OpenAI’s annualised revenues reportedly significantly lower than earlier figures had indicated, due to diverging accounting methods
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Google Signs $4.3bn Nuclear Power Deal To Fuel AI
Google signs 20-year atomic energy purchase agreement with Constellation as it seeks to build out AI power sources
Mistral Steps Up Open-Weight Competition With ‘Le Chonk’
French AI start-up releases 1 trillion-parameter frontier model to rival open-weight offerings from China, following fundraise
ShinyHunters-Linked Hacker Arrested In Jordan
Man allegedly linked to ShinyHunters hacking gang reportedly arrested in Jordan, working with FBI, after hack of federal employee data
Asos Acknowledges Hack That Resulted In Mystery Message
British clothing retailer says investigating ‘unauthorised activity’ after hackers sent app notification to thousands of people around world
Data Centre Proposed For Site Of Microsoft’s UK Headquarters
Plan would see Microsoft’s former Reading complex demolished to make way for 72MW data hall powered by natural gas fuel cells
Nvidia-Backed Reflection Enters Open-Weight AI Race
Brooklyn-based start-up launches first frontier model, Beam, claiming similar performance to Chinese rivals with reduced inference costs
Chinese Man May Be Linked To South Korean Bank Hacks
Researchers find indications that 26-year-old in Guangdong province may be behind AI-assisted data breaches of South Korean banks
Samsung Expects Nearly Ninefold Profit Jump
Samsung guidance projects nearly ninefold rise in third-quarter profit from a year earlier, amid worldwide memory shortages
Microsoft Challenges Apple With Nvidia-Powered Laptop
Microsoft’s pricey Surface Laptop Ultra runs on Nvidia RTX Spark N1X CPU, billed as ideal for offloading AI tasks to local hardware
Leaked Data Exposes Law Firms’ Ransom Payments
Data published online shows millions of dollars in extortion payments to Russia-linked group known for targeting law firms
Google Faces £1.2bn UK Class-Action Over Android Fees
Plaintiffs say Google’s ‘unfair’ 30 percent fees on app store payments have been passed along to consumers for years
Micron Workers In Taiwan Vote To Approve Strike Action
Vast majority of union-represented workers at Micron’s Taoyuan plant in Taiwan vote in favour of strike, amid profit-driven discontent
Goldman Sachs Client Data Affected By EY Hack
Data on clients of Goldman Sachs caught up in hack earlier this year involving international accountancy firm EY
Italian Foreign Ministry Website Hit By Disruption Attempt
Distributed denial of service attack attempts to take foreign ministry’s website offline, in incident linked to Russian group
Asos Acknowledges Theft Of Detailed Customer Data
Detailed profiles on users, including search history, stolen from third-party service in social engineering attack
Ofcom Probes Meta Over Safety Of ‘Instagram Instants’
Regulator begins first probe of Meta under Online Safety Act, challenging whether company sufficiently assessed safety of new feature
Mistral Steps Up Open-Weight Competition With ‘Le Chonk’
French AI start-up releases 1 trillion-parameter frontier model to rival open-weight offerings from China, following fundraise
Google Signs $4.3bn Nuclear Power Deal To Fuel AI
Google signs 20-year atomic energy purchase agreement with Constellation as it seeks to build out AI power sources
ShinyHunters-Linked Hacker Arrested In Jordan
Man allegedly linked to ShinyHunters hacking gang reportedly arrested in Jordan, working with FBI, after hack of federal employee data