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British chip manufacturer IQE profits from AI boom
IQE's chip components are in high demand due to the boom in artificial Intelligence.
In an update released yesterday, the company said that its order book of wafers was growing and would likely continue to grow. This sparked a jump in…
Polar Capital is a new-found fan of technology stocks
Polar Capital's figures show that investors are now putting more money back into technology funds after an eight quarter period of net redemptions.
The shares of the London-listed specialist investment manager in technology jumped by a…
Bezos, Gates and Bezos are backing a brain chip startup called ‘Black Sheep’
Billionaires invested $140m into Elon Musk's rival tech company Synchron
Noland Arbaugh, 29, was finally able to do something that was previously impossible. He was allowed to freely use his Neuralink chip.
In a video on X (formerly…
The merger of Vodafone and Three is being investigated in depth by the Competition Commission
Britain's Competition Watchdog has officially requested an in-depth probe of the planned £18 billion merger between Vodafone UK & Three.
The companies failed to submit any "meaningful" solutions that could have alleviated competition…
Microsoft Teams to be sold separately from Office
Microsoft is now selling Teams, its online meetings service, as a separate product from its Office suite, after being scrutinized by competition regulators.
The technology group split Teams and Office in Europe six months ago to try and…
Tesla sales drop for the first time in 4 years
Tesla reported its first quarterly drop in deliveries in almost four years. The company also missed Wall Street's estimates. This is a sign the price reductions are no longer having the desired effect as it battles increased competition and…
EU investigates Apple and Alphabet owner Alphabet, Meta, under the new tech law
Apple, Google parent company Meta and Google are all being investigated by EU authorities for possible breaches of new EU laws designed to monitor anti-competitive behavior by large technology companies.
The three face substantial fines…
China bans use of Intel and AMD in government computers
China has issued new guidelines which will see US microprocessors such as Intel and AMD phased out from government computers and servers. Beijing is ramping up its campaign to replace foreign technologies with domestic solutions.
In…
AI-powered robots can stand up on their own.
The green robot, standing at knee height, shuffled up to the stage of the San Jose Convention Center. A crowd of geeks cheered as it passed. Jensen Huang beckoned to the robot, the founder of AI chip maker Nvidia and one of the wealthiest…
Founder Emad Mostaque exits AI picture start-up StabilityAI
Emad Mostaque has left Stability AI. The pioneering start-up that he founded in order to create images at will.
Mostaque was gifted and talented. He formed StabilityAI in order to promote the Stable Diffusion Tool, which allows users…
Nvidia’s AI superchip: What’s so great about it?
Nvidia, the chipmaker, has increased its lead in artificial intelligent with the introduction of a "superchip", of a quantum computing system and of a suite of new tools that will help to develop the ultimate sci fi dream: general-purpose…
Publishers warn tech giants not to use their books as AI sources
The biggest British publishing houses have warned dozens of tech companies that they will need to pay to use the content in books, journals, and papers for their artificial intelligence models.
The Publishers Association expressed "deep…
OpenAI responds to Elon Musk’s lawsuit with troves of emails
OpenAI has responded to a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk. The suit claims that Musk walked away after failing to gain control of ChatGPT.
The artificial intelligence company has published emails that show the billionaire endorsed the…
Spirent to be acquired by US rival for £1bn
Spirent Communications, a London-listed company, has become the latest target for a takeover after its board backed a £1billion offer from an American competitor.
Viavi Solutions' all-cash bid for the FTSE 250 tech group was a good…
Apple fined €1.8bn after breaking music streaming laws
Apple was fined €1.8billion (£1.54billion) by European regulators because it stifled competition from rival music streaming services.
Spotify has won a major victory in the long-running battle with Apple regarding rules that were placed…
Microsoft and Jeff Bezos raise $675m for an android startup
A start-up company that produces humanoid robotics has raised $675 millions from investors, including some of the biggest technology companies in the world.
Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia, and Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon all participated…
Stability AI rejects claims of photo copyright in High Court Case
Stability AI denied accusations of copyright infringement by Getty Pictures, calling them "vague" and "general". This is the latest conflict between a tech company and a creative firm over intellectual property.
Stability, in a defense…
Apple faces UK investor protest over rogue AI threat
Apple is being pressed by two of Britain's largest fund managers to provide more information about its ethical policies when using AI. Their concerns range from the use of AI to create fakes and deep ones to customer privacy.
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