Category: Silicon UK

Utah Passes App Store Age Verification Bill

Protecting children or privacy invasion? Utah becomes first US state to pass legislation requiring app stores to verify their age This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Utah Passes App Store Age Verification Bill

Amazon One Medical CEO Steps Down

Amazon’s healthcare ambitions under a spotlight, after One Medical CEO steps down after less than two years in role This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Amazon One Medical CEO Steps Down

Samsung To Launch Vision Pro Rival Headset In 2025

Samsung to launch its extended reality headset (aka Project Moohan) this year – a rival to Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Samsung To Launch Vision Pro Rival Headset In…

Waymo Begins Robotaxi Rides In Austin Via Uber App

Waymo and Uber expand partnership, with riders in Austin, Texas, now able to summon a robotaxi via the Uber app This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Waymo Begins Robotaxi Rides In Austin Via Uber…

Trump Suspends Offensive Cyber Operations Against Russia

So Russia poses no cyberthreat? US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders ‘pause’ of offensive cyber operations against Russia This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Trump Suspends Offensive Cyber Operations Against Russia

TSMC To Spend $100bn On New US Plants

Taiwan’s TSMC to invest additional $100bn in new plants, other facilities in Arizona as US administration seeks chip renewal This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: TSMC To Spend $100bn On New US Plants

Eutelsat Shares Jump After Trump-Zelensky Meltdown

Shares in Eutelsat jump nearly 70 percent as investors bet on increased European demand for OneWeb satellite broadband This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Eutelsat Shares Jump After Trump-Zelensky Meltdown

SEC To Drop Lawsuit Against Crypto Exchange Kraken

SEC to drop lawsuit against crypto exchange Kraken in latest administration move to shift stance on cryptocurrency sector This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: SEC To Drop Lawsuit Against Crypto Exchange Kraken

At DeepSeek, Liberal Arts Graduates Give AI Human Touch

Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek uses team of ‘data omniscients’ to curate training data as general knowledge, emotional nuance become key This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: At DeepSeek, Liberal Arts Graduates Give AI Human…

Foxconn Breaks Ground On Massive EV Headquarters

Foxconn begins construction of massive headquarters in China for new businesses as it aims to become ‘Android of EVs’ This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Foxconn Breaks Ground On Massive EV Headquarters

Bitcoin Drops 25 Percent From Peak

Bitcoin sees biggest weekly decline since collapse of FTX in 2022 as optimism evaporates and investors sell risky assets This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Bitcoin Drops 25 Percent From Peak

Alibaba To Ship High-Performance RISC-V Chip In March

Alibaba develops open source RISC-V-based chip for high-performance computing as it plans massive AI, cloud expenditure This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Alibaba To Ship High-Performance RISC-V Chip In March

DeepSeek Open-Sources AI Model Training Details

Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek releases series of open source projects revealing details of AI model optimisation methods This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: DeepSeek Open-Sources AI Model Training Details

Tencent Releases ‘Turbo’ AI Model To Counter DeepSeek

Tencent says Hunyuan Turbo S delivers high-speed responses, by contrast to DeepSeek’s R1 that needs to ‘think for a while’ This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Tencent Releases ‘Turbo’ AI Model To Counter DeepSeek

Microsoft To Shut Down Skype After 20 Years

Microsoft to shut down Skype calling service, ending 20-year run for app that once had hundreds of millions of users This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Microsoft To Shut Down Skype After 20 Years

Microsoft To Retire Skype On 5 May

So long Skype, as Microsoft confirms retirement of former VoIP giant, in favour of its Teams communication product This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Microsoft To Retire Skype On 5 May

Openreach To Start Telephone Exchange Closure Process

Plan to reduce the number of Openreach’s legacy telephone exchanges is updated, with closure process to begin this year This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Openreach To Start Telephone Exchange Closure Process

Google Starts Layoffs In Cloud, HR Units

‘Buyouts’ offered to staff in Google’s human relations unit in US, after reported layoffs in Cloud division earlier this week This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Google Starts Layoffs In Cloud, HR Units

Amazon Joins Quantum Race With New ‘Ocelot’ Chip

Amazon Web Services says new quantum computing chip Ocelot is a breakthrough in building fault-tolerant quantum computers This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Amazon Joins Quantum Race With New ‘Ocelot’ Chip

