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TikTok Loses Bid To Overturn US Divestiture Law
US appeals court rejects bid by TikTok and parent ByteDance to overturn law forcing it to divest Chinese ownership or face January ban
Elon Musk’s xAI Closes $6bn Funding, Plots Colossus AI Supercomputer Expansion
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Intel Adds Two Chip Veterans To Board, Amid Search For New CEO
Two chip veterans named for Intel's board of directors, amid reports of expertise gap after August departure of Lip-Bu Tan
Waymo To Expand Ride-Hailing Service To Miami
Another major city in the United States is to receive Alphabet's Waymo ride-hailing service, with Miami the next stop
Meta To Spend $10 Billion On Largest Data Centre To Date
Facebook parent confirms its 23rd data centre in the US will be located in Louisiana, and will be its largest facility to date
Musk’s Neuralink Animal Lab Cited For ‘Objectionable Conditions’
Federal regulator reportedly cites animal lab at Elon Musk's Neuralink for “objectionable conditions or practices”
Trump Nominates Cryptocurrency Advocate Paul Atkins As SEC Chair
President-elect Donald Trump nominates a new chairman to head the SEC, who is a noted cryptocurrency advocate
CMA Clears Vodafone, Three Merger After Price Promise
UK regulator approves Vodafone, Three merger, after receiving commitments over price, network, and virtual mobile operators
Amazon Sued For Halting Deliveries To Two Black Neighbourhoods
District of Columbia sues Amazon, alleging it secretly stopped fastest delivery service to two predominantly Black neighbourhoods
Bitcoin Surges Past $100,000 For First Time, Amid Trump Optimism
Crypto optimism under Trump's presidency, pushes the price of Bitcoin past $100,000 for the first time ever
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Meta Looks To Nuclear Energy For US Data Centres
Facebook parent Meta joins other big data centre operators and explores use of nuclear energy to help it meet AI and sustainability objectives
CMA Delays Cloud Computing Report Until 2025
UK competition regulator slightly delays its provisional report on the cloud computing sector and whether “behavioural” remedies are required
Intel Approaches Ex Board Member Lip-Bu Tan, Others As CEO Replacement
After “retiring” former CEO Pat Gelsinger last weekend, Intel approaches respected chip industry veteran and former board member Lip-Bu Tan
Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Pleads Guilty To Fraud
Founder of former cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, Alex Mashinsky, pleads guilty to two counts of fraud
Telegram Joins Child Safety Scheme
Internet Watch Foundation confirms Telegram messaging app has joined child abuse imagery crackdown, after years of refusal
US Chips ‘No Longer Safe’, Chinese Industry Bodies Claim
Latest salvo in escalating trade war, as Chinese companies are told by local industry bodies that US chips are 'no longer safe'
UK Underestimates Threat Of Cyber-Attacks, Says NCSC Head
The cyber risk facing UK “widely underestimated”, warns head of GCHQ’s NCSC Richard Horne in first major speech
Microsoft Faces £1 Billion Lawsuit For Alleged Overcharging
Lawsuit filed in London against Microsoft alleges customers using rival cloud services, have to pay more to licence Windows Server
Elon Musk $56 Billion Pay Deal Rejected, Again
Judge in Delaware for the second time rules against the record-breaking $56 billion pay package for Elon Musk
China Bans Exports Of Gallium, Germanium, Antimony
Beijing bans exports to US of key materials after Biden administration imposes more restrictions on Chinese chip sector
US Announces New Export Controls On China’s Chip Sector
New round of US semiconductor export restrictions designed to hamper Beijing's capacity to produce high-end chips
Germany Shoulders €600 Million Of Northvolt Debt
Lender KfW is to be reimbursed by the German government more than €600 million ($629 million) of Northvolt debt
Elon Musk Seeks To Block OpenAI’s For-Profit Bid
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OpenAI Sued By Canadian News Publishers For Alleged Copyright Infringement
Group of news publishers in Canada become the latest group to sue OpenAI for allegedly using their new content to train ChatGPT
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Forced Out By Board
CEO Pat Gelsinger has been “retired” effective 1 December, after the board of directors reportedly loses confidence in his turnaround plan
Meta Plans Subsea Cable For Its Own Exclusive Use – Report
World spanning subsea cable measuring 40,000km (or 24,854 mile) long, reportedly being planned by Meta for its exclusive use