Matthew Broersma

6 days ago | silicon.co.uk | Matthew Broersma

A Moscow court found Google guilty of disclosing the personal data of Russian servicemen who died in Ukraine fighting, the official TASS news agency reported on Monday, citing court documents. A video published on YouTube allegedly provided information on the losses in Ukraine of Russian servicemen and disclosed their personal data, the TASS report said. Russia has issued multiple fines to tech companies since the Ukraine war began in February 2022 over war-related content that it deems illegal.

6 days ago | silicon.co.uk | Matthew Broersma

Leading battery maker CATL announced a new brand for its sodium-on batteries, called Naxtra, which it said would go into production in December as the company explores a potential replacement for many EV batteries that use costly and rare materials. Ahead of the Shanghai auto show, CATL also announced a second generation of its fast-charging battery for electric vehicles (EVs) and a “dual-power” battery designed to increase the reliability of power output.

6 days ago | silicon.co.uk | Matthew Broersma

Amazon’s AWS has has paused some leasing discussions around new data centres, Wells Fargo analysts said, in a fresh sign that major cloud providers are showing caution on the billions in their announced AI cloud infrastructure spending plans. Wells Fargo analysts said in a note that they had heard from “several industry sources” saying AWS had suspended “a portion of its leasing discussions on the colocation side (particularly international ones)”.

6 days ago | silicon.co.uk | Matthew Broersma

The US Federal Trade Commission has sued ride-hailing company Uber, alleging the company employed deceptive billing practices with its Uber One subscription programme and made it too difficult for users to cancel, in spite of marketing the scheme with a “cancel anytime” policy. The FTC also said Uber charged customers for Uber One without their consent and gave false information about the discounts it offers.

6 days ago | silicon.co.uk | Matthew Broersma

Shopify must face a class-action privacy lawsuit in California, a US appeals court said on Monday, reviving a case that had been shelved by a lower court. The case could open other multinational internet firms to lawsuits under specific US state laws. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco found in a 10-1 ruling that Ottawa-based Shopify could be sued for collecting personal data from people who make purchases on websites of retailers from that state.