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The Labour government’s Budget demonstrates renewed intent to support AI, but there is an absence of a fully integrated digital strategy. The post UK Budget 2025: Government Bets on AI and Startups appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

Harmonic, the math-focused AI startup founded by Robinhood’s CEO, has reached a $1.45B valuation after a major funding round to scale its provably correct AI models. The post Robinhood CEO’s Math-Centric AI Firm Harmonic Climbs to $1.45B Valuation appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

The joint venture’s debut project will be Madrid Sur, a 160,000-square-meter data center complex designed to deliver 144 MW of processing capacity. The post Echelon Iberdrola Digital Infra to Invest $2.3B in Data Centers in Spain appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

Microsoft’s Copilot will stop working on WhatsApp in January 2026, as Meta bans general-purpose AI chatbots, forcing users to move chats to official apps. The post Microsoft’s Copilot to Leave WhatsApp in the Coming Weeks appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How AI is changing the economy There’s a lot at stake when it comes to understanding how AI is changing the economy right now. Should we be pessimistic?... Read more

Ofcom notes that women and girls routinely encounter disproportional abuse online, in forms such as sexual violence, coercive control, and even targeted pile-ons. The post UK Watchdog Cracks Down on Big Tech Over Rising Attacks on Women and Girls appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of the industry. Last year, the fantasy author Joanna Maciejewska went viral (if such a thing is still possible on X)... Read more

TSMC's concern centers on the possibility that former SVP Wei-Jen Lo could transfer sensitive technical knowledge to his new employer. The post TSMC Escalates Legal Fight Over Former Executive’s Move to Intel appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

Discover six standout Black Friday tech deals on laptops, tablets, audio, TVs, and wearables, curated from top retailers Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart. The post The Best Black Friday Tech Deals for Work and Play appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

The rollout allows individuals to consolidate account information from multiple banks into a single application. The post Open Banking Launches in Switzerland appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What’s next for AlphaFold: A conversation with a Google DeepMind Nobel laureate In 2017, fresh off a PhD on theoretical chemistry, John Jumper heard rumors that Google DeepMind... Read more

For decades, business continuity planning meant preparing for anomalous events like hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, or regional power outages. In anticipation of these rare disasters, IT teams built playbooks, ran annual tests, crossed their fingers, and hoped they’d never have to use them. In recent years, an even more persistent threat... Read more

The rapid integration of AI systems into everyday business operations has left many insurers wondering: Who pays when an AI makes a mistake? The post Insurers Scale Back AI Coverage Amid Fears of Billion-Dollar Claims appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

Welcome back to The State of AI, a new collaboration between the Financial Times and MIT Technology Review. Every Monday, writers from both publications debate one aspect of the generative AI revolution reshaping global power. In this week’s conversation MIT Technology Review’s senior reporter for features and investigations, Eileen Guo,... Read more

In 2017, fresh off a PhD on theoretical chemistry, John Jumper heard rumors that Google DeepMind had moved on from building AI that played games with superhuman skill and was starting up a secret project to predict the structures of proteins. He applied for a job. Just three years later,... Read more

OpenAI’s Foxconn deal ties US data center hardware into its $500B Stargate buildout and $1.4T spend, raising fresh questions about risk and an AI bubble. The post Inside OpenAI’s $1.4 Trillion Bet: Foxconn Factories and the Stargate Data Center Race appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meet the man building a starter kit for civilization You live in a house you designed and built yourself. You rely on the sun for power, heat your... Read more