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The UK-registered arm of tech giant Google cut almost 400 jobs between December 2023 and 2024, as revealed in the firm’s latest accounts. In the group’s financial statements for the year ended December 2024, it was revealed that average headcount at Google UK fell from 7,422 to 7,029, a decrease of 393, first reported by City ...
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Apple is one of several tech companies that will contribute to the construction of U.S. President Donald Trump's 90,000-square-foot ballroom, reports CNN. Construction began on the ballroom this week, and the White House's east wing was partially torn down. Trump claims that the ballroom will cost "about $300 million" and that it will be privately funded through donations. The cost has already increased $100 million over the figure that Trump... Read more ›
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Agreement between Claude chatbot maker and one of its largest investors will add to start-up’s computing firepower Read more ›
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The Miss USA 2025 pageant will be held in Reno on Friday. This year's contestants include an "American Ninja Warrior" competitor and a lawyer. Read more ›
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Electronic Arts has announced a new partnership with Stability AI, the creator of AI image generation tool Stable Diffusion. The company will "co-develop transformative AI models, tools, and workflows" for the game developer, with the hopes of speeding up development while maintaining quality."I use the term smarter paintbrushes,” Steve Kestell, Head of Technical Art for EA SPORTS said in the announcement. "We are giving our creatives the tools to express... Read more ›
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AT&T today launched a new ad campaign that goes after T-Mobile, calling out the "litany of misleading and deceiving claims in T-Mobile's marketing." AT&T's new ad features actor Luke Wilson, with Wilson calling T-Mobile the "master of breaking promises." AT&T points out that the BBB's National Advertising Review Board has recommended T-Mobile change its advertising 16 times over the past four years, though AT&T fails to mention that the NARB... Read more ›
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Trump said on Wednesday that the project will cost "about $300 million." Among the major donors are several Big Tech companies. Read more ›
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Earlier this month, IKEA debuted a tiny NFC-enabled bed that's meant to help smartphone users cut down on nighttime usage. The small "Phone Sleep Collection" is modeled after an actual IKEA bed, and it uses the IKEA app to monitor scroll-free sleep time. Users who hit seven hours of scroll-free time for a week straight are eligible for an IKEA voucher. Every phone bed comes with built-in NFC tech, making... Read more ›
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Federal prosecutors said mobsters used elaborate tech and Portland Trailblazer coach Chauncey Billups to lure wealthy people to rigged poker games. Read more ›
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Regardless of how much weight you lose, GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic could decrease major adverse cardiovascular events. Read more ›
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Over the last few days our reporters have broken news about two merger discussions that fizzled: Adobe, which was interested in buying video startup Synthesia, and SoftBank, which talked with humanoid robotics maker Agility about a takeover. In both cases, the startups ended up pursuing more venture capital funding at higher valuations.These are just the latest instances of aborted acquisition talks involving artificial intelligence startups that we’ve broken over the... Read more ›
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The race to make the Lego Game Boy play actual Game Boy games ended before it even began. The same day Lego officially launched the set, Natalie the Nerd revealed she'd already transformed it to play real Game Boy cartridges on real Game Boy chips. Turns out she's not stopping there! Natalie is now working […] Read more ›
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The former head of DOGE says he wants to "create a world where there is no poverty." Read more ›
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It's not the first game to say two heroes are better than one, but 'Assassin's Creed Syndicate' helped pave the way for an ongoing gaming trend. Read more ›
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On Thursday, Nike announced Project Amplify, “the world’s first powered footwear system,” which it says isn’t intended for pros—in fact, quite the opposite. Much like e-bikes provide pedal assistance, Project Amplify uses a lightweight robotics system to boost running and walking speed. “The first-generation product, created alongside robotics partner Dephy, isn’t designed for competitive, faster […] Read more ›
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Rivian announced Thursday that it would layoff 4.5% of the workforce ahead of the R2 launch, according to an internal memo viewed by Business Insider. Read more ›
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Rebecca Coffin owns Hailey's Kitchen Cafe & Bakery in Windham, Maine. She worried about the local community not being able to afford food. Read more ›
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Trump said that he was preparing to "surge" San Francisco with federal forces before "friends of mine who live in the area" asked him not to. Read more ›
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The government has committed £8.9m in funding to a series of projects aimed at removing regulatory barriers to creating new technology. The funding, which will be delivered by the Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO), will back projects including a licensing regime for street cleaning robots, an AI tool to improve flood risk assessments in planning applications ... Read more ›
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The widespread Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage which shut down the digital services dozens of major organisations has highlighted the danger of the UK’s reliance on a handful of major cloud providers, a legal expert has warned. Services from firms including Wise, Halifax and Lloyds as well as government organisations such as HMRC, were massively ... Read more ›
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Kanishka Narayan, the UK’s minister for AI and online safety, hailed the contributions of US tech firms to the British economy at the opening of a surgical robotics training centre owned by American firm Intuitive. Speaking to UKTN, Narayan, who attended the opening of Intuitive’s new UK headquarters in Reading on Thursday, said the launch was ... Read more ›
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The chancellor has launched a new “concierge” service that aims to encourage international finance firms to find promising investments in UK businesses. Described by the Treasury as a “one-stop shop” for global finance firms interested in the UK, the concierge service, which sits within the Office for Investment, will help these companies pick locations, navigate ... Read more ›
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Doni Hoti is the co-founder and chief executive of Adclear, a group which works with fintechs to ensure they are meeting compliance requirements. In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Hoti discusses remembering that while founding and running a company is difficult, it can also be fun, making a team feel interconnected and focussing on speed ... Read more ›
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The government has been accused of “leaving the public exposed” to a misinformation crisis by rejecting the recommendations of a select committee. Full Fact, a prominent independent fact checking charity, has criticised the government’s response to the recommendations of how to tackle the troubling issue of online misinformation published by the Science, Technology, and Innovation ... Read more ›
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This week’s UK tech funding deals include robotics firm Dexory, AI agtech group Wild Bioscience and more. UKTN tracked £201.3m worth of UK tech investment this week (13 October to 17 October), a 65% week-on-week increase across eight funding rounds. Here’s your weekly roundup of UK tech startup funding deals. Dexory – £123m Sector: Robotics HQ: London ... Read more ›
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CoMind, a London-based health tech company that has developed a new approach to scanning brain activity, has secured more than $100m (£75m) in a Series A round led by Plural. Led by James Dacombe, who founded the company aged just 17-years-old, CoMind offers an alternative to what it describes as the risky, expensive and highly ... Read more ›
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Greater Manchester, West Midlands and the Glasgow City region have been awarded an extra £20m each by the UK government to accelerate the science and tech-focused efforts of the regions. Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall made the funding announcement ahead of the Regional Investment Summit in Birmingham later this week. The new funding for ... Read more ›
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The number of new technology incorporations in the UK has risen to a record high for the second quarter in a row, according to new analysis. There was a total of 15,470 new tech companies founded in the UK in the third quarter of 2025. This marks a 36% surge from the same period last ... Read more ›
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