As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve at breakneck speed, tech giants like Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Elon Musk’s xAI are engaged in a high-stakes race to build massive AI superclusters. These sprawling data centers, each housing 100,000 or more of Nvidia’s cutting-edge AI GPUs, are seen as the key to achieving unparalleled computational power […]
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In the wake of a historic ruling in the United States, Google is now facing a massive £7 billion ($8.8 billion) consumer lawsuit in the UK, challenging its dominant position in the search engine and digital advertising markets. This lawsuit comes as part of an intensifying global regulatory crackdown on the tech giant’s anti-competitive practices. […]
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In a series of sophisticated truck heists across the U.S., thieves have stolen millions in tech hardware, including $1.5 million worth of Oculus VR headsets and $900,000 worth of Microsoft products, selling them at a fraction of their market value. The criminals’ methods mirror those seen in action-packed movies, with a strategic plan to target […]
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The tech industry’s most competitive hardware players are seeing a striking divergence in their research and development (R&D) investments, with Nvidia leading the charge, significantly outpacing AMD and Intel. While Intel has long been the dominant force in chip development, recent trends reveal that higher R&D spending does not always translate to success in the […]
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As the demand for faster, more secure AI solutions intensifies, decentralized AI startups are becoming a major focus for investors, capturing a rapidly increasing share of venture capital. These startups, which leverage blockchain and cryptography to distribute AI workloads across a decentralized network of computing resources, have seen an impressive surge in funding. According to […]
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Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock You’d probably notice if the car that cut you off or pulled up beside you at a light didn’t have a driver. In the UK, self-driving cars are still required by law to have a safety driver at the wheel, so it is difficult to notice them. But car companies have been testing automated […]
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Anggalih Prasetya / Shutterstock OpenAI recently unveiled its latest artificial intelligence (AI) models, o1-preview and o1-mini (also referred to as “Strawberry”), claiming a significant leap in the reasoning capabilities of large language models (the technology behind Strawberry and OpenAI’s ChatGPT). While the release of Strawberry generated excitement, it also raised critical questions about its novelty, […]
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A new business support centre is up and running thanks to the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. The Health Tech Business Incubation Centre (Health BIC) will be based at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Daresbury Laboratory thanks to £1.8 million of investment from the Combined Authority’s Innovation Zone Programme. Positive boost for health […]
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National governments across the European Union have called on the European Commission to enhance the capacity and mandate of the EU’s cybersecurity agency, ENISA, as part of ongoing efforts to bolster Europe’s cybersecurity resilience. The request comes as the European Commission prepares to review the EU’s Cybersecurity Act (CSA), a key regulatory framework that entered […]
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The war in Ukraine has just edged up another notch. It has not been going well for Ukraine in recent months, and this week Joe Biden’s administration made the decision to allow Ukraine to fire US-supplied army tactical missile systems (Atacms) long-range missiles deep into Russia for the first time. The US policy reversal also […]
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