French parliament overwhelmingly approves fast-tracked law barring children under 15 from social platforms starting in September This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: France Passes Social Media Ban For Under-15s
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Microsoft To Fund Mistral Data Centre Expansion In Europe
Companies in ‘multi-billion dollar’ deal to fund construction of data centres in Europe, amid tech sovereignty drive This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Microsoft To Fund Mistral Data Centre Expansion In Europe
OpenAI Says Models Escaped Sandbox, Hacked Outside Firm
Start-up says two of its models hacked their way out of offline internal systems, breached Hugging Face in order to cheat on benchmark This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: OpenAI Says Models Escaped Sandbox,…
China Considers Restrictions On AI Models
China’s government reportedly considers barring foreign users from downloading model weights, among other new tech export rules This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: China Considers Restrictions On AI Models
Moonshot Plans Funding Round At $50bn Valuation, Ahead Of IPO
Beijing start-up reportedly preparing to begin last private capital raise as it makes preparations for Hong Kong listing This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Moonshot Plans Funding Round At $50bn Valuation, Ahead Of IPO
Z.ai Builds Massive AI Data Centre With Domestic Chips
Beijing-based AI start-up reportedly begins operating new data centre intended to scale to 1 GW of capacity with Chinese processors This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Z.ai Builds Massive AI Data Centre With Domestic…
UK Government Scraps Tech Department, But Highlights AI
New prime minister Andy Burnham to dissolve Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, while creating AI cabinet role This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: UK Government Scraps Tech Department, But Highlights AI
Scotland To Deploy Drones To Aid Gull Management
Dumfries and Galloway Council to use drones to carry out survey to help with management of drone population, as reported issues rise This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Scotland To Deploy Drones To Aid…
Meta Addictiveness Trial Begins In Tennessee
In latest case, state of Tennessee accuses Meta of knowingly offering harmful product to youths, lying about safety This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta Addictiveness Trial Begins In Tennessee
Apple Sends Letters To Dozens Of OpenAI Staff Amid Legal Claims
Apple reportedly sends letters directly to dozens of former employees now working at OpenAI, as it seeks preservation of data This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Apple Sends Letters To Dozens Of OpenAI Staff…
Ukraine Strikes Target Russian E-Commerce Giant
Overnight drone strikes hit two warehouses operated by largest Russian e-commerce operation Wildberries, as conflict continues This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Ukraine Strikes Target Russian E-Commerce Giant
Alibaba, Moonshot Release Powerful Open-Weight AI Models
Moonshot AI says open-weight Kimi K3 approaches performance of US closed-source frontier models, while Alibaba previews Qwen3.8 This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Alibaba, Moonshot Release Powerful Open-Weight AI Models
Snap Reaches Tentative Settlement In Second Addiction Case
Snapchat parent says it has agreed tentative settlement deal in second case out of thousands alleging social media design harmed young people This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Snap Reaches Tentative Settlement In Second…
Researchers Advance ‘Flow Batteries’ For Renewable Power
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast, two Chinese institutions come up with novel techniques for tech that could be used to store grid power This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Researchers Advance ‘Flow Batteries’ For…
EU Fines AliExpress Record €550m Over Illegal, Fake Goods
European Commission says Chinese e-commerce platform failed to flag unsafe or counterfeit goods, took ‘weeks’ to remove them This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: EU Fines AliExpress Record €550m Over Illegal, Fake Goods
Google’s Next-Gen Gemini Delayed Over Coding Disappointment
Gemini 3.5 reportedly months behind schedule as Google seeks to improve coding performance to compete with Anthropic, OpenAI This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Google’s Next-Gen Gemini Delayed Over Coding Disappointment
Global Users Turn To Chinese AI As Costs Soar
Rising costs and the improving performance of Chinese open-weight models has led Chinese start-ups to overtake US rivals on worldwide token use This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Global Users Turn To Chinese AI…
Start-Ups Shift AI Tasks To Smartphones
Firms in US, China gaining attention as they run increasingly powerful AI tasks on devices, in boost to performance, security This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Start-Ups Shift AI Tasks To Smartphones
TfL Hackers Sentenced To Years In Prison
UK men who hacked Transport for London as teenagers sentenced to more than five years in prison, following numerous earlier offences This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: TfL Hackers Sentenced To Years In Prison
DeepSeek Prepares Next Funding Round On Heels Of $7bn Raise
Chinese AI darling reportedly begins preliminary talks for round valuing it at about $71bn, one month after it concluded first deal This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: DeepSeek Prepares Next Funding Round On Heels…