Tag: Silicon UK

US Judge Challenges SEC, Musk Over Twitter Settlement

Federal judge says settlement presents string of ‘red flags’, asking them to explain why it appears crafted to avoid personally penalising Musk This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: US Judge Challenges SEC, Musk Over…

BYD Adds Fast Charging To International EV Models

Tech that can charge battery in 5 minutes comes to Europe, as BYD seeks to pose more direct challenge to petrol vehicles This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: BYD Adds Fast Charging To International…

UK AI Chip Start-Up Fractile Raises $220m

Fractile completes Series B round valuing it at $1bn as it seeks to ease inference bottleneck for cutting-edge AI models This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: UK AI Chip Start-Up Fractile Raises $220m

Waymo Issues Recall After Car Drives Into Flooded Road

Google sister company issues ‘voluntary’ software update after empty vehicle swept away in flooded road in San Antonio, Texas This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Waymo Issues Recall After Car Drives Into Flooded Road

Foxconn US Plant Hit By Data-Theft Hack

Hackers claim theft of component schematics, data centre topology diagrams after hack halts operations at Wisconsin facility This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Foxconn US Plant Hit By Data-Theft Hack

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