Finbarr Toesland
Journalist at Freelance
Investigative Journalist | @JSchofieldTrust + @uk_aspen fellow | @Cambridge_Uni + @UCL grad | Bylines @NBCNews, @BBC & @Reuters 📩[email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
techerati.com | Finbarr Toesland
Google has promised to spend £369 million ($500 million) on major reforms to its compliance structure, following legal action taken by shareholders that alleged the tech giant has engaged in antitrust violations. The agreement will see Google’s parent company, Alphabet, create a board-level committee that oversees the comprehensive risk and compliance reforms being made over the next decade.
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3 weeks ago |
techerati.com | Finbarr Toesland
News Hub Written by Finbarr Toesland 25 seconds ago Tech giant Microsoft has announced its plans to make a significant £294 million ($400 million) investment in the Swiss digital ecosystem. Part of this funding will see four data centres close to Zurich and Geneva being upgraded by Microsoft with next-generation AI infrastructure, supporting the growing demand for AI and cloud services.
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1 month ago |
techerati.com | Finbarr Toesland
News Hub Written by Finbarr Toesland 3 minutes ago To better compete with the innovative companies coming from China and the US, the European Commission is launching a major €10 billion (£8.4 billion) fund aimed at helping EU tech firms scale. The ‘Choose Europe to start and scale’ strategy is focused on supporting the creation of more tech unicorns in the EU that are valued at more than $1 billion (£741.6 million).
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1 month ago |
techerati.com | Finbarr Toesland
News Hub Written by Finbarr Toesland 1 hour ago Following the introduction of export restrictions put in place by the US Government, chipmaker NVIDIA is expected to put a new AI chip set into production for China. Priced between £4,817 ($6,500) and £5,928 ($8,000), this GPU using the Blackwell architecture will come in significantly cheaper than the H20 model that was offered at between £7,410 ($10,000) and £8,893 ($12,000).
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1 month ago |
techerati.com | Finbarr Toesland
News Hub Written by Finbarr Toesland 41 seconds ago San Francisco-based AI start-up Luka Inc., developer of chatbot Replika, has been fined £4.1 million (€5 million) by the Italian data watchdog, Garante, after breaching rules created to protect the personal data of users. The AI chatbot service gives users the ability to make a ‘virtual companion’ who can be interacted with over text or voice to offer support as a therapist, mentor, romantic partner and other roles.
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