Politics

Hunt considers National Insurance cuts at Budget

News of the possible move comes as a leading think tank says the case for cutting taxes is “weak”.

technology

Why Reddit licensing deal offers Google a data mine to push its luck

This deal couldn’t have come at a better time for the two companies. Reddit wants cash and investor love ahead of it its planned initial public offering (IPO). And Google wants to save face from its AI misadventures.

Politics

Hunt considers National Insurance cuts at Budget

News of the possible move comes as a leading think tank says the case for cutting taxes is “weak”.

technology

Malware kept making its way into Google Play as attacks on mobile devices increased in 2023: Report 

The most common threat to mobile devices was found to be adware, constituting 40.8% of all threats detected 

technology

Microsoft’s Mistral AI deal should be further investigated, EU lawmaker says

Microsoft’s deal with French startup Mistral AI should be further investigated, one of the lawmakers who oversaw the drafting of EU AI Act said

Politics

Ministers consider new vaping tax at Budget next week

Ministers fear that the relatively cheap cost of vaping makes it more accessible for young people.

technology

Micron starts mass production of memory chips for use in Nvidia’s AI semiconductors

Micron Technology has started mass production of its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors for use in Nvidia’s latest chip for AI

technology

Microsoft inks deal with France’s Mistral AI, an OpenAI rival that has its own chatbot

Microsoft announced an artificial intelligence partnership Monday with the French startup Mistral AI that could lessen the software giant’s reliance on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for supplying the next wave of chatbots and other generative AI products

technology

India ranks amongst the top five most breached countries in 2023, finds analysis 

India was earlier ranked 7th in the list, in 2022, with 12.3 million accounts breachedÂ