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MPs from Treasury Committee warn retail digital pound could increase risk of bank runs, while posing privacy and interest rate risks This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: MPs Warn Over Digital Pound Plan Stability…

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Taiwan government says US officials to visit island next month to explain complex chip sanctions aimed at China, amidst rising tensions This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: US Officials To Visit Taiwan To ‘Explain’…

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US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo defends latest round of tech export controls against ‘biggest threat’ as China promises to sidestep curbs This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: US Commerce Chief: China ‘Not Our Friend’

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Music-streaming service Spotify to slash 17 percent of workforce a month after stepping back from costly podcast drive This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Spotify To Axe 1,500 Jobs In Cost-Cutting Drive

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Three apologises after Friday outage affects tens of thousands of customers’ calls and mobile internet services This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Three Apologises After Outage Affects Tens Of Thousands

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Streaming tie-up? Discussions reportedly between Apple and Paramount discuss bundling respective streaming services This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Apple, Paramount Discuss Bundling Streaming Service Offer – Report

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Has Elon Musk sabotaged X going forward? Analysts cite Twitter owner as the biggest liability for the platform This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Questions Surround X/Twitter, After Elon Musk Expletive-Filled Rant

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Legal victory for TikTok after US judge blocks Montana’s first ever state ban on the use of short video-sharing app This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: US Judge Blocks Montana’s TikTok Use Ban

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Welcome to Silicon UK Pulse – your roundup of the latest tech news and developments impacting your business for the week ending 01/12/2023. This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Silicon UK Pulse: Your Tech…

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Apple’s mobile browser and cloud gaming services will be investigated after the CMA won an appeal on Thursday This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: UK’s CMA Wins Appeal To Investigate Apple

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Series of pledges from big name tech firms in agreement with UK government to protect people from online fraud This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: UK Government, Tech Giants Agree To Tackle Online Fraud

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Prime Minister and Chancellor welcome Microsoft’s £2.5 billion investment to expand AI data centre infrastructure This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Microsoft To Invest £2.5 Billion To Bolster UK AI, Data Centres

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Staff paying the price. A week after closing $61bn purchase of VMware, Broadcom begins laying off VMware employees This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Broadcom To Axe 1,200 Staff After $69 Billion VMware Acquisition

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Agreement with Canadian government will see Google pay local news publishers $73 million a year. Meta dispute however, continues This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Google Agrees To Pay Canadian News Publishers

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X owner Elon Musk used multiple expletives about advertisers who have boycotted Twitter over extremist content This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Elon Musk Tells Fleeing Advertisers To Go F*** Themselves

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Uber is to open up its platform to London’s black cabs in 2024, but taxi association says there is no demand for it This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Uber To Tempt London Black…

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Provisional finding from the UK antitrust regulator, the CMA, puts Adobe’s $20 billion acquisition at risk This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: CMA Finds $20 Billion Adobe Figma Deal Could Harm UK Digital Design

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Amazon Web Services announces the next generation of two AWS-designed chip families, namely the AWS Graviton4 and AWS Trainium2 This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: AWS re:Invent: Amazon Announces Two New AI Chips

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Amazon answer to ChatGPT? Amazon Web Services confirms launch of business focused AI chatbot called Amazon Q This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: AWS re:Invent: Amazon Q Touted As New Business Chatbot

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Users have until Friday, as search giant Google moves ahead with plan to delete accounts inactive for at least two years This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Google To Begin Deleting Inactive Accounts On…

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Admission of ‘unauthorised access’ of a network server at Japan’s space agency (JAXA), but sensitive data not compromised This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Japan Space Agency Hacked, But No Rocket Data Accessed

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Amazon Web Services and Nvidia expand partnership with new supercomputing infrastructure, software and services for generative AI This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: AWS re:Invent: Amazon Nvidia Expand Collaboration

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Digital rights group NOYB files first complaint with Austrian regulator against Meta’s paid ad-free subscription for Facebook, Instagram This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Objection Filed To Meta’s Paid Ad-Free Subscription

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Despite reports deal would be approved, European regulators hand Amazon statement of objections to iRobot acquisition This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: European Commission Cites Competition Concerns Over Amazon’s iRobot Deal

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Judge sides says former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao must remain in the US whilst he considers he request to return to the UAE This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao To…

