Google and Facebook may be forced to pay UK news publishers

Google and Facebook could soon be forced to pay UK publishers for using their news content as part of a suite of new powers to rein them in, the Government’s digital taskforce said today. A group led by the UK’s competitions watchdog believes British publishers are victims of the tech giants’ extraordinary market dominance and payments … Read more

Hey Alexa, what’s my PIN? Voice assistants can figure out the taps made on a smartphone keyboard 

Hey Alexa, what’s my PIN? Cambridge researchers show voice assistants can detect what users are typing on their smartphones by the sound of their fingers tapping the screen Researchers built their own version of a smart speaker to access the recordings In commercial products the recordings are stored securely for safety   But study shows that … Read more

Former schoolboy chess prodigy used AI to open door to finding cures for illnesses

As DeepMind, the British artificial intelligence (AI) firm owned by Google, claims to have solved one of science’s toughest and most enduring mysteries, the ‘protein folding problem’, you can’t help but think what sort of genius must be the driving forced behind such a triumph. ‘Thrilled to announce our first major breakthrough in applying AI to … Read more

Former schoolboy chess prodigy used AI to open door to finding cures for illnesses

As DeepMind, the British artificial intelligence (AI) firm owned by Google, claims to have solved one of science’s toughest and most enduring mysteries, the ‘protein folding problem’, you can’t help but think what sort of genius must be the driving forced behind such a triumph. ‘Thrilled to announce our first major breakthrough in applying AI to … Read more

Google-owned DeepMind cracks 50-year-old ‘protein folding problem’

DeepMind, the British artificial intelligence (AI) firm owned by Google, has solved one of science’s toughest and most enduring mysteries. The firm’s AI system, AlphaFold, has cracked what’s known as the ‘protein folding problem’ – figuring out how a protein’s amino acid sequence dictates its 3D atomic structure.  Researchers have long grappled with the vast … Read more

Google-owned DeepMind cracks 50-year-old ‘protein folding problem’

DeepMind, the British artificial intelligence (AI) company owned by Google, has solved a 50-year-old problem in biology.  DeepMind’s AI system, AlphaFold, cracked the so-called ‘protein folding problem’ – figuring out how a protein’s amino acid sequence dictates its 3D atomic structure.  A protein’s structure is closely linked with its function, and the ability to predict its structure unlocks … Read more

Facebook and Google will be hit with FOUR more antitrust lawsuits’

Facebook and Google ‘will be hit with FOUR more antitrust lawsuits in the coming weeks’ in latest move against Big Tech The Wall Street Journal cites unnamed sources claiming four more lawsuits are expected from The Justice Department  They will allege that both companies use unfair tactics to corner the market  Google is already being … Read more

Netflix is to start declaring its £1billion-plus UK revenues to the British taxman

Netflix is to start declaring its £1billion-plus UK revenues to the British taxman in move that will pressurise Google, Amazon and other tech giants to follow suit Netflix set to begin declaring its UK revenues to tax authorities from January Move comes after it vowed to declared its revenues in both France and Spain  Company … Read more

Netflix is to start declaring its £1billion-plus UK revenues to the British taxman

Netflix is to start declaring its £1billion-plus UK revenues to the British taxman in move that will pressurise Google, Amazon and other tech giants to follow suit Netflix set to begin declaring its UK revenues to tax authorities from January Move comes after it vowed to declared its revenues in both France and Spain  Company … Read more

Online tech giants should pay news providers for using their content, peers say

Online tech giants should pay news providers for using their content under a ‘mandatory’ code, peers have demanded in a landmark new report. It paints a worrying picture of a ‘fundamental imbalance of power’ between news publishers and platforms. This comes as Government announced plans for a new competition regime designed to rein in the … Read more