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Mobile Browser Market Not Working Well – CMA

Report from CMA’s independent inquiry group concludes mobile browser markets not working well, but cloud gaming gets a pass This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Mobile Browser Market Not Working Well – CMA

Trump Buys A Tesla, But Not Allowed To Drive It

Elon Musk turns White House driveway into Tesla showroom to allow Donald Trump to choose and purchase a Tesla EV This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Trump Buys A Tesla, But Not Allowed To…

Northvolt Files For Bankruptcy In Sweden

After filing for bankruptcy protection in the US last year, struggling EV battery maker Northvolt files for bankruptcy in Sweden This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Northvolt Files For Bankruptcy In Sweden

OpenAI Launches Developer Tools To Build AI Agents

Amid growing competition from Chinese rivals, OpenAI has launched new tools for developers to build advanced AI agents This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: OpenAI Launches Developer Tools To Build AI Agents

Telegram Blocked In Two Russian Regions – Report

Russia media report that the Telegram app is blocked in two regions over concerns it “could be used by enemies” This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Telegram Blocked In Two Russian Regions – Report

Meta Tests First In-house Chip To Train AI Systems

Bad news for Nvidia? Facebook owner Meta has reportedly begun testing its first in-house chip for training AI systems This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Meta Tests First In-house Chip To Train AI Systems

Elon Musk’s X Suffers Multiple Outages

Nation-state cyberattack? Elon Musk blames outages on Monday at X (formerly Twitter) on “massive cyberattack” This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Elon Musk’s X Suffers Multiple Outages

IBM Wins Lawsuit Against LzLabs Over Mainframe Patents

Court ruling. Big Blue lawsuit filed in London had alleged IP theft of mainframe technology by Switzerland-based LzLabs This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: IBM Wins Lawsuit Against LzLabs Over Mainframe Patents

HPE To Axe 2,500 Employees, As Outlook Disappoints

Shares in HPE plummet after FY25 outlook disappoints Wall Street, as it confirmed 5 percent of workforce will lose their jobs This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: HPE To Axe 2,500 Employees, As Outlook…

A Business Imperative for International Women’s Day 2025

Create inclusive tech workplaces by championing women, supporting mentorship, and valuing diversity. Empower future leaders and drive innovation through equality. This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: A Business Imperative for International Women’s Day 2025

When Women in Tech Succeed, Everyone Benefits

Discover how empowering women in tech leadership drives innovation, fosters diversity, and creates lasting success for businesses and the broader economy. This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: When Women in Tech Succeed, Everyone Benefits

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