Nvidia FY25 Profit Rises 130 Percent, Amid AI Boom

Despite stunning financial results Nvidia shares were muted, as concern over new chip costs offset optimism over AI demand This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Nvidia FY25 Profit Rises 130 Percent, Amid AI Boom

Nvidia Sues EU For Investigating Run:ai Acquisition

Nvidia lawsuit says European Commission illegally went beyond restrictions on its power to investigate smaller deals This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Nvidia Sues EU For Investigating Run:ai Acquisition

Educational Tech Firm Chegg Sues Google Over AI Overviews

Educational tech firm Chegg argues Google AI Overviews break competition law by accessing content without providing traffic in return This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Educational Tech Firm Chegg Sues Google Over AI Overviews

Microsoft Cancels Data Centre Leases In AI Shift

Analysts say Microsoft has cancelled data centre leases in US, scaled back international spending in shift on AI expansion plans This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Microsoft Cancels Data Centre Leases In AI Shift

US Lawmaker Demands Answers On EU Antitrust Law

US lawmaker demands clarifications on enforcement of Digital Markets Act, arguing it amounts to ‘tax’ on American companies This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: US Lawmaker Demands Answers On EU Antitrust Law

Virgin Media O2 Users Affected By Broadband Outage

Thousands of users report issues affecting Virgin Media O2 broadband across UK, as company says it is investigating This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Virgin Media O2 Users Affected By Broadband Outage

X Wins Motion To Dismiss German Judge

German court dismisses judge from case at behest of X as activist groups seek real-time access to election data This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: X Wins Motion To Dismiss German Judge

The Mobile Catalyst: Shaping Digital Innovation in Business

Discover how mobile technology, AI, and 5G drive digital transformation, enhance business efficiency, and create personalized customer experiences. This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: The Mobile Catalyst: Shaping Digital Innovation in Business

Google’s Waze Qualifies For More Stringent EU Rules

Google-owned mapping platform Waze qualifies as Very Large Online Platform under EU’s DSA rules after reaching 50.5 million users This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Google’s Waze Qualifies For More Stringent EU Rules

Head-to-Head: The Mobile Catalyst

Discover how mobile technology, AI, and 5G drive digital transformation, enhance business efficiency, and create personalized customer experiences. This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Head-to-Head: The Mobile Catalyst

Alibaba Shares Surge On AI Plans

Alibaba Group sees 15 percent rise in Hong Kong shares as it announced massive AI spending plans over next three years This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Alibaba Shares Surge On AI Plans

North Koreans Steal $1.5bn From Crypto Exchange Bybit

North Korea’s Lazarus Group identified as attackers behind theft of $1.46bn in Ethereum tokens from Bybit in biggest-ever crypto heist This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: North Koreans Steal $1.5bn From Crypto Exchange Bybit

Google Debuts AI Agent To Aid Scientists, Researchers

Google develops an AI agent, AI co-scientist, to act as virtual scientific collaborator to help scientists uncover new discoveries This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Google Debuts AI Agent To Aid Scientists, Researchers

Microsoft’s Quantum Chip Utilises New Matter State

Creation of quantum computers is years away, not decades, says Microsoft, as it unveils quantum chip called Majorana 1 This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Microsoft’s Quantum Chip Utilises New Matter State

Apple Touts ‘Most Affordable’ iPhone 16e

Replacement for the 2022 iPhone SE, the budget iPhone 16e costs from £599 and signals end of home button after 18 year run This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Apple Touts ‘Most Affordable’ iPhone…

Elon Musk’s xAI Introduces Grok-3 AI Chatbot

Latest iteration of Musk’s chatbot, Grok-3, is now available to Premium+ subscribers of X (formerly Twitter) This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Elon Musk’s xAI Introduces Grok-3 AI Chatbot

Google To Pay $340m To Settle Tax Probe In Italy

Ouch. Italian prosecutors to drop tax case against Google, after tech giant agreed to pay a hefty settlement figure This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Google To Pay $340m To Settle Tax Probe In…

What is Data Marketing?

