Google will not be forced to sell off Chrome or Android, judge rules in landmark antitrust ruling

Data centres, like this one Google is building in Hertfordshire, are becoming a more familiar sight across the UK

Data centers to be expanded across UK as concerns mount

LONDON — The number of data centers in the UK is set to increase by almost a fifth, according to figures shared with BBC News.Data centers are giant warehouses full of powerful computers used to run digital services from movie streaming to online banking - there are currently an estimated 477 of them in the UK.Construction researchers Barbour ABI have analysed planning documents and say that number is set to jump by almost 100, as the growth in artificial intelligence (AI) increases the need for processing power.The majority are due to be built in the next five years. However, there are concerns about the huge amount of energy and water the new data centres will consume.Some experts have warned it could drive up prices paid by consumers.More than half of the new data centres would be in...

August 15, 2025

Data centers to be expanded across UK as concerns mount

The opening page of X is displayed on a computer and phone in Sydney on Oct. 16, 2023

Elon Musk threatens to sue Apple for not ranking X or Grok among its top apps

WASHINGTON — Billionaire SpaceX, Tesla, and X owner Elon Musk says he plans to sue Apple for not featuring X and its Grok artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot app in its top recommended apps in its App Store.Musk posted the comments on X late Monday, saying, “Hey @Apple App Store, why do you refuse to put either X or Grok in your ‘Must Have’ section when X is the #1 news app in the world and Grok is #5 among all apps? Are you playing politics? What gives? Inquiring minds want to know”.Grok is owned by Musk’s AI startup xAI.Musk went on to say that “Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation. xAI will take immediate legal action”.He gave no further...

August 12, 2025

Elon Musk threatens to sue Apple for not ranking X or Grok among its top apps

Chris Pelkey's AI-rendered impact statement shown in court

Arizona man shot to death in road rage 'returns' to address his killer

PHOENIX — Chris Pelkey died in a road rage shooting in Arizona three years ago.But with the help of artificial intelligence, he returned earlier this month at his killer's sentencing to deliver a victim's statement himself.Family members said they used the burgeoning technology to let Pelkey use his own words to talk about the incident that took his life.While some experts argue the unique use of AI is just another step into the future, others say it could become a slippery slope for using the technology in legal cases.His family used voice recordings, videos and pictures of Pelkey, who was 37 when he was killed, to recreate him in a video using AI, his sister Stacey Wales told the BBC.Ms Wales said she wrote the words that the AI version read in court based on how forgiving she...

May 08, 2025

Arizona man shot to death in road rage 'returns' to address his killer

The all-cash takeover of privately held Wiz represents a big bet by Google on cloud security and cybersecurity in this period of explosive growth for artificial intelligence

Google makes its biggest-ever acquisition

NEW YORK — Google announced a deal Tuesday to buy rapidly growing cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion. It would be the tech giant’s biggest-ever acquisition.The all-cash takeover of privately held Wiz represents a big bet by Google on cloud security and cybersecurity in this period of explosive growth for artificial intelligence.The Wiz deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, easily surpasses Google’s previously biggest takeover: An ill-fated 2012 deal to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Google would later unload Motorola for a big loss.Wiz, which makes cybersecurity software for cloud computing, was in talks last summer to sell itself to Google for about a $23 billion, sources previously told CNN. But the two sides failed to reach a deal and Wiz said it would...

March 19, 2025

Google makes its biggest-ever acquisition

India has still not developed its own foundational language model like DeepSeek that's used to power things like chatbots

India seeks AI breakthrough — but is it falling behind?

NEW DELHI — Two years after ChatGPT took the world by storm, China's DeepSeek has sent ripples through the tech industry by collapsing the cost of developing generative artificial intelligence applications.But as the global race for AI supremacy heats up, India appears to have fallen behind, especially in creating its own foundational language model that's used to power things like chatbots.The government claims a homegrown equivalent to DeepSeek isn't far away. It is supplying startups, universities and researchers with thousands of high-end chips needed to develop it in under 10 months.A flurry of global AI leaders have also been talking up India's capabilities recently.After being initially dismissive, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman this month said India should be playing a...

February 19, 2025

India seeks AI breakthrough — but is it falling behind?

Eric Schmidt held senior posts at Google and its parent company Alphabet from 2001 to 2017

Ex-Google boss fears AI could be used by terrorists

LONDON — The former chief executive of Google is worried artificial intelligence could be used by terrorists or "rogue states" to "harm innocent people."Eric Schmidt told the BBC: "The real fears that I have are not the ones that most people talk about AI -- I talk about extreme risk."The tech billionaire, who held senior posts at Google from 2001 to 2017, told the Today program "North Korea, or Iran, or even Russia" could adopt and misuse the technology to create biological weapons.He called for government oversight on private tech companies that are developing AI models, but warned over-regulation could stifle innovation.Schmidt agreed with US export controls on powerful microchips which power the most advanced AI systems.Before he left office,...

February 13, 2025

Ex-Google boss fears AI could be used by terrorists

Musk-led group makes $97.4bn bid for ChatGPT maker OpenAI

WASHINGTON — A consortium of investors led by Elon Musk offered $97.4bn to take over OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.The billionaire's attorney, Marc Toberoff, confirmed he submitted the bid for "all assets" of the tech company to its board on Monday.The offer is the latest twist in a longstanding battle between Musk, the world's richest man and right hand to US President Donald Trump, and Open AI chief executive Sam Altman over the future of the start-up at the center of the AI boom.In response to the bid, Altman posted on Musk's social media platform X: "no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want."OpenAI is widely credited with helping bring artificial intelligence tools into the mainstream and sparking huge investment in the...

February 11, 2025

Musk-led group makes $97.4bn bid for ChatGPT maker OpenAI

$DeepSeek's developers say the chatbot was built at a fraction of the cost of rivals such as ChatGPT$

China's DeepSeek AI shakes industry and dents America's swagger

SAN FRANCISCO — The speed at which the new Chinese AI app DeepSeek has shaken the technology industry, the markets and the bullish sense of American superiority in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has been nothing short of stunning.Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen may have said it best. "DeepSeek-R1 is AI's Sputnik moment," he posted to X on Sunday, referring to the satellite that kicked off the space race.DeepSeek was the most downloaded free app on Apple's US App Store over the weekend. By Monday, the new AI chatbot had triggered a massive sell-off of major tech stocks which were in freefall as fears mounted over America's leadership in the sector.Shares of AI chip designer and recent Wall Street darling Nvidia, for example, had plunged by 17% by the...

January 28, 2025

China's DeepSeek AI shakes industry and dents America's swagger

OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank form joint venture to build artificial intelligence infrastructure

US tech giants announce AI plan worth up to $500bn

NEW YORK — OpenAI is teaming up with Oracle and Softbank to build data centers equipped to power artificial intelligence (AI), with plans to invest $100bn (£81bn) "immediately".Flanked by the bosses of the three companies at the White House, US President Donald Trump said the plan is a "resounding declaration of confidence in America's potential".OpenAI has previously called for major investments in infrastructure to support AI and pushed for government support of those plans.The ChatGPT-creator and Softbank said the joint venture, dubbed Stargate, intends to invest $500bn over the next four years."I think this will be the most important project of this era," said OpenAI's chief executive, Sam Altman."We wouldn't be able to do this without...

January 22, 2025

US tech giants announce AI plan worth up to $500bn

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