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Google has issued a rare rebuke against one of its biggest tech rivals after it accused Microsoft of ‘significantly impeding customer choice’ in the UK cloud market. The search engine giant said Microsoft’s software licensing practices impose restrictions which “risk irreversibly tilting the market in Microsoft’s favour at a pivotal moment” and that “technical barriers ...
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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge The US Department of Energy (DOE) thinks AI can speed up the process of connecting new energy projects to the power grid. It announced $30 million in funding now available through its Artificial Intelligence for Interconnection (AI4IX) program. The DOE is interested in fostering partnerships between grid operators and software and energy project developers to get new sources of electricity online faster. The... Read more ›
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The French startup has developed AI speech models to detect and identify speakers for clearer audio transcriptions. Read more ›
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Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said her country would go after the US with its own tariffs if Donald Trump pushed ahead with his. Read more ›
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OnePlus Buds Pro 3 offer the same features as multiple top brands at a much lower price thanks to this superb Black Friday deal. Read more ›
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SpaceX's new satellites allowed some people in areas effected by hurricanes to send text messages earlier this year, now it will begin expanding the service commercially. Read more ›
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Elon Musk's xAI could reportedly launch an app to challenge OpenAI's ChatGPT as soon as December, deepening his rivalry with Sam Altman. Read more ›
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It's "nice for both of them to have fun," Maye Musk said about the bromance between the world's richest person and the incoming US president. Read more ›
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Elon Musk's "fully autonomous" cars will, like other robotaxi vehicles, rely on remote human pilots. Read more ›
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Dragon Age writer David Gaider has continued sharing stories on the series' most beloved characters in the wake of The Veilguard's release, most recently focusing on the origins of gay mage Dorian. Read more Read more ›
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Unlock hidden Apple Watch features that make daily tasks a breeze - from splitting bills to tracking health, these tricks redefine convenience. Read more ›
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Donald Trump's team said the prospect of a Republican president returning to office in the US helped get the deal over the line. Read more ›
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Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge From smart ovens and calendars to color-changing nail polish, here are some of our favorite gadgets and goods to gift mom this year. Continue reading… Read more ›
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Walmart is ramping up its efforts this holiday season to get people to shop while watching TV with its "Jingle Bell Love" movie. Read more ›
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Zhaoxin's KaiXian KX-7000/8 processor tested in various applications: still cannot compete against modern x86 processors from AMD and Intel. Read more ›
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Nearly 89% of smart device manufacturers fail to disclose how long they will provide software updates for their products, a Federal Trade Commission staff study found this week. The review of 184 connected devices, including hearing aids, security cameras and door locks, revealed that 161 products lacked clear information about software support duration on their websites. Basic internet searches failed to uncover this information for two-thirds of the devices. "Consumers... Read more ›
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From earbuds to headsets to Bluetooth speakers, these JBL products are up to 62% off this Black Friday. Those are pretty loud discounts. Read more ›
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It's essential to continue nourishing your body as you age. These are the vitamins and minerals to focus on. Read more ›
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PayPay and Alipay+ announced an extended partnership at the Singapore FinTech Festival 2024, to increasing merchant coverage across Japan. PayPay, Japan’s leading QR payment operator, and AliPay+, Ant International’s mobile payment method that helps merchants reach shoppers in Asia, will now connect over three million local merchants to the global payment ecosystem. The extended partnership... Read more » Read more ›
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London’s transport board has vowed to take legal action against e-bike rental operators whose cycles get in the way of pedestrians and vehicles as it steps up efforts to combat obstructed pathways. Under updated guidance on dockless e-bike and e-scooter rental published today, Transport for London (TfL) has warned it will impound vehicles that get ... Read more ›
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HSBC Innovation Banking has poached Citi star Emily Turner as its new CEO as the lender at the centre of Britain’s tech ecosystem marks a new chapter in its growth. Turner departs her role at Citi as Head of Business Development, ending a 13-year career at the top US bank. Over the past decade, Emily ... Read more ›
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A clean tech startup is converting sawdust and woodchips into natural alternatives to essential chemicals in an effort to reduce the reliance on fossil fuel-derived products. Scotland-based Sonichem is working towards opening its first commercial plant in 2027, aiming to process up to 15,000 tonnes of forestry material a year as the UK government looks ... Read more ›
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Chris Ballance is the co-founder and CEO of Oxford Ionics, a startup developing a “trapped-ion” approach to quantum computer technology. In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Ballance discusses why founders should focus on the challenges they don’t understand as much as those that they do, motivating teams with a vision they can believe in and ... Read more ›
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In May 2024 UKTN released a regional tech report in partnership with KPMG putting a spotlight on the innovation, strengths and challenges faced by the Scottish tech industry. To explore the topic further, UKTN and KPMG brought together a group of experts in all things Scottish tech for a panel discussion on how the local ... Read more ›
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The cryptoasset market has surged these past few weeks, fuelled no doubt by the electoral victory of the newly pro-crypto Donald Trump and the elevation of longtime blockchain advocate Elon Musk to presidential confidant. Musk’s preferred coin Doge, for which his unofficial cabinet role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency was named, jumped ... Read more ›
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Revolut’s new network of vending machines could soon make their way to the UK after a successful European rollout. The machines, which offer free debit cards to prospective customers, have already been installed across a host of European airports including in Milan, Rome, Porto, Brussels and Helsinki. Revolut, which gained a provisional UK banking licence ... Read more ›
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The value of venture capital deals and valuations in the UK in the third quarter of the year is pacing above 2023’s full-year figures, though the number of rounds appears to have dropped, according to a new report. The European VC Valuations report from PitchBook found that the venture capital market has shown a promising ... Read more ›
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This week’s UK tech funding deals include travel analytics platform Lighthouse, e-waste recycling group DEScycle, X-ray innovator Silveray and more. UKTN tracked £343.2m worth of UK tech investment this week (18 November to 22 November), a 162% week-on-week increase across eight funding rounds. Here’s your weekly roundup of UK tech startup funding deals. Lighthouse – ... Read more ›
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Monzo co-founder and former CEO Tom Blomfield has blasted competition regulators as “religious zealots” amid proposals to force Google to sell its Chrome browser. Last week, the US Department of Justice proposed a major breakup in Google’s business structure that would see the tech giant forced to sell the world’s most popular web browser to ... Read more ›
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