Amazon continues biggest round of job cuts in its history, following 14,000 white-collar job reductions in October, as it spends big on AI This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Amazon Confirms 16,000 More Corporate…
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Poor Weather Delays Cornwall Broadband Repairs
Some customers still offline in rural areas of Cornwall, as Openreach says poor weather delays restoration of services This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Poor Weather Delays Cornwall Broadband Repairs
Google Chrome Gets ‘Auto Browse’ Agent
Google adds AI tools to Chrome browser, including Personal Intelligence, Nano Banana, ‘Auto Browse’ semi-autonomous agent This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Google Chrome Gets ‘Auto Browse’ Agent
Anthropic Raising $20bn At $350bn Valuation
AI start-up Anthropic reportedly targeting $20bn for latest funding round, nearly double initial target, on strong investor demand This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Anthropic Raising $20bn At $350bn Valuation
Samsung TriFold Comes To US Market, At A Cost
Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold double-hinged smartphone/tablet is a pioneer in US market in more ways than one, with price tag of nearly $3,000 This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Samsung TriFold Comes To US…
UK To Spend £36m For AI Supercomputer Upgrade
AIRR supercomputing centre to see Dawn system upgraded with AMD AI chips, new high-performance system, under UK’s AI strategy This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: UK To Spend £36m For AI Supercomputer Upgrade
TikTok Settles California Social Media Lawsuit
TikTok settles lawsuit alleging addictive design, mental harms only hours before jury selection, as case proceeds against Google, Meta This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: TikTok Settles California Social Media Lawsuit
TikTok US Denies Widespread Reports Of Censorship
New US TikTok operator denies widespread claims that content critical of administration is being censored, blaming data centre outage This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: TikTok US Denies Widespread Reports Of Censorship
Report Of High-Level UK China Hack Questioned
Commentators question Telegraph report that China-backed hacking group targeted mobile phones of senior UK officials for several years This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Report Of High-Level UK China Hack Questioned
WhatsApp Faces Increased EU Oversight
EU designates Meta’s WhatsApp as very large online platform, after Channels feature crosses key usage threshold in the region This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: WhatsApp Faces Increased EU Oversight
Samsung To Ship Next-Gen Memory To Nvidia In February
Following delays, Samsung reportedly plans to begin shipping next-gen HBM4 memory chips to Nvidia, AMD in February for use with AI chips This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Samsung To Ship Next-Gen Memory To…
France Lower House Approves Social Media Ban
France’s National Assembly approves key measures in social media ban for under-15s amid international momentum for restrictions This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: France Lower House Approves Social Media Ban
Germany To Strengthen Cyber Countermeasures
Germany plans to enable and deploy stronger cyber-attack countermeasures to take action against foreign powers such as Russia This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Germany To Strengthen Cyber Countermeasures
Microsoft Begins Deploying Next-Gen AI Chip
Microsoft now beginning to deploy new in-house AI chip Maia 200 within its own AI team and to power Copilot, following delays This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Microsoft Begins Deploying Next-Gen AI Chip
Google Pays $68m To Settle Assistant Privacy Claims
Google agrees to pay $68m to settle class action claiming digital assistant recorded private conversations, passed data to advertisers This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Google Pays $68m To Settle Assistant Privacy Claims
EU Probes X Over Grok Images
EU opens new investigation into X, formerly Twitter, after millions of AI-generated sexualised images flood network This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: EU Probes X Over Grok Images
Apple Adds Design To Hardware Chief’s Remit
Apple reportedly adds overall design responsibilities to role of hardware chief John Ternus in latest sign of internal CEO succession planning This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Apple Adds Design To Hardware Chief’s Remit
Blue Origin Plans High-Speed Satellite Data Network
Aerospace company Blue Origin plans to launch 5,408 satellites for high-speed, enterprise-focused data network TeraWave This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Blue Origin Plans High-Speed Satellite Data Network
Chinese Customers Look To Black Market For Nvidia H200
Some Chinese AI customers, facing import blockade of H200, reportedly turn to black market to buy chips at much higher prices This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Chinese Customers Look To Black Market For…
Amazon Expected To Cut 14,000 More Corporate Jobs
Amazon reportedly plans second massive round of reductions to corporate jobs as it moves toward target of 30,000 white-collar job cuts This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Amazon Expected To Cut 14,000 More Corporate…