Category: Silicon UK

Microsoft Shifts Data Centre Strategy After Backlash

Tech giant promises to do more to reduce burden of new AI data centres on local residents’ electricity and water bills, amid residents’ fury This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Microsoft Shifts Data Centre…

Meta Cuts VR Jobs, Shifts Focus To AI Glasses

Facebook parent Meta begins cutting more than 1,000 staff from Reality Labs, shifts focus from immersive VR to mobile, smart glasses This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta Cuts VR Jobs, Shifts Focus To…

Meta Discusses Doubling Ray-Ban Production

Facebook parent Meta reportedly in discussions with EssilorLuxottica over doubling smart glasses production amid strong demand This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta Discusses Doubling Ray-Ban Production

Apple, Google Confirm Multi-Year AI Deal

Apple confirms it will work with Google to build Gemini AI technology into iPhones after delays building its own in-house models This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Apple, Google Confirm Multi-Year AI Deal

Meta To Lay Off Metaverse Staff

Meta reportedly plans 10 percent reduction in Reality Labs staff, focusing on ‘metaverse’ projects, amid increased AI spending This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta To Lay Off Metaverse Staff

Meta Blocks 550,000 Accounts After Australia Ban

Facebook parent Meta says it blocked about 550,000 accounts in the week after a social media ban for Australians under 16 took effect This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta Blocks 550,000 Accounts After…

Amazon Conducts Drone Test Flights In Darlington

Amazon carries out limited test flights of latest-model MK30 drone from Darlington centre as it prepares to offer UK air deliveries This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Amazon Conducts Drone Test Flights In Darlington

Obsolete Google Solar Plant Stays Open Due To AI Demand

Unusual solar-thermal plant in Mojave Desert to remain open to help provide power for AI data centres, though considered obsolete This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Obsolete Google Solar Plant Stays Open Due To…

Instagram Password Reset Requests Cause Confusion

Security researchers claim reset prompts caused by large-scale leak of user data to hacking site, but Meta says no breach occurred This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Instagram Password Reset Requests Cause Confusion

UK To Bring Deepfake Law Into Force

UK government to begin enforcing law that criminalises non-consensual intimate deepfakes, amidst X probe This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: UK To Bring Deepfake Law Into Force

DeepSeek To Launch Custom Italian Version

DeepSeek to create first country-specific version of online chatbot following Italian ‘hallucination’ probe This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: DeepSeek To Launch Custom Italian Version

Nvidia Requires Up-Front Payment For China H200 Orders

Nvidia reportedly requires Chinese customers ordering H200 chips to make full payment up-front, as it faces regulatory uncertainty This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Nvidia Requires Up-Front Payment For China H200 Orders

China Said To Hack US Congress Email Systems

China-backed Salt Typhoon hacking group reportedly hacks email systems used by staff and aides of powerful Congressional committees This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: China Said To Hack US Congress Email Systems

China Tells Companies To Halt Nvidia H200 Orders

Chinese officials tell some domestic companies to halt orders for Nvidia’s H200 chip, as they consider import rules This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: China Tells Companies To Halt Nvidia H200 Orders

China Dominates Humanoid Robot Shipments

Robot companies from China account for vast majority of humanoid robot shipments in 2025, with large presence at CES This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: China Dominates Humanoid Robot Shipments

ASML Says Breach Claim Was Faked

Dutch chip manufacturing equipment maker says claim that data was stolen by hacker is false, following post on hacker forum This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: ASML Says Breach Claim Was Faked