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Artists, Rights Groups Protest Use Of Amazon One Palm Scanner
Group of 200 artists and 30 rights groups have written an open letter demanding Amazon Palm Scanner is removed from concert venue
Apple To Allow iPhone Users To Repair Their Own Device
Right To Repair win? Apple is to sell, for the first time, spare parts to techie-minded customers so they can repair their own iPhones or Macs
Tesla Sued By JPMorgan Over Elon Musk Privatisation Tweet
Investment bank JPMorgan sues Tesla for $162 million, alleging Elon Musk's privatisation tweet in 2018 cost it millions of dollars
IBM Eagle Quantum Processor Delivers 127-Qubit
Hold onto your servers. Big Blue touts 'breakthrough' 127-Qubit capable Quantum processor, known as the 'Eagle' processor
Google To Invest $740 Million After Australia Clash
Clash that saw Google threaten to withdraw services from Australia altogether, to be settled with fresh investment in the country
Elon Musk Sells More Tesla Stock As Value Slides
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk sells another block of shares bring total to $5.8bn in matter of days, amidst looming $11bn tax bill
Ancient Olympia To Be Preserved As Virtual Reality Archive
Olympia of more than 2,000 years ago turned into a virtual and augmented-reality experience under a collaboration between Greece and Microsoft
President Biden Tightens Restrictions On Huawei, ZTE
Tightening the screw. US President Joe Biden signs legislation to stop Chinese firms from receiving new equipment licences from US regulators
Tim Cook Says No Plans To Accept Crypto Payments
Cryptocurrency owner Tim Cook says there are no immediate plans to accept cryptocurrencies as payment, and discusses Apple Car, China operations
Amazon-Backed Rivian Enjoys Successful Nasdaq IPO
Amazon-backed electric car start-up Rivian enjoys biggest public listing in the United States since Facebook back in 2012
Elon Musk Sells $5bn Of Tesla Stock After Twitter Poll
One of the world's richest men, Elon Musk, has sold 3 percent of his stake in Tesla, just days after holding a Twitter poll
Twitter Backs Elon Musk Selling 10 Percent Of Tesla
What SEC scrutiny? Elon Musk asks Twitter users whether he should sell 10 percent of Tesla, and majority back share sell-off poll
Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: Cyrus Gilbert-Rolfe, CRO, EVRYTHNG
Today’s consumer is more well informed, and demanding than ever before. With unlimited information, exposure to the opinions of a vast network of contacts, and the ability to rapidly place, amend, and cancel orders at the touch of a bu ...
Apple To Drop Mask Requirement For Many US Stores – Report
Customers visiting many Apple US stores on Friday will no longer be required to wear masks, although the requirement will remain for retail staff
Blue Origin Loses NASA Lawsuit After Judge’s Ruling
Bad news Jeff. US judge rejects Blue Origin's lawsuit, filed after NASA's decision to award the Lunar lander contract soley to SpaceX
Google Actively Bidding For Pentagon Cloud Contract
Don't be evil? Google's cloud division is reportedly bidding to work on the Pentagon's Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program
Bill Gates Doubts 1.5 Degree Goal Is Achievable, Praises UK Climate Efforts
Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates doubts the world can hit goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees, but praises UK's green progress
Tesla Recalls 12,000 US Cars Over Software Glitch
NHTSA confirms Tesla is recalling 12,000 vehicles in the US over a 'software communication error' involving its FSD beta program
Former Google Boss Eric Schmidt Casts Doubt On Facebook’s Metaverse
Meta warning. Tech industry veteran Eric Schmidt sounds note of caution about Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse virtual world ambitions
The Price of Tech: The Challenge of Managing Technology Costs
Spend or not to spend is the question facing many businesses as they assess what technologies they will need to thrive post-pandemic. What technologies should your company be investing in today? Is this spending value for money and del ...
Facebook To End Facial Recognition Use – Cites ‘Societal Concerns’
Social networking giant confirms it is 'shutting down the Face Recognition system on Facebook', due to lack of rules and privacy concerns
Tesla To Open Charging Network To Other EVs
For the first time Tesla opens its Supercharger network to electric vehicles from other manufacturers,with pilot in Holland
Electric Car Battery Prices Rise As Lithium Costs Soar
Batteries for electric vehicles see price hikes in China, in spite of expected economies of scale, as costs of lithium and other raw materials jump
Panasonic Prototype Battery Lasts Five Times Longer
Prototype battery from Tesla supplier Panasonic, has five times the storage capacity of current batteries, and also costs 50 percent less to make
Mark Zuckerberg Explains Facebook Meta Name Change
Facebook, err Meta co-founder Mark Zuckerberg explains the rationale for name change to reflect shifting focus to an augmented reality future
US Copyright Office Adds Support For Right To Repair
With the right to repair movement supported by the Biden administration, US Copyright Office expands legal shield to fix tech goods
Uber To Offer 50,000 Tesla Cars To Drivers
Mammoth Hertz deal to purchase 100,000 Tesla’s electric vehicles, will allow Uber to offer a Tesla for rent to its fleet of drivers
Tesla Reaches $1 Trillion Valuation
Car maker Tesla now worth at least double that of Toyota, Volkswagen and Ford combined, after breaching $1 trillion market cap
Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: Women In Tech
Today we are speaking to Joanne Thurlow, Head of IT for Siemens Energy, Industrial Application Solutions. She partners with businesses providing strategic, innovative, cost-sensitive and engineering-centric, global IT environments.