Sources: SoftBank held talks with Intel about making an AI chip to compete with Nvidia, but Intel couldn't meet the requirements; SoftBank is talking to TSMC
Son hopes to put Japanese group at centre of artificial intelligence boom but talks with US chipmaker failed to progress
Irish government data: data centers in Ireland used 21% of its electricity in 2023, up 20% YoY, more than the 18% of electricity used by all urban homes
Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targets
Sources: Linda Yaccarino plans to launch full-screen, sound-on video ads on Twitter's short-video feed and is wooing celebrities in the hope of selling more ads
New CEO hits the ground running with plans for new ads offering and tells staff to get ready for ‘hand-to-hand combat’
Elon Musk responded to tweets that called a Texas mass shooting a “psyop”, remarking that the case was “odd”, “very strange”, and “gets weirder by the moment”
and only if you are not particularly insightful. https://twitter.com/... @dangoodin001 : In today's installment of why it's hypocritical for activists and journalist to stay on Twi...
A judge sentences ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan to three years of probation; he was convicted in October 2022 for not disclosing a 2016 data breach to regulators
The first corporate executive convicted of a crime related to a data breach by outsiders is sentenced to probation and fined
Twitter's Elon Musk takeover saga has only amplified its problems, which stem from a broken business model at odds with the platform's freewheeling nature
Its ill-fated foray into adult content is emblematic of an unpoliceable platform — and a broken business model
Google plans to auto-delete visits to abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters, weight loss centers, and other sensitive places from users' location history
but don't relax just yet David Lumb / CNET : Google Will Auto-Delete Your Location Data After Visits to Abortion Clinics Chris Smith / BGR : Google will auto-delete abortion clinic...
Google plans to auto-delete visits to abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters, weight loss centers, and other sensitive places from users' location history
Along with visits to other potentially sensitive locations — Google says it'll start automatically deleting visits to abortion clinics …
Two South African brothers who founded crypto investment firm Africrypt vanished with ~69,000 bitcoins, worth $3.6B+, after informing clients of an alleged hack
- Lawyers hired by investors piece together funds' disappearance — Africrypt loss would rank among biggest-ever crypto heists
Google says Google Play Music shutdown starts this month, global streaming will shut down in October, and music collections will be deleted in December
August begins the four-month Google Music shutdown. — Google Play Music has been given the death sentence by Google …