Alphabet To Merge AI Units Deepmind And Google Brain

One better than two? Alphabet doubles down on artificial intelligence, by merging two of its key AI divisions

2 years ago

Microsoft To Remove Twitter From Advertising Platform, Musk Threatens Lawsuit

Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft after it announced plan to remove Twitter from its corporate advertising platform

2 years ago

EU Agrees Comprehensive Framework For Crypto Regulation

EU Parliament approves 'Markets in Crypto Act' (MiCA) for regulation of crypto transparency, disclosure, authorisation, and supervision

2 years ago

SpaceX Starship Rocket Explodes After Launch

First launch of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket ends in mid-flight explosion, which it labelled as a “rapid unscheduled disassembly”

2 years ago

Jack Dorsey’s Twitter Clone, Bluesky, Launches On Android

Decentralised rival service to Twitter known as Bluesky, backed by Jack Dorsey, has now launched an Android app

2 years ago

Tesla Likely To Launch Full Self-Drive ‘This Year’, Says Elon Musk

Not again. Tesla boss Elon Musk touts arrival of its full self-drive technology this year, despite many missed predictions

2 years ago

Seagate To Pay $300m Penalty Over Huawei Exports

Ouch. Seagate to hand over $300 million in fines after it exported 7.4 hard disk drives to Huawei, despite US…

2 years ago

Meta Lays Off Technical Staffers, In Another Workforce Blow

Second tranche of layoffs begin at Meta Platforms, as engineers and other technical staff are made redundant

2 years ago

Hikvision Denies Illegally Supplying US Government

Hikvision denies claim in leaked documents that it continues to illegally supply cameras to US government for espionage purposes

2 years ago

GlobalFoundries Sues IBM, Again

IBM sued by GlobalFoundries, which alleges that Big Blue made unlawful disclosures to Intel, the Japanese consortium Rapidus and others

2 years ago

European Union Finalises €43bn Chips Act

Terms for European Chips Act agreed, as bloc seeks to double market share in semiconductor development, manufacturing etc

2 years ago

Google’s Pixel Fold, Set For June Launch – Report

Internal documents reportedly show Google is planning to launch its first foldable smartphone, dubbed the Pixel Fold, in June

2 years ago

Russia-linked Hackers Want To ‘Destroy’ UK, Minister Warns

Cybercrime groups linked to Russia are 'ideologically motivated' and want to 'disrupt or destroy' the UK, minister is to warn

2 years ago

UK Government To Deliver Crypto Laws In Next 12 Months – Report

Treasury minister says UK could introduce specific laws aimed at regulating cryptocurrency in next 12 months

2 years ago

Netflix Ends DVD By Post, Amid Password-Sharing Crackdown

Mostly positive results from Netflix, as streaming giant winds down legacy DVD via post program and expands password crackdown

2 years ago

Swedish Radio Quits Twitter, Joining Others

Swedish Radio quits Twitter, saying it is no longer relevant to Swedes – and citing potential risk of 'hate and…

2 years ago

Alibaba Integrates AI Chatbot Into Collaboration App

Tech giant Alibaba integrates ChatGPT-like chatbot Tongyi Qianwen into collaboration tool DingTalk as it seeks to roll out AI across…

2 years ago

TUC Warns Workers Left Exposed To AI-Made Decisions

Trades Union Congress warns workers are being left without protections from life-changing decisions made by automated AI tools

2 years ago

Tim Cook Opens First Apple Store In India

Tim Cook opens first Apple Store in India in financial centre Mumbai as firm seeks to expand sales and manufacturing

2 years ago

WhatsApp, Other Messaging Firms Urge Online Safety Bill ‘Rethink’

WhatsApp, six other encrypted messaging firms call for 'urgent rethink' of Online Safety Bill that they say woud weaken user…

2 years ago

Quest Software Podcast: The Democratisation of Data: Episode 3: Management, Trust, and Visibility

A data strategy has many components, but a trinity of drivers leads to true data democracy: Management, Trust and Visibility.…

2 years ago

Ransomware Hackers Steal Sensitive Charity Data

Londonderry-based IT firm Evide says personal data from charity clients stolen following ransomware attack as organisations warn of fraud risk

2 years ago

SpaceX Postpones Starship Launch, Citing Technical Glitch

SpaceX cancels test-launch of massive Starship vehicle after identifying malfunctioning pressurant valve, may retry this week

2 years ago

Photographer Refuses Major Award For Image Created Using AI

Photographer Boris Eldagsen refuses prize from Sony World Photography Awards after revealing his image was created using AI

2 years ago

Education Firm Offers GPT-4 Powered Tool Amidst Controversy

US education software firm Chegg announces CheggMate, powered by OpenAI's GPT-4, amidst controversy around AI chatbots in the classroom

2 years ago

Tencent ‘Enters Mass Production’ With Video Chip

Tech giant Tencent says self-designed video-transcoding chip enters mass production, amidst US efforts to slow China chip growth

2 years ago

US Congress Targets China’s Shein, Temu In Latest Backlash

US Congress advisory group singles out popular China-linked fast-fashion apps Shein and Temu over data concerns

2 years ago

SpaceX Prepares To Launch Most Powerful Rocket Ever Made

SpaceX prepares to test-launch Starship rocket with Super Heavy booster, delivering nearly twice the power of NASA's SLS

2 years ago

Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning

Often machine learning models don’t have all the information they need to deliver effective insights. In the security space in…

2 years ago

Sega Offers £625m For Studio Behind ‘Angry Birds’

Sonic the Hedgehog maker Sega offers 706m euros for Rovio, studio behind pioneering mobile game Angry Birds

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