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Meta ‘Unlikely’ To Make Further Changes For EU

Facebook parent Meta reportedly not planning further changes to comply with EU rules, making it almost certain to face large daily fines This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta ‘Unlikely’ To Make Further Changes…

Tesla Plans Robotaxi Launches In California, Arizona

Tesla pushing ahead with expansion of autonomous taxi service, California offering will initially only roll out to company employees This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Tesla Plans Robotaxi Launches In California, Arizona

Police Arrest Four Linked To M&S, Co-op Attacks

Police arrest three males and one woman in connection with cyber-attacks earlier this year that disrupted M&S and Co-op operations This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Police Arrest Four Linked To M&S, Co-op Attacks

Huang Sells Stock As Nvidia Value Hits $4tn

Nvidia becomes first company ever to reach $4tn market valuation, helping give Huang net worth greater than that of Warren Buffett This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Huang Sells Stock As Nvidia Value Hits…

Huawei Launches Pura 80 Smartphone Range In Dubai

Huawei holds international launch for Pura 80 smartphones as it seeks renewed expansion for once-massive handset business This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Huawei Launches Pura 80 Smartphone Range In Dubai

Samsung Chip Profit Drops Amidst AI Memory Delays

Samsung Electronics’ estimated profit for second quarter drops far more than expected as it struggles to capitalise on AI boom This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Samsung Chip Profit Drops Amidst AI Memory Delays

Tesla Shares Drop After Musk Starts Political Party

Tesla shares plummet after chief executive Musk says he will start America Party in latest ‘distraction’ from struggling business This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Tesla Shares Drop After Musk Starts Political Party

Epic Settles Samsung App Store Antitrust Claims

Epic Games drops antitrust claims that Samsung colluded with Google to shut out third-party app downloads ahead of Samsung phone launch This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Epic Settles Samsung App Store Antitrust Claims

Apple Appeals ‘Unprecedented’ 500m Euro EU Fine

Apple files latest appeal to block compliance with EU DMA competition rules, saying fine over ‘steering’ rules goes ‘far beyond law’ This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Apple Appeals ‘Unprecedented’ 500m Euro EU Fine

Alibaba Instant Commerce Reaches 200 Million Daily Users

Alibaba sees rapid growth for ‘instant’ commerce service that uses food-delivery network to deliver items within 60 minutes This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Alibaba Instant Commerce Reaches 200 Million Daily Users

Google AI Overviews Face EU Antitrust Complaint

Groups representing publishers and advertisers file complaints saying AI Overviews abuse Google’s dominant position in search This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Google AI Overviews Face EU Antitrust Complaint

EU Says AI Act Will Proceed Despite Critricism

European Commission says AI Act provisions will come into force in August and next year as planned, in face of corporate resistance This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: EU Says AI Act Will Proceed…

Hackers Steal Data From Louis Vuitton Korea

Louis Vuitton South Korea unit says hackers broke into systems, accessed customer data in second incident to hit LVMH in recent months This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Hackers Steal Data From Louis Vuitton…

France Fines Shein 40m Euros Over Fake Discounts

French government fines Shein 40m euros over deceptive marketing practices, failing to disclose environmental impact of products This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: France Fines Shein 40m Euros Over Fake Discounts

Apple China Sales Grow For First Time In Two Years

Apple iPhone sales grow in China for first time in two years after discounts, but analysts say further progress will be difficult This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Apple China Sales Grow For First…

Intel’s Tan ‘May Shift’ Customers To New Process

Intel chief Lip-Bu Tan reportedly considering major foundry shift that could see company take massive write-off to emphasise next-gen technology This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Intel’s Tan ‘May Shift’ Customers To New Process

Tesla Second-Quarter Deliveries Plummet In Second Quarter

Decline in Tesla EV deliveries accelerates amidst competition, political controversy as company shifts focus to autonomy and robots This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Tesla Second-Quarter Deliveries Plummet In Second Quarter

Qantas Confirms Customer Data Stolen By Hackers

Australian airline Qantas warns customers of data breach potentially affecting records of up to 6 million customers This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Qantas Confirms Customer Data Stolen By Hackers

