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TikTok’s first European data centre goes live in bid to combat privacy concerns | Science & Tech News
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TikTok’s first European data centre has gone live as the Chinese-owned company seeks to combat long-held privacy concerns. The firm behind the popular short-form video app, which has more than a billion users, has been in the crosshairs of Western politicians who believe user information could be given to Beijing’s regime. TikTok is owned by…
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Microsoft in fresh bid to get Activision Blizzard takeover past UK regulator | Business News
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The UK’s competition regulator has launched a fresh investigation into Microsoft’s proposed £55bn takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard after the tech firm offered a new remedy in a bid to get the deal over the line. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) confirmed on Tuesday that it stood by its final decision…
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Elon Musk launches long-awaited AI start-up in a bid to rival ChatGPT | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk has launched his long-awaited artificial intelligence start-up xAI in a bid to build an alternative to ChatGPT. The Twitter owner has brought in a team of engineers from other tech firms he is hoping to challenge in the artificial intelligence sphere. Musk has warned for months about AI’s potential for “civilisational destruction”, arguing…
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Virgin Orbit delays bid deadline in scramble to find rescuer | Business News
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Virgin Orbit has pushed back the deadline for rescue bids as the commercial satellite venture founded by Sir Richard Branson scrambles to avert bankruptcy. Sky News has learnt that the company and its advisers have told would-be buyers of the company that they must now submit final offers by May 19, several days later than…
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Microsoft blocked in bid to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard – but vows to respond | Business News
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The British competition watchdog has blocked Microsoft’s bid to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) stopped the $68.7bn (£55bn) deal due to concerns that it would stifle competition in the cloud gaming market. It would have been the record highest price ever paid by a US tech company in…
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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to stay out of prison and will begin 11-year sentence this month | Science & Tech News
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Elizabeth Holmes will begin an 11-year jail term this month after losing a bid to stay out of prison while she appeals her conviction over the Theranos scandal. The 39-year-old was sentenced in November for what prosecutors had branded as “among the most substantial white collar offences Silicon Valley or any other district has seen”.…
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Microsoft unveils new Bing powered by ChatGPT and takes aim at Google in bid to change how we search the web | Science & Tech News
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Microsoft has revealed a revamped Bing search engine powered by chatbot technology as an AI arms race with rival Google hots up. The Windows, Office, and Xbox maker is also giving its Edge web browser an update following a multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI, which took the world by storm last year by releasing ChatGPT. While…