Meta Considering Twitter-Like Social Network

Facebook parent Meta considering launching Twitter-style stand-alone text-based social network amidst chaos at Elon Musk-owned platform

2 years ago

Failed Silicon Valley Bank UK Arm Sold To HSBC For £1

Government facilitates sale of UK operations of failed Silicon Valley Bank to HSBC as authorities work to limit fallout of…

2 years ago

UK Extends Time To Review Apple’s App Store Monopoly

British competition regulator, the CMA, extends deadline for its investigation into Apple's App Store policies

2 years ago

FTC Admits It Is Investigating Twitter

Federal agency FTC confirms it is investigating Twitter under new CEO Elon Musk for potential violations of 2011 agreement

2 years ago

WhatsApp Will Not Comply With UK Online Safety Bill

WhatApp becomes second major platform to indicate it will not comply with the UK's revised Online Safety Bill

2 years ago

Tabasco X Tinx: A Successful Marketing Campaign Example

Tabasco’s recent collaboration with Tik Tok star Tinx makes a creative and successful example of an influencer marketing campaign.

2 years ago

Silvergate Bank To Close Down, Amid FTX Aftermath

Silvergate Capital, one of the two main banks for the crypto industry, announced on Wednesday that it will wind down…

2 years ago

US Chamber Of Commerce Seeks AI Regulation

Largest lobbying group in the United States calls for regulation of AI technology over national security concerns and impact on…

2 years ago

Lawyers For FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Hint At Trial Delay

Legal team for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried suggest they may need more time to prepare legal defence of their…

2 years ago

Netherlands Joins US In China Chip Export Restrictions

China logs official complaint, after the Netherlands plans new restrictions on exports of semiconductor tech

2 years ago

Acer Confirms Huge 160GB Data Breach

Taiwanese PC giant Acer confirms major data breach, with hacker stealing 160GB of sensitive data and hawking it for sale

2 years ago

Apple Delivers New iPhone 14…In Yellow

Fancy a more colourful smartphone? Apple makes iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus now available in 'beautiful yellow'

2 years ago

Silicon Insights: How to Evolve Your Enterprise’s Digital Marketing: Part 1

In part one of this two-part interview, Silicon UK speaks to Izzie Rivers, the CEO of Realm, an agile media…

2 years ago

Elon Musk Admits “Massive Decline” In Ad Revenue

Elon Musk says Twitter may be cash flow-positive next quarter, which may not surprise observers after all his cost-cutting

2 years ago

Microsoft Tells UK It Will Licence Call Of Duty To Sony For A Decade

Please don't veto the Activision purchase. Microsoft tells UK regulator it will play nicely with rival Sony for at least…

2 years ago

ChatGPT Added To Salesforce’s Slack

Salesforce and OpenAI introduce the ChatGPT app for Slack, in an effort to add artificial intelligence to business software

2 years ago

Intel Seeks $5 Billion More In Subsidies For German Chip Plant – Report

Chip giant Intel is reportedly seeking an additional 5 billion euros in subsidies from the German government

2 years ago

UK Government Introduces New Data Protection Bill

Britain makes fresh attempt to reform its data protection law, to ease compliance burden for UK businesses, yet remain in…

2 years ago

White House Backs Bill That Could Lead To Nationwide Ban Of TikTok

More bad news for ByteDance, as White House backs bill to give Biden administration new powers to ban China's TikTok…

2 years ago

Musk Apologises After Mocking Fired Twitter Director

Haraldur Thorleifsson asked Elon Musk if he had been fired. Musk mocked him in his reply, but later backtracked and…

2 years ago

Foxconn To Construct Factory In India – Report

Apple's principal iPhone maker Foxconn is to construct a 300-acre factory in India, amid ongoing pivot away from China

2 years ago

Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai Admits Some Google Offices Are Like ‘Ghost Town’

Google CEO defends desk-sharing policy during staff meeting, and admits that some offices are like a ‘ghost town’

2 years ago

Tesla Cuts US Prices Of Model S, Model X

Two of Tesla's most expensive electric vehicle (EV) models in the US have had their prices cut, in effort to…

2 years ago

Appointments Cancelled After Ransomware Attack On Barcelona Hospital

Cyberattack on major hospital in Spanish city of Barcelona has resulted in cancellation of thousands of appointments

2 years ago

Germany To Ban Huawei, ZTE From 5G Networks – Report

Years of dithering by German officials may soon end, amid report the country is preparing to ban Huawei, ZTE from…

2 years ago

How Businesses are Putting Gender Equality Back in the Tech Sector

It’s certainly no secret that the technology sector is still an incredibly male-dominated field. With only 27% of female students…

2 years ago

Women in CleanTech is Just One Way We’re Dealing with the Climate Challenge

As part of my work at Undaunted – Imperial College London’s climate and sustainability innovation activity – I get to…

2 years ago

The Road to a Role in Tech Begins Early

There's a long way to go before we can ensure that the wonderful world of tech is compelling enough for…

2 years ago

Silicon In Focus Podcast: International Women’s Day

Role models and mentors - be ready to give support to those starting out – let’s keep the conversation going.…

2 years ago

Major Twitter Outage Caused By Single Engineer – Report

Cost of conducting mass layoffs? Major Twitter outage this week triggered by just one engineer shutting down free access to…

2 years ago