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Oops. Nvidia engineer accidentally reveals trade secrets from his former employer, while on Zoom call with said former employer This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Nvidia Sued After Engineer Shows Trade Secrets On Video…

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Security managers receive more board level support following a cyberattack, but cyber incidents are still occurring for majority This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Board Support Critical For Robust Cybersecurity Defence – Trellix

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Meta spokesman Andy Stone placed on Russia’s ‘wanted list’, with Meta Platforms previously classified as ‘terrorist’ organisation This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Russia Places Meta Spokesman On Wanted List

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Year of end advertising exodus at Elon Musk’s X going to cost Twitter as much as $75m in advertising revenue This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Advertising Exodus To Cost Elon Musk’s X $75m…

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Cybersecurity for AI. Countries including the US, UK, Germany sign international agreement to keep AI safe from rogue actors This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: US, UK, Others Agree ‘Secure By Design’ AI

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Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao urges US judge to reject DoJ request to stop him leaving the United States before sentencing This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Binance Founder Zhao Pleads To Leave United…

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To be a fly on the wall. After seeming to endorse an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory, Elon Musk is to meet the Israeli president This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Elon Musk To Meet Israeli…

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How does the fast-paced and often high-pressure environment of the tech industry impact the mental health of employees? And what strategies can be used to improve mental health across tech industries? This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read…

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Japanese car maker to invest £3 billion as it confirms all three models made at UK plant will go 100 percent electric This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Nissan To Invest £3bn, Switch All…

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Customers in China informed by Nvidia that it delaying launch of new AI chip that will comply with US export rules This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Nvidia Delays Launch Of AI Chip For…

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Court in Montenegro approves extradition of ‘cryptocurrency king’ Do Kwon, but to which country? South Korea or United States? This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Terra Co-Founder Do Kwon To Be Extradited

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Before brief ousting of Sam Altman, OpenAI researchers warned the board of powerful AI discovery that could threaten humanity This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: OpenAI Made AI Breakthrough Before Ousting Of Sam Altman

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Welcome to Silicon UK Pulse – your roundup of the latest tech news and developments impacting your business for the week ending 24/11/2023. This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Silicon UK Pulse: Your Tech…

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Alphabet’s YouTube insists it is not slowing down Firefox, after complaints videos are taking extra long to load on the browser This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: YouTube Denies Slowing Down Mozilla Firefox

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A week after withdrawing all its autonomous cars, replacing its CEO, Cruise warns staff of layoffs and said it will re-launch in one city This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: GM Cruise To Re-Launch…

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After UK approval, European antitrust authorities look set to give unconditional approval for Amazon to purchase iRobot This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Amazon Set To Win EU Approval For iRobot Purchase – Report

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Investors have withdrawn $956m from Binance since Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty and stepped down as part of $4bn settlement This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Binance Sees $956m Funds Withdrawn, After CEO Pleads Guilty

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More job layoffs again at Amazon’s Alexa division, on top of the 27,000 jobs already let go in the past twelve months This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Amazon Cuts Hundreds Of Jobs In…

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US political leadership including the President, White House, and others creates accounts on Meta’s Threads platform This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: White House Joins Threads, Amid X Extremist Content Row

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Five week disruption to court system in US state of Kansas is being blamed on ‘sophisticated foreign cyberattack’ This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Foreign Cyberattack Blamed For Kansas Court System Disruption – Report

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Chancellor’s Autumn statement for the tech industry focused on AI, quantum computing, R&D tax credits, and more This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Autumn Statement 2023: Tech Implications

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US Judge finds “reasonable evidence” that Elon Musk and other Tesla managers knew of defect in Autopilot system This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Autopilot Flaw Known By Tesla, Elon Musk, Judge Finds

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Global smartphone market returned to growth in October after a slump of more than two years, new research from Counterpoint finds This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Global Smartphone Market Grows After Two Year…

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Binance admits it engaged in anti-money laundering as part of $4 billion settlement with US DoJ. Founder, CEO Changpeng Zhao pleads guilty This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Pleas Guilty,…

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Turbulent few days for OpenAI ends, after new board of directors is announced and Sam Altman returns as CEO This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Sam Altman Reinstated As CEO, New OpenAI Board Appointed

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British Library confirms weeks-long outage due to ransomware attack as Rhysida group begins auction for stolen staff data This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: British Library Says Staff Data Stolen In Ransomware Attack

