Matthew Broersma

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EU Fines Delivery Hero, Glovo 329m Euros Over 'Cartel'

3 weeks ago | silicon.co.uk | Matthew Broersma

The European Union has issued a 329 million euro (£278m) fine against food delivery apps Delivery Hero and Glovo for taking part in what it called a cartel involving agreements on territory and not poaching one another’s staff. The European Commission said the cartel operated from July 2018 to July 2022, a period in which Germany’s Delivery Hero had a minority stake in Spain’s Glovo. Delivery Hero increased its stake in Glovo to 94 percent in July 2022.
Google Agrees To Pay $500m To Revamp Compliance

3 weeks ago | silicon.co.uk | Matthew Broersma

Google has agreed to pay $500 million (£370m) over 10 years in a major revamp of its structure for ensuring regulatory compliance in a settlement of a legal action that alleged the company was exposing shareholders to antitrust action.
Apple Appeals EU Interoperability Order

3 weeks ago | silicon.co.uk | Matthew Broersma

Apple has filed a formal appeal with the EU General Court in Luxembourg over the European Commission’s requirement to open up its devices for use by third-parties, saying the rules are unreasonable and would harm user privacy. The filing came after the Commission in March provided specific instructions to the company over how it should comply with the interoperability requirements of the EU’s Digital Markets Act.
Samsung 'In Talks' To Put Perplexity AI On Phones

3 weeks ago | silicon.co.uk | Matthew Broersma

Samsung Electronics is in talks with AI start-up Perplexity that could potentially see the South Korean company give Perplexity’s tools a prominent position in its devices, Bloomberg reported. The talks involve preloading Perplexity’s app and assistant in upcoming Samsung devices and integrating its search features into Samsung’s web browser, the report said, citing unnamed sources. The companies have also reportedly discussed adding Perplexity’s technology into Samsung’s Bixby assistant.
Synopsys Halts Sales, Services In China

3 weeks ago | silicon.co.uk | Matthew Broersma

Chip design software company Synopsys has told employees in China to stop services and sales in the country and halt new orders after receiving an order from the US Commerce Department last week, Reuters reported. Reports last week said the US government had ordered a wide range of companies to stop shipping goods to China and revoked licences that had already been issued to some suppliers.
Nvidia 'Plans' Cluster Capabilities For Blackwell China Chip

3 weeks ago | silicon.co.uk | Matthew Broersma

Nvidia is developing a Blackwell-based AI accelerator chip for the Chinese market called B30 that would allow users to link multiple units together to create high-performance computing clusters, The Information reported. The company plans to produce more than 1 million units this year as it seeks to retain market share, the report said.
Vodafone Promises £1.3bn Investment As Three Merger Concludes

3 weeks ago | silicon.co.uk | Matthew Broersma

Vodafone said it planned to invest some £1.3 billion in capital expenditures on its network over the next year as it completed the merger of its domestic UK operations with Three UK, reducing the number of mobile operators in the country from four to only three. The combined business, to be called VodafoneThree, is 51 percent owned by Vodafone Group and the remaining 49 percent is owned by Three’s former sole owner, Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison.
Anthropic 'Reaches $3bn' AI Revenue Rate, Spurred By Business

3 weeks ago | silicon.co.uk | Matthew Broersma

Amazon and Google-backed AI start-up Anthropic is making roughly $3 billion (£2.2bn) in annualised revenue, mostly from sales to businesses, Reuters reported. Traffic on Anthropic’s consumer-oriented chatbot Claude is far below that of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, but the company has seen strong business demand for use cases including code generation, the report said, in an apparent early validation of the use of AI in business environments.
Meta To Work With Anduril On US Military Tech

3 weeks ago | silicon.co.uk | Matthew Broersma

Meta Platforms is to work with military technology start-up Anduril Industries to develop products using AI and augmented realities, the companies said. Anduril said the products would provide real-time battlefield intelligence to soldiers in the field. The products would provide soldiers with “enhanced perception and enable intuitive control of autonomous platforms”, Anduril said.
Google, DOJ Clash Over AI In Closing Arguments

3 weeks ago | silicon.co.uk | Matthew Broersma

Generative AI became a significant focus of Google’s US antitrust trial as the trial’s remedies phase came to a conclusion with closing arguments on Friday, as Google and the US Justice Department presented opposing views for AI’s relevance to general search.