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US Senate Democrats Propose $52 Billion For US Chip Production
Democrat leader in the US Senate revises legislation to approve $52 billion plan to ramp up US semiconductor manufacturing
Amazon Extends Police Ban On Facial Recognition
With the deadline of its one-year moratorium on police use of its facial recognition software fast approaching, Amazon makes ban 'indefinite'
The New Normal of Cyber Security
The leaked memo from Facebook that defines the 'normalising' data leaks is a worrying development. In this feature, we consider if a shifting attitude to data leaks making these incidents just a consequence of doing business could redu ...
Google Cloud, SpaceX Sign Deal For Enterprise Cloud Services
Elon Musk's SpaceX is to deliver Google Cloud services to enterprises at the 'network edge', via the Starlink constellation
BT Raises FTTP Target To 25 Million Premises
Despite a tough financial year, an extra five million premises has been added to BT's deployment of FTTP broadband, creating thousands more jobs
Chip Shortage To Last A Few Years, Warns Michael Dell
Head of one of the world's largest PC makers has warned the ongoing silicon shortage is likely to persist for several years
Pentagon Mulls JEDI Contract Cancellation Amid Legal Fight
The Pentagon may cancel the JEDI contract altogether and start over, due to the legal battle raging over Microsoft's award
IBM Claims Breakthrough With 2 Nanometer Chip
Research boffins at IBM are touting a major leap forward in performance and energy efficiency with a 'world first' 2nm chip
Intel To Invest $3.5bn To Expand New Mexico Factory
Chip giant Intel is to ramp up its manufacturing capability at its New Mexico factory, and will add 3D packaging manufacturing capabilities
Amazon Posts Record Results, As Prime Video Catches Netflix
E-commerce and cloud services giant Amazon is another pandemic winner, after it posted record profits and revenues thanks to strong growth
Chip Shortage Will Not End Soon, Forrester Warns
Analyst house Forrester warns global shortage of semiconductors is not going to end any time soon due to fabless chip manufacturing trends, supply hoarding
Judge Refuses To Dismiss AWS Claim Of Trump JEDI Interference
Failure for attempt by Microsoft and US DoJ to dismiss complaint from Amazon Web Services about Trump's JEDI contract interference
Amazon Now Largest Corporate Buyer Of Renewable Energy
With nine new wind and solar projects in UK, Europe and North America, Amazon becomes corporate buyer of renewable energy
Automation is Dead: Welcome to Hyperautomation
Describing the application of AI and ML to vastly increase the use of automation across more business processes and even augmented humans, Silicon UK assesses whether hyperautomation is the future of digital transformation and how busi ...
Government Intervenes In ARM Sale To Nvidia, Citing National Security
UK's digital secretary issues 'public interest intervention notice' over £29bn ARM sale, citing national security implications
Jeff Bezos Urges Amazon Staff Focus In Final Shareholder Letter
World's richest man Jeff Bezos urges Amazon to focus on its 1.3 million staff in his final letter as CEO to shareholders of the firm
Dell To Offload Ownership Stake In VMware
The valuable 81 percent ownership stake in VMware held by Dell Technologies is to be spun off, generating a $12 billion shareholder dividend
Nvidia Unveils Data Centre ARM CPU Dubbed ‘Grace’
New 'Grace' server chip from GPU giant Nvidia is designed to take the fight to Intel and AMD in the data centre CPU segment
FBI Arrest Man Over ‘Plot To Blow Up Internet’
Texas man allegedly sought to 'kill off about 70 percent of the internet' to deal blow to 'oligarchy' by blowing up AWS buildings with C-4 explosive
Microsoft Focuses On Healthcare With $20bn AI Buy
Microsoft's purchase of speech recognition pioneer Nuance Communications gives it leading cloud AI tools that are widely used in healthcare industry
How Good is Your Enterprise’s Contingency Planning?
The recent fire at the French cloud service provider OVHcloud, which resulted in many websites going offline, illustrates the vulnerability of physical data infrastructures. Businesses often focus their attention on protecting their da ...
Google Loses Dispute Over Data Centre Working Conditions
Google and contractor Modis forced to reinstate suspended worker who had complained about working conditions and discussed unionisation
US Blacklists Seven Chinese Supercomputing Entities
Entity list additions. US Commerce Department adds seven Chinese supercomputing entities to US blacklist, for working with Chinese military
British Reseller Sues Microsoft Over Pre-owned Licences
British software reseller ValueLicensing alleges Microsoft is abusing its power over second hand software licences, and sues Redmond in High Court
Microsoft Submerges Servers In Boiling Liquid
Keeping it cool. After submerging a data centre in the North sea, Microsoft now submerges its servers in so called 'bath tubs'
Apple Details Carbon Neutral Progress, Announces Energy Storage Project
New energy storage project for Apple, as it aims to achieve totally carbon neutral supply chain and products by 2030 deadline
Microsoft 365 Restored After Outage
Problems with Microsoft 365 and Teams have been resolved Microsoft confirms, after outage on Thursday for thousands of people
TSMC Pledges $100 Billion Over Three Years, For ‘Advanced’ Chip Making
Mammoth investment over three years to bolster advanced chip making, in order to keep up with rising demand, amid the global silicon shortage
Intel Turnaround Plan To Invest $20 Billion In Chip Manufacturing
One month as Intel CEO, Pat Gelsinger unveils $20 billion turnaround plan chip so giant can build two new chip factories in Arizona