Mainland China To Overtake Taiwan Chip Capacity By 2030

China semiconductor foundry capacity on track to surpass Taiwan by end of decade, but country struggles to develop higher-end processes This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Mainland China To Overtake Taiwan Chip Capacity By…

Google Proposes Latest Search Changes To Avoid EU Fine

Google reportedly offers alternative search modifications to give suppliers more presence in search as it seeks DMA compliance This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Google Proposes Latest Search Changes To Avoid EU Fine

Microsoft To Cut 9,000 More Jobs As It Invest In AI

Microsoft plans to drop thousands of staff worldwide, including cuts to sales and games, as it invests $80bn in artificial intelligence This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Microsoft To Cut 9,000 More Jobs As…

TikTok Opens E-Commerce Operations In Japan

TikTok launches shopping features in Japan as it seeks to diversify outside of United States, where future remains uncertain This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: TikTok Opens E-Commerce Operations In Japan

US Judge Says Huawei Must Face Criminal Trial

US district judge rejects Huawei’s bid to dismiss most federal criminal counts of intellectual property theft and bank fraud This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: US Judge Says Huawei Must Face Criminal Trial

Cloudflare To Block AI Crawlers By Default

Online infrastructure company Cloudlfare to block AI crawlers for new customers by default as publishers seek accountability This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Cloudflare To Block AI Crawlers By Default

OpenAI Says No Plans To Deploy Google AI Chips

OpenAI says its AI lab has been testing AI chips from rival Google, but has no active plans to deploy them at scale This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: OpenAI Says No Plans To…

Meta Restructures AI Efforts With New Unit

New Meta AI ‘superintelligence’ lab to be co-led by Alexandr Wang and ex-GitHub chief Nat Friedman as company plays catch-up This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta Restructures AI Efforts With New Unit

US Takes Down North Korean Fraud Ring

US Justice Department arrests one, charges eight others over laptop farms that served as cover for North Koreans to earn millions for regime This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: US Takes Down North Korean…

Google Buys Power From Nascent Fusion Project

Google signs deal with MIT spin-off Commonwealth Fusion Systems to guy power from planned grid-scale nuclear fusion plant This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Google Buys Power From Nascent Fusion Project

Meta Hires Four OpenAI Researchers For New Unit

Meta poaches four more prominent OpenAI researchers to join new superintelligence unit headed by Alexandr Wang This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta Hires Four OpenAI Researchers For New Unit

EU Says Meta Risks Daily Fines Over DMA Breach

European Commission says reviewing proposal from Facebook parent Meta to comply with DMA, non-compliance could mean retroactive fines This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: EU Says Meta Risks Daily Fines Over DMA Breach

Meta Looks To Raise $29bn For AI Expansion – FT

Meta reportedly in talks with private capital players to raise $29bn in debt and equity to fund massive investments in AI data centres This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta Looks To Raise $29bn…

OpenAI ‘Rents Google Chips’ For AI Inference

Google persuades OpenAI to use its Tensor Processing Unit chips via Google Cloud for ChatGPT inference as OpenAI seeks to diversify This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: OpenAI ‘Rents Google Chips’ For AI Inference

Xiaomi Launches AI-Powered Smart Glasses

Xiaomi enters yet another crowded, competitive market with AI-powered smart glasses that include camera and compete with Meta’s Ray-Bans This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Xiaomi Launches AI-Powered Smart Glasses

Xiaomi YU7 SUV Sells 200,000 Units In Three Minutes

Xiaomi says new YU7 electric SUV sells 200,000 units in first three minutes in unprecedented wave of demand that could threaten Tesla This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Xiaomi YU7 SUV Sells 200,000 Units…

Microsoft Offers Update Lifeline For Windows 10 Users

Support lifeline for millions of Windows 10 users, whose older and incompatible computers cannot be upgraded to Windows 11 This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Microsoft Offers Update Lifeline For Windows 10 Users

Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant To Restart In 2027

US power plant involved in a partial nuclear meltdown in the 1970s to restart a reactor in 2027 to help power Microsoft data centres This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Three Mile Island Nuclear…

Meta Wins AI Copyright Lawsuit Against Authors

Second legal victory for AI industry, after Meta Platforms becomes the latest to win copyright infringement lawsuit This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta Wins AI Copyright Lawsuit Against Authors

