Monzo close to deal with Alphabet for up to £500m funding round: report November 19, 2023 Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is reportedly in talks to acquire a major stake in digital bank Monzo in a boost for Britain’s fintech sector.
Entrepreneur says ‘focus on the big guys’ at AI safety summit November 1, 2023 British entrepreneur and artificial intelligence (AI) whizz, Mustafa Suleyman, has said it is most important to focus on controlling big tech.
Nadine Dorries claims big tech firms are ‘too powerful’ and have secret ‘dials’ to control the internet October 25, 2023 Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries claimed “Big Tech” is “becoming too powerful in all areas of daily life”.
Microsoft’s AI gambit shines but Google fumbles with cloud business October 25, 2023 Largely thanks to strong growth in its cloud computing division, Microsoft reported first-quarterly revenue of £46.4bn.
Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon hope to lift Wall Street spirits in this week’s results October 22, 2023 Big Tech earnings season is back, with a keen focus on cloud business, AI, and capex changes amid a challenging year on Wall Street.
New Google Pixel 8 phones suggest step forward, say analysts October 4, 2023 A trickle of leaks and teasers had already primed expectations for Google’s launch of its new Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro phones, as well as Pixel Watch 2 and Pixel Buds Pro. At an event live-streamed from New York on Wednesday, the tech giant said its new Pixel phones have brighter screens, upgraded cameras [...]
Microsoft chief says unfair practices by Google led to search engine dominance October 3, 2023 Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella has said unfair tactics used by Google led to its dominance as a search engine and in turn thwarted his own company’s rival programme, Bing. He gave evidence in a packed Washington DC courtroom as part of the government’s landmark antitrust trial against Google’s parent company Alphabet. The Justice Department [...]
Youtube halts monetisation on Russell Brand’s channel September 19, 2023 Youtube has suspended monetisation on Russell Brand’s channel for “violating” its creator responsibility policy, following sexual assault allegations against the comedian. Over the weekend a joint investigation by the Times, the Sunday Times and Channel 4 levelled accusations at Brand, which include accounts of rape, sexual assaults, and abuse spanning several years. The criminal allegations, which Brand [...]
Google vs the US Government: Tech giant in biggest antitrust trial in decades September 12, 2023 Google will confront a threat to its dominant search engine beginning on Tuesday when federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet empire in the biggest US antitrust trial in a quarter century. Over the next 10 weeks, federal lawyers and state attorneys general will try to prove Google rigged the market in its [...]
Google faces £7bn UK legal claim over anti-competitive search engine practices September 7, 2023 Google is the subject of a new multibillion-pound legal claim in the UK which accuses the tech giant of shutting out competition in mobile search and driving up prices for consumers as a result. The claim, filed with the Competition Appeal Tribunal, is seeking around £7 billion in damages for UK consumers. It accuses the [...]