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Broadcom expects to complete $61bn VMware acquisition on Wednesday after triggering antitrust probes around the world This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Broadcom Expects To Complete $61bn VMware Deal On Weds

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Microsoft chief Satya Nadella calls for governance ‘change’ at OpenAI, leaves open Altman’s possible return to company amidst staff revolt This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Nadella Calls For ‘Change’ At OpenAI Following Altman…

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Sam Altman’s shock ouster from OpenAI adds renewed urgency to EU debate over regulation of powerful foundation models in upcoming AI Act This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Sam Altman Ouster Adds Fuel To…

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Major cryptocurrency exchange OKX applies for licence under new regime that aims to turn Hong Kong into global crypto hub This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Major Exchange OKX Applies For Hong Kong Crypto…

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US Justice Department reportedly in talks with Binance to conclude years-long criminal investigation with massive $4 billion fine This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: US DOJ Negotiates With Binance Over $4bn Settlement

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Elon Musk’s X sues nonprofit Media Matters over report that prompted IBM, Apple, Disney, others to pull advertising This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Musk’s X Sues Media Matters Over Nazism Report

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Microsoft in a ‘stronger’ position after hiring Sam Altman, analysts say, as staff demand board resignations This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Microsoft ‘Stronger’ After OpenAI Chaos, Altman Hire

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Majority of OpenAI staff threaten to quit and join Microsoft unless current board resigns after shock ouster of former chief Sam Altman This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: OpenAI Staff Threaten To Resign Over…

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A fully immersive web should have been a reality by now but is conspicuous by its absence. Do businesses need these immersive spaces? Is there a business case to build these environments? Does the technology need to improve further for…

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Musk says X/Twitter to sue Media Matters as IBM, other advertisers pause spending on platform amidst extremism row This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Musk Vows ‘Thermonuclear’ Lawsuit Against Watchdog

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World’s biggest EV maker BYD launches direct competition to Tesla with Sea Lion 07 SUV, along with new launches from Li Auto, Zeekr, Xpeng This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: BYD Targets Tesla With…

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In weeks before his shock ouster from OpenAI Altman was reportedly looking to raise billions for an AI chip start-up and an AI-focused device This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: OpenAI’s Altman Courted Investors…

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Former OpenAI chief Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman join Microsoft to lead new AI research team after chaotic weekend negotiations This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Altman, Brockman Join Microsoft After Shock OpenAI…

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Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear takes over as OpenAI interim chief executive after failed talks to bring back ousted Sam Altman This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Shear Takes Over As OpenAI Interim Chief, Promises…

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Another big name suspends advertising on X (aka Twitter), after its ads appeared next to posts praising Adolf Hitler and Nazis This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: IBM Pulls Advertising From X/Twitter, Amid Nazi…

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Customers of the Samsung UK Store are being notified of a data breach that exposed their personal information This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Samsung Confirms Hackers Compromised Customer Data – Report

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Cross platform texting improvement on the way, as Apple says it will add support for RCS messaging in 2024 This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Apple To Add RCS To Improve Texting Between Android,…

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Welcome to Silicon UK Pulse – your roundup of the latest tech news and developments impacting your business for the week ending 17/11/2023. This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Silicon UK Pulse: Your Tech…

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Amazon’s Kuiper satellite network will begin large scale deployment by mid 2024, after success with two prototypes This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Amazon Confirms ‘100% Success’ For Prototype Kuiper Satellites

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Government wraps up its evidentiary phase of landmark antitrust case against Alphabet’s Google, but closing arguments may come in 2024 This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: US Wraps Up Landmark Antitrust Case Against Google

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Microsoft boss confirms Microsoft is fine avoiding China, amid the ongoing national security concerns with Beijing This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: China Not A Focus For Microsoft, Says Satya Nadella – Report

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Confirmation from Cruise that all its autonomous cars have now been withdrawn from all public roads in the United States This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: GM’s Cruise To Withdraw All Vehicles From Public…

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As the US Senate examines Meta’s protection children, firm calls for federal law for App Stores to approve app downloads for under-16s This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta Says App Stores Should Get…

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Two custom-designed chips will deliver AI services and will be used internally in Microsoft data centres and Azure cloud This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Microsoft Unveils Two Customised Chips For AI

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Annual review from National Cyber Security Centre warns of threat posed by state-aligned actors from Russia, China and Iran This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: UK NCSC Warns Of Significant Threat To Critical Infrastructure

