Worldcoin Holds Official Launch Amidst Crypto Crackdown

Sam Altman's Worldcoin cryptocurrency project holds official launch, but remains unavailable in US amidst crackdown on digital assets

1 year ago

EU ‘Set For In-Depth Probe’ Of $20bn Adobe-Figma Buy

European Union officials set to begin in-depth probe of Adobe's $20bn acquisition of Figma following moves by US and UK…

1 year ago

SoftBank In Deal With Symbiotic For AI-Powered Warehouses

SoftBank and Symbiotic joint venture GreenBox to offer capacity in automated warehouses, amidst frenzied interest in artificial intelligence

1 year ago

Tesla ‘Meeting With Indian Govt’ Over Car Plant

Tesla reportedly meeting with Indian commerce minister as it looks to build domestic hub for low-cost car for domestic and…

1 year ago

Google Ordered To Pay $338.7m Over Chromecast Patents

Texas federal court orders Google to pay $338.7 million to New York developer for infringing video-transmission patents with Chromecast

1 year ago

China Looks To AI-Generated Hosts For Livestream Sales

Major e-commerce sites and brands are experimenting with AI-generated hosts to sell products in livestreams in China

1 year ago

Twitter Scraps Iconic Blue Bird, Officially Rebrands As ‘X’

Twitter officially rebrands as 'X' as Elon Musk revamps site to turn it into 'everything app' based on communications and…

1 year ago

The Silicon UK In Focus Podcast is 100!

As the Silicon In Focus Podcast reaches 100 episodes, listen to the top 5 podcast chosen by our Editor-in-Chief.

1 year ago

Amazon Builds $120m Florida Facility For Internet Satellites

Amazon says building massive processing facility in Florida for Project Kuiper broadband satellites as it races to catch up to…

1 year ago

CMA Publishes Microsoft Arguments As It Denies Bowing To Pressure

CMA publishes Microsoft's arguments for reconsideration of Activision Blizzard deal after FTC court defeat

1 year ago

Toyota Looks To Lunar Water To Power Manned Moon Vehicle

Toyota building Lunar Cruiser manned moon vehicle with regenerative fuel cell that produces electricity from sunlight and lunar water

1 year ago

Micron Chief ‘Meets With Chinese Government’ Amidst Sanctions

Micron chief executive Sanjay Mehrotra reportedly meets with China's Ministry of Commerce after national security ban on its products

1 year ago

ASML Boosts Revenue Outlook On China Demand

Dutch chipmaking equipment manufacturer ASML boosts full-year revenue estimate as Chinese customers stockpile gear

1 year ago

Start-Up Eve To Build ‘Flying Taxis’ In Brazil

Embraer spin-off Eve Air Mobility to produce 'flying taxis' at expanded Embraer plant in Taubate, near Sao Paolo and Embraer's…

1 year ago

Gamers Trick AI-Generated News Site Into Posting Fake Article

Hail Glorbo: World of Warcraft gamers trick website into posting AI-generated article based on comments about nonexistent feature

1 year ago

AI Firms Agree Safeguards, Including Watermarks For AI Content

White House says AI firms including OpenAI, Google and others have agreed voluntary AI safeguards that includes use of watermarks

1 year ago

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Sued For More Than $1Bn

FTX files lawsuit against former CEO, seeking to recoup more than $1 billion, and alleging funds were used to cover…

1 year ago

Mobile Roaming Charging Sees Ofcom Propose New Rules

After most UK mobile operators reinstated roaming charges for users in Europe, regulator proposes mandatory alerts

1 year ago

Silicon UK Pulse: Your Tech News Update: Episode 12

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

1 year ago

Apple Developing ChatGPT AI Equivalent – Report

Report suggests Apple is quietly developing its own artificial intelligence tools to challenge those of OpenAI, Google etc

1 year ago

Twitter Seeks End Of Privacy Agreement With FTC

Elon Musk's Twitter asks US court to nullify consent order with FTC over data breaches, and takes aim at prominent…

1 year ago

Apple Warns Of FaceTime, iMessage Withdrawal In UK Over Act Changes

UK government warned by Apple it will not comply with proposed updates to Investigatory Powers Act, and could withdraw FaceTime,…

1 year ago

TSMC Delays Production At Arizona Fab, Amid Skills Shortage

Production start at vaunted Arizona chip factory pushed back a year by TSMC, due to shortage of skilled workers

1 year ago

UK Selected For Battery Gigafactory For Jaguar Land Rover EVs

Tata Group, the Indian owner of Jaguar Land Rover, has selected Somerset in the UK to build a £4 billion…

1 year ago

Global IT Spend To Rise Amid Automation Focus, Says Gartner

Economic uncertainty and ongoing struggle with skills shortage, will not impact IT spending for businesses, Gartner finds

1 year ago

Meta Updates Open Source AI Model With Llama 2

Competition for OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard as Meta makes its free open source AI model available on Microsoft Azure

1 year ago

Microsoft, Activision Extend Deal Deadline To Secure UK Approval

Microsoft continues to pull out all the stops to secure its $69 billion acquisition of gaming giant Activision Blizzard, as…

1 year ago

Estee Lauder Hacked And Data Stolen

Cyberattack and data theft against New York-based cosmetic giant Estee Lauder disrupts some business operations

1 year ago

UK Clears Broadcom’s $61 Billion VMware Purchase

Acquisition of VMware by Broadcom will not weaken competition - the UK's CMA provisionally rules this week

1 year ago

AI Discussed At UN Security Council Meeting

Amid calls for creation of UN body to oversea and govern artificial intelligence, the UN Security Council meets to discuss…

1 year ago