OpenAI snares $8.3bn as it angles for IPO
Investors line up for a slice
OpenAI has managed to wangle $8.3 billion from venture capitalists and private equity outfits desperate not to miss the AI hype train, as it eyes an eventual IPO.
Musk open to merging his AI outfit with Apple
Grok could plug a hole in Apple’s leaky AI strategy
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple might end up jumping into bed with Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence sideshow xAI, after whispers of a strategic tie-up started swirling around tech circles.
UK VPN uptake rockets after age verification rules
Who didn't see that one coming?
The UK is seeing a huge rise in VPN use after the government bought in "child protection" laws.
Musk threatens to lobotomise Grok again
Chatbot may not defy its billionaire dad
Elon Musk is once again throwing a wobbly at his own AI chatbot, Grok, for committing the cardinal sin of citing facts and accurately describing some of his sketchier online pals.
Social media giants still flouting GDPR
Fines fly but kid's data keeps getting mishandled
Seven years into GDPR, half of the world’s biggest social media platforms are still being slapped with fines like they never read the memo.
Musk’s X crashes again
He blames Ukrainians when it was probably Russians
Elon [roman salute] Musk is blaming the Ukrainians for another series of embarrassing outages on his social media plaything, X, formerly known as Twitter.
Starlink wants a pizza Italy’s spectrum
Musk feels a closeness with Italy
Elon [Roman salute] Musk's Starlink is battling for access to key E-band frequencies in Italy as the space-based internet giant seeks to cement its dominance across Europe.
Trump rushes to protect US tech monopolies
Slams EU “taxes”
US President Donald Trump blasted European Union regulators for targeting Apple, Alphabet's Google and Meta, describing their cases against American companies as "a form of taxation."
Social notworking sites pledge to crack down on hate speech
At least in the EU
While social notworking sites are frantically trying to reassure Trump’s government that they will be allowing a return to the good old days where fake news and bullying were allowed, they are doing the opposite in the EU.
Bluesky will get a photo and video sharing app
Getting more functions
Independent developer Sebastian Vogelsang is building a photo-sharing app for the decentralised social network Bluesky, leveraging its AT Protocol and his earlier app, Skeets.