Pornhub, Others To Introduce Age Checks By 25 July

Ofcom confirms that Pornhub and other adult websites will soon introduce age verification checks due to the UK’s Online Safety Act This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Pornhub, Others To Introduce Age Checks By…

Russia Frees REvil Hackers, Despite Guilty Pleas

REvil ransomware hackers arrested in 2022 freed from custody by Russia, after they pleaded guilty to fraud, malware distribution This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Russia Frees REvil Hackers, Despite Guilty Pleas

ispace Blames Laser for Moon Crash Landing

Japanese space start-up ipsace blames a problem with the Laser Range Finder (LRF) on the lunar lander for crash landing This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: ispace Blames Laser for Moon Crash Landing

Bumble Axes 30 Percent Of Global Workforce

More layoffs in tech sector as dating app Bumble axes hundreds of staff, providing a welcome rise in its share price This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Bumble Axes 30 Percent Of Global Workforce

Man Pleads Guilty To $245m Bitcoin Theft

Crypto crimes. Guilty plea from man in US who took part in huge Bitcoin theft, but whose parents were then later kidnapped This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Man Pleads Guilty To $245m Bitcoin…

NASA Shows Photos Of Crashed ispace Lander

NASA spacecraft has provided images of the crash site of the privately funded ispace Mission 2 lunar lander This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: NASA Shows Photos Of Crashed ispace Lander

Tesla Launches Robotaxi Service In Austin

After years of hype, Tesla quietly launches its robotaxi service in Austin, but should Waymo, Zoox be concerned? This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Tesla Launches Robotaxi Service In Austin

BBC Warns Perplexity Of Legal Action Over Content Use

British broadcaster BBC alleges US-based Perplexity is reproducing BBC content “verbatim” without its permission This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: BBC Warns Perplexity Of Legal Action Over Content Use

Waymo Applies For New York Testing Permit

Congested streets of New York targetted by Waymo for testing, even though full robotaxis are not currently permitted This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Waymo Applies For New York Testing Permit

Microsoft To Axe Thousands Of Sales Staff – Report

More job losses for Microsoft, after report tech giant is planning to cut thousands of jobs, particularly in sales This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Microsoft To Axe Thousands Of Sales Staff – Report

SpaceX Starship Explodes On Launch Pad

Another setback? Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket explodes into giant fireball during testing at Starbase facility in Texas This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: SpaceX Starship Explodes On Launch Pad

Zoox Launches Robotaxi Production Facility

Ahead of first commercial robotaxi launch in Las Vegas, Amazon’s Zoox opens first production facility in California This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Zoox Launches Robotaxi Production Facility

Trump To Extend TikTok Deadline For Third Time

TikTok lifeline. President Donald Trump is to extend TikTok’s deadline to ensure its continued operation in the US, says White House This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Trump To Extend TikTok Deadline For Third…

Iran Asks Citizens To Delete WhatsApp

Iranian authorities urge citizens to remove WhatsApp form their smartphones, amid military strikes with Israel This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Iran Asks Citizens To Delete WhatsApp

Italy Opens DeepSeek Probe Over False Information

Italy’s consumer and competition regulator opens latest probe into Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek over failure to warn about ‘hallucinations’ This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Italy Opens DeepSeek Probe Over False Information

OpenAI In $200m Pentagon Deal

OpenAI strikes $200m deal to provide AI for combat and enterprise applications as its annualised revenues surge to $10bn This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: OpenAI In $200m Pentagon Deal

Dutch Court Upholds Competition Ruling Against Apple

Rotterdam district court upholds 2021 ruling by competition regulator that subjected Apple to 50m euros in fines over App Store rules This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Dutch Court Upholds Competition Ruling Against Apple

China Robot Industry Projected To Reach $108bn In 2028

China’s robotics industry expected to grow 23 percent annually to $108bn in 2028 as it ramps up advances in drones, humanoid robots This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: China Robot Industry Projected To Reach…

Huawei, ByteDance ‘Plan’ Major Brazil Cloud Deals

China’s Huawei, ByteDance reportedly discussing major deals in Brazil’s cloud sector, in face of US national security warnings This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Huawei, ByteDance ‘Plan’ Major Brazil Cloud Deals