Mike Lynch: four key takeaways from the fraud trial of ‘Britain’s Bill Gates’
Prosecutors called Lynch the ‘driving force’ behind Autonomy’s missteps as the tycoon tried to humanize himself on the stand
Scandinavia ‘way ahead’ of UK in telecoms infrastructure, says BT boss
Allison Kirkby points to regulatory and planning environment as well as digital skills and services
Ticketmaster hit by data hack that may affect 560m customers
Cybercrime group ShinyHunters reportedly demanding £400,000 ransom to prevent data being sold
Santander customers’ private data put up for sale for $2m by hackers
ShinyHunters stole information including bank and credit card numbers, as well as staff HR details
Next UK government should introduce scams legislation, says City lobby group
Group wants big tech social media firms to pay millions a year to reimburse customers after years of shouldering cost of fraud
The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates
Big tech is playing its part in reaching net zero targets, but its vast new datacentres are run at huge cost to the environment, says economics professor Mariana Mazzucato
Vivek Ramaswamy uses Buzzfeed stake to demand staff cuts, conservative hires
CEO Jonah Peretti pushed back on rightwing Trumpist, saying he had ‘fundamental misunderstandings’ about the business
Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6bn in bid to take on OpenAI
Funding round values artificial intelligence startup at $18bn before investment, says multibillionaire
Scarlett Johansson’s OpenAI clash is just the start of legal wrangles over artificial intelligence
Hollywood star’s claim ChatGPT update used an imitation of her voice highlights tensions over rapidly accelerating technology
Jeff Dodds: the Formula E boss planning a move into pole position
Petrolheads are quick to scorn the idea of electric car racing, but the series’ chief executive is sure that time, technology – and even geography – are on his side
Big tech has distracted world from existential risk of AI, says top scientist
Max Tegmark argues that the downplaying is not accidental and threatens to delay, until it’s too late, the strict regulations needed
Tech titan Mike Lynch testifies at fraud trial that Autonomy was ‘not perfect’
UK founder, accused of inflating sales and misleading regulators, takes stand and says he wasn’t fully responsible for firm’s decisions
Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, accused of ‘massive’ fraud, set to testify at US trial
Lawyers for founder of software firm Autonomy, charged over $11bn Hewlett-Packard deal, suggest they may move for mistrial
OpenAI and Wall Street Journal owner News Corp sign content deal
Deal lets ChatGPT maker use all articles from Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Times and Sunday Times for AI model development
Productivity soars in sectors of global economy most exposed to AI, says report
Employers in UK, one of 15 countries studied, willing to pay 14% wage premium for jobs requiring AI skills