Discover how data marketing is transforming the way businesses engage with consumers. Learn how brands leverage data analytics to create highly targeted campaigns, personalise content, and drive customer engagement. This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original…

China President Xi Meets With Top Tech Leaders

High-profile meeting with tech leaders seen as signal China is boosting tech sector after years of disruption from regulatory pressure This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: China President Xi Meets With Top Tech Leaders

Amazon Workers In North Carolina Reject Unionisation

Workers at Amazon warehouse near Raleigh vote against joining union, as company continues to challenge North American organisation efforts This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Amazon Workers In North Carolina Reject Unionisation

BYD, Geely, Great Wall Add DeepSeek AI To EVs

Chinese electric vehicle giants rush to incorporate DeepSeek AI tech to cars after it creates worldwide sensation This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: BYD, Geely, Great Wall Add DeepSeek AI To EVs

South Korea To Buy 10,000 GPUs For National AI Hub

South Korea hopes to gain leg up in international AI race with infusion of private investment for national AI computing centre This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: South Korea To Buy 10,000 GPUs For…

Google Puts ‘Profits Over Privacy’ With Tracking Change

Privacy advocates criticise Google over decision to allow companies to track users via digital fingerprints, which takes effect this week This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Google Puts ‘Profits Over Privacy’ With Tracking Change

South Korea Suspends DeepSeek From App Stores

South Korean data authority suspends Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek from Apple, Google app stores while it addresses privacy issues This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: South Korea Suspends DeepSeek From App Stores

Meta To Build World’s Longest Subsea Fibre Cable

Meta Platforms announces plan to build Project Waterworth, a 50,000 km cable linking five continents as it ramps infrastructure investments This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta To Build World’s Longest Subsea Fibre Cable

Meta Looks To Develop AI-Powered Humanoid Robots

Meta to invest heavily in consumer humanoid robots to carry out tasks within users’ homes, as it aims to create real-world AI platform This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta Looks To Develop AI-Powered…

TSMC In Talks To Take Over Intel Chip Factories

TSMC considers taking controlling stake in Intel’s US factories under Trump administration proposal to safeguard US tech manufacturing This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: TSMC In Talks To Take Over Intel Chip Factories

Baidu Shifts Ernie AI Model To Open Source

Chinese tech giant Baidu to switch Ernie LLM to open source, make it chatbot for free as start-up DeepSeek reshapes AI market This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Baidu Shifts Ernie AI Model To…

US To Renegotiate Chips Act Awards

New US administration seeks to renegotiate some existing Chips Act contracts over companies’ links to China, social requirements This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: US To Renegotiate Chips Act Awards

TikTok Returns To Apple, Google Stores In US

TikTok returns to app stores of both Apple and Google in the United States, after Donald Trump delayed ban enforcement until 5 April This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: TikTok Returns To Apple, Google…

Meta To Show Marketplace Ads From Rival Ad Providers

After huge fine, Meta launches ‘Facebook Marketplace Partner Program’ so rival service providers can list ads on Facebook Marketplace in EU This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta To Show Marketplace Ads From Rival…

Apple To Integrate Alibaba’s AI Into iPhones In China

Apple Intelligence in China is reportedly not going to utilise OpenAI’s ChatGPT, after Alibaba confirmed AI partnership with Apple This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Apple To Integrate Alibaba’s AI Into iPhones In China

UK Minister To State CMA Must Be ‘Less Risk Averse’

Labour’s business secretary Jonathan Reynolds to set out ‘strategic steer’ for UK competition regulator, after ousting chairman This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: UK Minister To State CMA Must Be ‘Less Risk Averse’

Majority Of Businesses Expect A Cyber Breach In 2025

Depressing stat. Research from Zscaler reveals that 60 percent of global businesses expect to suffer a cyber breach this year This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Majority Of Businesses Expect A Cyber Breach In…

SEC Files To Pause Legal Battle Against Binance

Donald Trump’s crypto friendly SEC seeks to pause high-profile lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange Binance This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: SEC Files To Pause Legal Battle Against Binance

Anduril To Take Over Microsoft’s US Army HoloLens Order

Anduril Industries, the defense-tech startup of Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, is to take over Microsoft’s $22 billion Pentagon headset order This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Anduril To Take Over Microsoft’s US Army HoloLens…