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Amazon is turning its Astro robot into a security guard to help businesses detect break-ins and provide 24×7 monitoring of their premises This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Amazon Repurposes Astro Robot As Security…

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EU legislation could mean Apple will allow European iPhone users to ‘side load’ apps from outside of Apple’s official app store This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Apple To Allow European Side Loading Of…

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Report finds Chinese companies, despite White House ban, are still purchasing US chip-making equipment for advanced semiconductors This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: China Still Acquiring Chip-making Equipment, Despite US Ban

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Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales says “a lot of thoughtful and serious people are fleeing Twitter” since Elon Musk takeover of platform This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Wikileaks Founder Says X (Twitter) ‘Overrun By Trolls,…

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CEO Sundar Pichai confirms Google pays Apple 36 percent of Safari search revenue, as part of its default search agreement This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Alphabet Pays Apple 36 Percent Of Safari Search…

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Government calls delivery apps Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Just Eat to round table discussion over issue of illegal account sharing This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Government Tells Delivery Apps To Tighten Account Controls

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US-sanctioned Huawei ramping up production of popular 5G smartphone as it gets around US sanctions to achieve chip breakthrough This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Huawei Ramps 5G Smartphone Production Amidst Strong Demand

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FBI knows identities of at least a dozen members of gang behind attacks on MGM Resorts, Casesars, but reportdly struggling to make arrests This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: FBI ‘Knows Identities’ Of MGM,…

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Tesla raises prices in China as it sees sales decline in country, with domestic EV makers posting strong gains This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Tesla Hikes Prices In China Amidst Stiff Domestic EV…

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Google, Microsoft say they will not challenge EU’s designation of their services as ‘gatekeepers’, but other appeals likely on the way This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Google, Microsoft Will Not Challenge EU DMA…

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Alibaba fintech affiliate Ant Group readies global expansion plans as it emerges from wide-ranging two-year regulatory crackdown This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Ant Group Readies Global Expansion Plans After Emerging From Crackdown

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Nepal bans TikTok, citing disruption to ‘social harmony’ and ‘social relations’, as other countries ban app on security grounds This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Nepal Bans TikTok Over Harm To ‘Social Harmony’

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Petrol station operator and Asda owner EG Group orders Tesla superchargers as it looks to expand charging network across UK and Europe This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Asda Owner EG Group Orders Tesla…

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Foxconn launches two prototype communications satellites aboard SpaceX rocket as proof-of-concept for broadband and smart vehicle plans This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Foxconn Launches First Communications Satellites

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Carmakers in Western countries have begun discounting electric vehicles (EVs) for the first time amidst first slowdown since 2020 surge This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Carmakers Sell EVs At Discount As Demand Slows

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China’s biggest NAND flash memory maker sues US’ Micron over patent infringement amidst spiralling tech tensions between US and China This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: China Memory Maker YMTC Sues Micron Over Patent…

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Alibaba Cloud outage takes down shopping site Taobao, business communications platform DingTalk, cloud storage services for hours on Sunday This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Alibaba Cloud Outage Takes Down Shopping, Communications Apps

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Major Australian port operator resumes operations on Monday morning after cyber-attack closed four ports over the weekend This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Australian Port Operator Resumes Operations After Cyber-Attack

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How do you define tech literacy in the context of the modern workplace. What are the advantages of having tech-literate employees in today’s business environment? This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Silicon UK In…

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Outage affects thousands of Teams, Xbox Live users in UK, Germany, other European countries on launch day of new Call of Duty game This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Microsoft Resolves Outage Affecting Teams,…

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Outage of OpenAI’s ChatGPT service is being blamed on a DDoS attack by pro-Russian hacking group Anonymous Sudan This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: OpenAI Says ChatGPT Outage Caused By DDoS Attack

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Welcome to Silicon UK Pulse – your roundup of the latest tech news and developments impacting your business for the week ending 10/11/2023. This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Silicon UK Pulse: Your Tech…

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New Jersey-based Celsius Network receives US bankruptcy court approval for a restructuring plan so it can exit Chapter 11 This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Celsius Network Approved To Exit Bankruptcy

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The two year national security saga surrounding the UK’s largest chip-making facility, Newport Wafer Fab (NWF), looks to have been resolved. This week it emerged that US-based chip firm Vishay Intertechnology has agreed to buy Newport Wafer Fab for $177…

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