Toyota Claims Battery Breakthrough For EVs

Holy grail moment? Japanese car giant Toyota claims solid-state battery charges in ten minutes and has range of 745 miles

2 years ago

China Orders Export Restrictions On Chip Materials

China introduces restrictions on gallium and germanium, critical for chip and communications manufacturing, amidst worsening trade tensions

2 years ago

Microsoft ‘Faces New EU Antitrust Probe’

Microsoft reportedly facing new EU antitrust investigation over Teams integration into Office 365 after remedy talks fail

2 years ago

Samsung Sues Chinese Rival Over Display Patents

Samsung Display sues China's BOE over allegedly infringed OLED display patents as China encroaches on South Korean market share

2 years ago

Apple Takes App Store Appeal To US Supreme Court

Apple petitions US Supreme Court to reverse order forcing it to allow third-party payment systems in App Store software

2 years ago

US Firms Keep Low Profile At Shanghai AI Conference

US tech giants avoid top sponsorships at latest World Artificial Intelligence Conference amidst rising geopolitical tensions

2 years ago

BYD-Mercedes Joint Venture Launches Second EV

BYD-Mercedes EV joint venture Denza Automotive launches second vehicle as it aims to challenge likes of BMW and Audi

2 years ago

Tesla Stock Surges Following Record Deliveries

Tesla sees record sales in second quarter following price cuts in US, UK, China and elsewhere, as Chinese rivals also…

2 years ago

Research Finds AMD AI Chip Rivals Nvidia Dominance

Tests by AI firm find AMD AI chip MI250 reaches 80 percent of performance of Nvidia A100 with path to…

2 years ago

Twitter Requires Sign-In To View Tweets

Twitter requires users to sign in or create an account to view tweets in what owner Elon Musk calls 'temporary'…

2 years ago

Jailed S Korean Chip Executive Protests Innocence

Jailed former Samsung executive denies stealing chip industry secrets as South Korean prosecutors plan to begin trial later this month

2 years ago

Netherlands Blocks More Chip Equipment Sales To China

Netherlands introduces further chip equipment export restrictions ahead of expected tightening of US rules, as allies target China

2 years ago

Microsoft-Backed Chatbot Maker Inflection AI Raises $1.3bn

Nvidia, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt in round that values Inflection at $4bn as year-old start-up seeks to outpace OpenAI

2 years ago

The Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: How Green is Industry 4.0?

Learn how industry 4.0 is paying close attention to its sustainability credentials. Discover the key factors that determine the environmental…

2 years ago

Pokemon Go Developer Niantic Lays Off Quarter Of Workforce

Niantic, developer of popular AR game Pokemon Go, lays off quarter of workforce, cancels two games amidst post-pandemic revenue slowdown

2 years ago

CMA Begins Phase Two Probe Of Adobe’s Figma Acquisition

UK regulator deepens investigation into Adobe’s ‘transformative’ deal to buy collaborative design start-up Figma

2 years ago

Google To Withdraw News In Canada After New Law

Search engine giant Google becomes second tech firm to block news on its platform in Canada, after new law passed

2 years ago

Webinar: Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

More organisations are protecting Microsoft 365 data than ever before, is yours one of them?

2 years ago

Virgin Galactic Completes First Commercial Spaceflight

After lengthy pause, Sir Richard Branson venture Virgin Galactic finally delivers paying customers to edge of space

2 years ago

Silicon UK Pulse: Your Tech News Update: Episode 9

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

2 years ago

Apple Objects To Spy Clause In UK Online Safety Bill

Apple adds to criticism of spy powers in Online Safety Bill that could force messaging firms to scan encrypted messages

2 years ago

Salesforce Invests $4 Billion In UK Amid AI Push

CRM giant Salesforce confirms it will invest $4bn in its UK business over the next five years, in the face…

2 years ago

Hybrid Car Explosion Kills Two People

Explosion of Life-Save hybrid car prototype, funded by the European Union, kills two people in southern Italy

2 years ago

US Considers AI Chip Export Restrictions For China

Bad news for Nvidia and AMD, as US considers tightening export controls to China of powerful AI chips and processors

2 years ago

OpenAI To Open First Overseas Office In UK

ChatGPT owner OpenAI locates first international office in London as it seeks to attract AI talent outside the US

2 years ago

Google Closes Down Augmented Reality Glasses

Axing of another Google wearable. This time Google's AR Glasses prototype, Project Iris, is reportedly closed down

2 years ago

BT Investigated By Ofcom Over 999 Failure

UK regulator investigates BT over technical fault that resulted in UK-wide disruption to 999 calls on 25 June

2 years ago

IBM Pays $4.6bn For Apptio To Bolster SaaS Insights

Big Blue opens its wallet to acquire financial and IT management software provider Apptio from venture capital owner

2 years ago

Lack Of Reliable Tech Blamed For Poor Productivity, Apogee Finds

New research from Apogee finds nearly half of staff blamed lack of access to right workplace technology for fuelling negativity

2 years ago

EncroChat Shutdown Results In Thousands Of Arrests

Europol says 2020 takedown of EncroChat has so far resulted in 6,558 arrests worldwide, including nearly 200 high value targets

2 years ago