Tech
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Microsoft launches a new chip that shows quantum computers are ‘years, not decades’ away
Microsoft has unveiled a new chip that it said showed quantum computing is “years, not decades” away, joining Google and IBM in predicting that a fundamental change in computing technology is much cl…
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Concerns over UK’s AI ambitions potentially leading to water shortages
Sir Keir Starmer’s vision to make the UK a global leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) may unintentionally exacerbate the country’s water scarcity issues, according to industry sources speaking to …
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South Korea ministries and police block DeepSeek access
South Korean ministries and police said Thursday they were blocking DeepSeek’s access to work computers, after the Chinese AI startup did not respond to a data watchdog request about how it manages u…
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‘Microsoft in talks to acquire TikTok’
United States President Donald Trump has said that tech giant Microsoft was in talks to acquire popular video-sharing platform TikTok. Asked late Monday if Microsoft was in discussion for acquiring T…
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Perplexity AI proposes merger with TikTok, giving US govt half
US search engine startup Perplexity AI has revised the merger proposal it had submitted to TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance to create a new entity combining Perplexity and TikTok US, a person famili…
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Saudi Arabian prince’s investment firm keen to invest in TikTok if Musk, others buy it
Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal’s investment company Kingdom Holding (KHC) would be interested in investing in ByteDance’s TikTok if Elon Musk or others offered to buy it, CEO Talal Ibrahim a…
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Tech billionaires titans Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg expected at Trump’s inauguration
Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration next week, NBC news reported Tuesday, further highlighting the tech moguls’ efforts to develop closer ti…
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Google under investigation for alleged search engine dominance
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Google’s dominance in online search, where it accounts for 90% of UK web searches. The inquiry will assess whether …
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British tech officers blast Meta’s fact-checking shift, affirms UK law will still apply
UK Science Secretary Peter Kyle has said social media sites such as Facebook and X will still have to comply with the law after tech giant Meta decided to change rules on fact-checkers. Mark Zuckerbe…
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Nasa sets stage for Firefly 1st commercial robotic Moon launch
The Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 is set for launch this Wednesday, January 15, carrying Nasa science and technology to the Moon as part of the space agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Serv…