YouTube gives $24.5 million to Trump
Final Big Tech holdout forks over cash after Capitol riot ban
YouTube has become the last of the Big Tech giants to pay off Donald Trump after booting him off the platform following the Capitol riot.
Amazon Fire TV to dump Android for Linux in 2025
Bezos’s empire fancies more cash from your telly habits
Amazon is preparing to ditch Android on its Fire TV gadgets and shove in a home-grown Linux-based system codenamed Vega OS.
Qualcomm releases new Snapdragons
Cristiano Amon insists AI will make everything about you
Qualcomm boss Cristiano Amon took to the stage yesterday to announce that his outfit’s latest chips are not just silicon but the start of a revolution. According to him every device you own is about to become an “ecosystem of you.”
Former Intel board members call for Chipzilla to go private
US government and big tech should carve up struggling giant
Troubled Chipzilla should be taken private, stripped apart, and rebuilt into a proper foundry and design house, according to four long-serving former directors writing in Fortune.
AI doctors hate women and minorities
Bias baked into medical models
Artificial intelligence tools touted as the saviours of overstretched hospitals could end up doing the opposite for women and ethnic minorities, according to new research.
Microsoft forks out $30 billion on UK
Trump’s visit coincides with Nvidia, Google and others throwing cash at Britain
Software King of the World, Microsoft has promised to dump $30 billion (€28 billion) into the UK by 2028 as it tries to beef up its artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Google doing AI evil
Contractors sacked amid anger over pay and working conditions
While most companies are flinging cash and staff at AI, Google, has been firing the workers keeping its Gemini and AI Overviews systems afloat.
Microsoft ducks EU fine with Teams carve-out
Brussels swallows concessions after years of grumbling
Microsoft has dodged a hefty EU fine by coughing up concessions on how it bundles its software, ending a four-year antitrust row.
Gartner claims all IT will involve AI by 2030
Analyst outfit says OpenAI not fit for enterprise
Number crunchers at Gartner have declared that by 2030, every IT department task will be touched by AI in some form, though the firm is adamant this will not trigger mass job losses.
Trump threatens tariffs after Google slapped with €2.95 billion fine
Brussels tells search giant to flog off part of ad business
US president Donald Trump is rattling sabres again after Brussels fined Google €2.95 billion (£2.52 billion) for its advertising antics.