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Former Conservative chancellor George Osborne has been appointed as head of countries by US giant OpenAI. Known for overseeing the austerity programme during the premiership of David Cameron, Osborne has now taken the role of managing director and head of OpenAI for countries, a role based in London. Osborne described the ChatGPT developer as the ...
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders wants to delay AI data center projects to slow down progress, to ensure that AI will benefit the largest number of people and not just the richest few. Read more ›
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The FAA is committing $6 billion to upgrade air traffic control infrastructure, set to roll out within three years instead of 15 years. Read more ›
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OpenAI is in discussions with Amazon about a potential investment and an agreement to use its AI chips, CNBC confirmed on Tuesday. From the report: The details are fluid and still subject to change but the investment could exceed $10 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because the talks are confidential. The discussions come after OpenAI completed a restructuring in October... Read more ›
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From crinkled chocolate chip to oatmeal chocolate chunk, I tried four of Ina Garten's cookie recipes and ranked them from from worst to best. Read more ›
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Warner Bros. Discovery's board has formally rejected the $108 billion takeover bid from Paramount Skydance, the company announced. WBD said it remains committed to its $82.7 billion deal with Netflix, which would close some time next year, pending regulatory approval. "[The board] has unanimously determined that the tender offer launched by Paramount Skydance on December 8, 2025 is not in the best interests of WBD and its shareholders and does... Read more ›
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Intel has installed and qualified ASML's TWINSCAN EXE:5200B, the first High-NA EUV lithography tool designed for commercial production, reiterating Intel's plans to use High-NA EUV patterning for 14A process technology and onwards. Read more ›
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While shopping for Christmas gifts at Costco this year, I found deals on stocking stuffers and name-brand items from brands like Touchland and Dyson. Read more ›
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A buyer in Spain has reported receiving a sealed DDR5 memory kit that contained counterfeit parts, raising fresh concerns about return fraud affecting high-value PC components. Read more ›
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Brands like Ballerina Farm, Beam, and CocoaVia are selling "healthier" hot cocoa, optimizing with supplements for heart health, gut health, and sleep. Read more ›
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Wall Street is gearing up for three potentially record-setting initial public offerings over the next 18 months. The talk among bankers is not about what SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI will do on their big days but about what happens after that, when the companies’ existing shareholders try to unload their multibillion-dollar stakes. Each of the three has raised some of the largest amounts ever for private companies. That creates the... Read more ›
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Years from now, I'll look back at 2025 as the year when a fundamental shift happened in wearable technology. Over the last decade, the category has been synonymous with health and fitness. In many ways, that association is still the primary one. But this year, I've seen an increasing number of tech companies pitch another […] Read more ›
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Warner Bros. Discovery's board rejected Paramount Skydance and CEO David Ellison again. Read WBD's full letter to shareholders. Read more ›
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When Amazon’s latest Echo speakers arrived in October, a feature the company spent time hyping during its fall devices event was missing. Alexa Home Theater arrived in late November, allowing owners of a recent Fire TV device and either of the new Echo speakers the ability to use up to five units and an Echo Sub as a surround sound setup. The main selling point is that the underlying tech... Read more ›
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The Honor Magic8 Pro was first unveiled in China in mid-October, and then it went global in Malaysia towards the end of November. Now it seems to be almost ready to make its debut in the EU. The Magic8 Pro will go up for pre-order on January 15 in Bulgaria for €1,099. After the pre-order period, starting on January 29, when the device is presumably becoming available, the price will... Read more ›
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Following the recent debut of its Comet browser on Android, Perplexity has now rolled out a major update for its iPad app. The update brings a significant overhaul, including a redesigned interface that makes the app feel native to the iPad rather than a blown-up iPhone app. According to Bloomberg, the revamped iPad app features ... Read more ›
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I’m a Black staffer at WIRED. My position feels more precarious than ever. There’s a reason for that. Read more ›
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You should think twice about switching to Gemini on your smart speaker or display. Read more ›
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Mykhailo Fedorov said the drone was powered by a motor built in Ukraine. Its reported speed nearly rivals the fastest high-speed trains in the world. Read more ›
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Tech Climbers has revealed its latest shortlist of the best performing product-led tech businesses in Greater Manchester that are making an impact. This week, the tech community gathered at the Cloud 23 cocktail bar in the heart of Manchester’s city centre as journalist Peter Stojanovic unveiled the 11 companies that made the official list and ... Read more ›
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EpilepsyGTx has closed a £24.8m series A round to advance the development of its single dose gene therapy for focal refractory epilepsy. The funding will enable the delivery of first-in-human phase 1/2a clinical trials to establish the safety and efficacy of the company’s lead gene therapy programme EPY201 in a broad population of patients with ... Read more ›
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Bolt Insight, the London-based market research company helping brands unlock consumer insights through AI-moderated research, has closed its £7m funding round led by Pembroke VCT with participation from 212, Active Partners, Velocity and TIBAS Ventures. The new funding will help to scale its BoltChatAI tool globally, in addition to funding the company’s next ambition to ... Read more ›
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Google DeepMind will open an automated research lab in Britain next year as part of an expanded partnership between the company and the government. Announced on Thursday, the lab will be run by a team of researchers to “harness technology and robotics to push forward cutting-edge work”. Built to be fully integrated with Gemini, Google’s ... Read more ›
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Uber Eats has launched its new autonomous delivery robots in Leeds in partnership with Starship Technologies. The firms announced last month that they would be bringing robotic couriers to select UK locations this year, with the West Yorkshire city being the first. “It’s brilliant to see autonomous innovation supporting one of our busiest times of ... Read more ›
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Zilch has secured a new payments services licence that will allow it to develop in-house payment methods ahead of a major product launch. The firm said that the licence, granted by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), will remove its reliance on third-parties when building payment methods and new products. The licence has been secured ahead ... Read more ›
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London-based fintech CapRelease has completed a $36m (£27m) funding round to accelerate its growth in the embedded finance market. Founded in 2023, CapRelease provides flexible capital to ecommerce retailers across all sectors. Rather than basing its loans on credit scores, the platform uses real time data from logistics partners, sales performance, payment systems and consumer ... Read more ›
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University of Cambridge spinout Kodiaq Technologies has secured an £850,000 investment in support of its metal-free energy storage product. The firm has developed proprietary organic electrolyte technology to increase energy density and therefore enhance storage capacity. It claims its technology will enhance the performance of flow batteries with a significant reduction in the investment cost ... Read more ›
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A recent surge in entrants for this year’s Greater Manchester Tech Climbers showcase has revealed the global scale of ambition among the region’s startups. Tech Climbers revealed its latest shortlist of the best performing product-led tech businesses in Greater Manchester this week in a year that has seen the number of new entrants skyrocket. Almost ... Read more ›
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The UK and Canada have agreed to ramp up AI adoption among SMEs, strengthen tech ties and collaborate on semiconductor research. At a G7 meeting in Canada the UK agreed to launch a joint semiconductor research network that will bring together experts from both countries to develop smarter and more energy-efficient chips. The network has ... Read more ›
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