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US Warns Rising Cyberattacks Against Water Supplies

Critical infrastructure. Utility firms in the US are being urged to do more to protect water supplies amid rising cyberattacks

4 months ago

Google I/O: Google Gemini, Project Astra Etc

AI very much the focus at Google's annual developer conference, including Google Gemini and a new AI assistant for smart…

4 months ago

Google Staff Question Layoffs After Record Earnings

Staff at Google question CEO Sundar Pichai over 'significant decline' in workforce morale amid ongoing job cuts, despite strong financials

4 months ago

OpenAI To Announce Google Search Competitor Next Week – Report

Google's search domination to be challenged next week, with OpenAI reportedly set to announce its own AI search product

4 months ago

Biden Admin Mulls Export Restrictions For AI Models – Report

The United States reportedly considers restricting China and Russia's access to AI models found in tools such as ChatGPT

4 months ago

Alphabet Axes Hundreds Of Staff From ‘Core’ Organisation

Google is reportedly laying off at least 200 staff from its “Core” organisation, including key teams and engineering positions

5 months ago

Microsoft Announces Big Investments In Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand

Microsoft's AI investments continue in south east Asia, after investments in Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, as well as Thailand

5 months ago

Anthropic Launches Enterprise-Focused Claude, Plus iPhone App

Two updates to Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude sees arrival of a new business-focused plan, as well as an iOS app

5 months ago

Ofcom Confirms OnlyFans Investigation Over Age Verification

UK regulator confirms it is investigating whether OnlyFans is doing enough to prevent children accessing pornography

5 months ago

Ex Google Staff Fired Over Israel Protest File NLRB Complaint

Dismissed staff file complaint with a US labor board, and allege Google unlawfully terminated their employment

5 months ago

Microsoft, OpenAI Sued By More Newspaper Publishers

Eight newspaper publishers in the US allege Microsoft and OpenAI used their millions of their articles to train AI models

5 months ago

Microsoft Beats Expectations Thanks To AI Investments

Customer adoption of AI services embedded in cloud services continues to deliver results for Microsoft, pushing shares higher

5 months ago

Oracle Plans To Relocate HQ To Nashville

After relocating from California to Texas in 2020, Oracle's Larry Ellison now reveals plan to move HQ to Nashville, Tennessee

5 months ago

Google Fires More Staff Over Israel Protest

Another 20 staff have been fired by Google over Israel protest and their “completely unacceptable behaviour”

5 months ago

Microsoft Launches Smallest AI Model, Phi-3-mini

Lightweight artificial intelligence model launched this week by Microsoft, offering more cost-effective option for Azure customers

5 months ago

US Provides Assurances For Julian Assange Extradition

As President Biden 'considers' request to drop Julian Assange extradition, US provides assurances to prevent last-ditch appeal

5 months ago

Canada To Implement Digital Services Tax This Year

Introduction of digital services tax on tech firms will begin in 2024 Canadian government confirms, amid delay to global agreement

5 months ago

Alphabet Mulls Offer For Marketing Software Firm HubSpot

Amidst antitrust scrutiny, Alphabet reportedly plans on making an offer for HubSpot to bolster CRM and cloud position

6 months ago

OpenAI Drops Sign Up Need To Access ChatGPT

AI pioneer to give users the ability to start using ChatGPT instantly, after dropping requirement for sign up

6 months ago

UK, US Sign Agreement To Test AI Safety

Landmark agreement between United States and United Kingdom to work together to develop tests for advanced AI models

6 months ago

Apple To Bring RCS To iPhones Autumn 2024, Says Google

Finally on the way? Google webpage briefly indicates that Apple will bring RCS to the iPhone by Autumn this year

6 months ago

Microsoft Unbundles Teams From Office Suite

Redmond's collaboration tool Teams is decoupled from Office Suite, under new licensing terms announced on Monday

6 months ago

China Bans Intel, AMD Chips, Windows OS From Government Computers

Beijing reportedly begins blocking the use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers, and sidelines Microsoft's Windows OS

6 months ago

NHS Scotland Confirms Clinical Data Published By Ransomware Gang

NHS Dumfries and Galloway condemns ransomware gang for publishing patients clinical data after cyberattack earlier this month

6 months ago

Payments Regulator Probing String Of Payments Failures

Payments regulator says it is monitoring string of failures that affected payments systems at McDonald's, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Greggs within…

6 months ago

Microsoft, Meta, X, Match Group Challenge Apple App Store Terms

Big tech players side with Epic Games, and allege Apple is flouting court order over its App Store in the…

6 months ago

GPT-4 ‘Kinda Sucks’ Admits Sam Altman, Says GPT-5 Will Be Better

Old tech now? OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman admits ChatGPT's GPT-4 'kinda sucks' now, but says GPT-5 will be better

6 months ago