took place

1 year ago

Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: Fighting Cyberthreats with Data

The digital threat landscape is continually evolving. Ransomware remain a clear and present danger. Learn how your enterprise can defend…

1 year ago

Top NBCUniversal Exec Joins Twitter

Former NBCUniversal executive vice president Joe Benarroch to join Twitter in role focusing on business operations

1 year ago

Meta Workers Told To Return To Office Three Days A Week – Report

Facebook parent organisation Meta requires staffers to return to the office three days a week, starting in September

1 year ago