Tag: Silicon UK

Meta Loses Appeal Over News Licensing In Top EU Court

EU Court of Justice rules against Meta appeal over Italy’s system enforcing negotiation of licensing fees with publishers This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta Loses Appeal Over News Licensing In Top EU Court

Amazon Staff Automate Needless Tasks To Inflate AI Use

Staff at Amazon reportedly use internal AI tool to automate tasks that serve no purpose, amid pressure to meet token targets This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Amazon Staff Automate Needless Tasks To Inflate…

Anthropic Raising $30bn At $900bn Valuation

Anthropic reportedly in talks with investors to raise at least $30bn of new funding at valuation of more than $900bn, surpassing OpenAI This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Anthropic Raising $30bn At $900bn Valuation

Waymo Apologises After Waking Up London Residents

Noise from driverless cars operated by Google sister company woke up residents of cul-de-sac at 4 a.m. several times last week This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Waymo Apologises After Waking Up London Residents

Canvas Developer Pays Hacking Gang To Delete Data

Infrastructure, developer of hacked Canvas educational software, says it reached ‘agreement’ with gang after incident disrupts exams This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Canvas Developer Pays Hacking Gang To Delete Data

EU President Calls For Youth Social Media ‘Delay’

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen calls for action on ‘addictive’ social media, suggests proposal within weeks This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: EU President Calls For Youth Social Media ‘Delay’

Texas Sues Netflix Over Data Collection, Addictive Design

Texas attorney general sues streaming platform over data collection, ad targeting practices, saying autoplay encourages addictiveness This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Texas Sues Netflix Over Data Collection, Addictive Design

eBay Rejects Surprise GameStop Takeover Bid

eBay board says unsolicited $56bn takeover offer from much smaller ‘meme’ retailer GameStop ‘neither credible nor attractive’ This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: eBay Rejects Surprise GameStop Takeover Bid

Santa Clara County Sues Meta Over Scam Ads

California county in heart of Silicon Valley sues Facebook parent, claiming it knowingly profits from ads tied to fraud schemes This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Santa Clara County Sues Meta Over Scam Ads

Meta Removes Full Encryption From Instagram

End-to-end encryption offering removed for Instagram direct messages, amid criticism over child safety This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta Removes Full Encryption From Instagram

TikTok Scales Back AI Summaries After Bizarre Results

TikTok to limit AI summaries of videos after tool creates fanciful descriptions seemingly unrelated to material in question This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: TikTok Scales Back AI Summaries After Bizarre Results

Hackers Disrupt Exams With Software Breach

Hacking group interrupts exams in breach of Canvas educational platform used by thousands of universities, schools in US, Canada, Australia This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Hackers Disrupt Exams With Software Breach

TikTok To Introduce Paid Subscriptions In UK

TikTok to allow users to pay for an ad-free experience, but free users will lose ability to switch off personalised ads This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: TikTok To Introduce Paid Subscriptions In UK

Apple Tests AI-Powered AirPods With Cameras

Apple reportedly in late testing stage for AirPods with cameras that could feed visual information to upgraded Siri assistant This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Apple Tests AI-Powered AirPods With Cameras

China-Founded MiroMind Halts Mainland AI Services

China-founded, Singapore-based AI start-up MiroMind halts services in China amid business restructure prompted by Manus buyout rejection This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: China-Founded MiroMind Halts Mainland AI Services

Amazon Launches Drone Deliveries In UK

Small area around Amazon warehouse in County Durham open for airborne deliveries, with drones dropping packages 12ft onto lawns This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Amazon Launches Drone Deliveries In UK

Meta Challenges Ofcom Over Online Safety Act

Facebook parent Meta launches High Court challenge to Ofcom’s ‘disproportionate’ structure of fees and potential fines This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta Challenges Ofcom Over Online Safety Act

Coinbase Reports Sharp Crypto Trading Slowdown

Largest US-based digital asset exchange reports quarterly loss as cryptocurrencies sag from last year’s high This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Coinbase Reports Sharp Crypto Trading Slowdown