Category: Silicon UK

California Lawsuit Claims AI Inflated Petrol Prices

Consumers sue petrol station operators in California under new antitrust law that prevents use of shared pricing algorithms This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: California Lawsuit Claims AI Inflated Petrol Prices

SK Hynix Tops Samsung Market Value Amid Memory Boom

Samsung dethroned as South Korea’s most valuable listed company for first time since 2000, as sustained AI spending rewrites rules This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: SK Hynix Tops Samsung Market Value Amid Memory…

Two Men Plead Guilty To TfL Hack

Two men admit to hacking Transport for London in summer 2024 incident that caused months of chaos, following arrests last year This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Two Men Plead Guilty To TfL Hack

WhatsApp Boss To Step Down After Seven Years

Will Cathcart to move to another role at Meta, with WhatsApp top spot to be taken over by Indian start-up founder Kunal Shah This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: WhatsApp Boss To Step Down…

London Deputy Mayor Challenged Over Palantir Decision

London’s deputy mayor for policing and crime says ‘no apologies’ for blocking Palantir deal, as US tech firm files lawsuit This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: London Deputy Mayor Challenged Over Palantir Decision

Cook Says Apple Plans Price Hikes

Outgoing Apple chief executive Tim Cook says price increases ‘unavoidable’ due to ‘unsustainable’ surge in memory costs This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Cook Says Apple Plans Price Hikes

Norfolk Parish Council Probes Adult-Themed Hack

Old Catton Parish Council investigates how portions of its website were replaced with Indonesian-language gambling adverts This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Norfolk Parish Council Probes Adult-Themed Hack

EU Set To Place Azure, AWS In DMA Crosshairs

European Commission reportedly find Microsoft’s Azure, Amazon Web Services probably meet DMA gatekeeper threshold This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: EU Set To Place Azure, AWS In DMA Crosshairs

Early Manus Backers Funding Re-Acquisition From Meta

Early backers of start-up including HSG, ZhenFund, Tencent, reportedly preparing buyback for same $2bn originally paid This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Early Manus Backers Funding Re-Acquisition From Meta

DeepSeek Hits $59bn Valuation In First Funding Round

Chinese AI start-up reportedly concludes first funding round, raising more than $7bn in deal that gives founder high degree of control This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: DeepSeek Hits $59bn Valuation In First Funding…

UK Orders Google To Improve Search Transparency

CMA tells Google that search rankings must be fairer and more transparent, after businesses complain of unexpected changes This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: UK Orders Google To Improve Search Transparency

UK Orders Google To Increase Search Transparency

CMA tells Google that search rankings must be fairer and more transparent, after businesses complain of unexpected changes This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: UK Orders Google To Increase Search Transparency

Key Meta Internal AI Exec To Leave Company

Emily Dalton Smith, in charge of key part of Meta’s unpopular internal AI strategy, to exit as $2bn Manus deal unravels This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Key Meta Internal AI Exec To Leave…

Hackers Crack Corporate, Government VPNs In Major Incident

Researcher accidentally uncovers trove of credentials for 75,000 Fortinet firewalls including US government agencies, major companies This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Hackers Crack Corporate, Government VPNs In Major Incident

Former Shoe Maker Changes Name, CEO In AI Push

Allbirds, once a maker of trendy wool shoes, changes name to Smartbird, hires former Amazon exec as chief, sees stock surge This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Former Shoe Maker Changes Name, CEO In…