Jonathan Easton

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has invited comments on a number of tie-ups between major tech firms and artificial intelligence startups.

Binance founder Changpeng ‘CZ' Zhao should spend three years behind bars after pleading guilty to violating money laundering laws, prosecutors have argued.

President Joe Biden signed legislation into law on Wednesday that gives TikTok's parent company ByteDance nine months to sell the short-form video app or face a ban. As such, the White House has set a deadline of 19 January for a sale, but the deadline could be extended by three months if ByteDance is determined to be making progress towards a sale.

The company said that it had agreed a sale price of $7.75 per share, representing a 44 per cent premium on Darktrace's average share price over the past three months.

The spend would represent the state's largest ever capital investment, and promises to create at least 1,000 jobs in addition to the 26,000 full- and part-time staff it already employs in Indiana.

The EU is reportedly set to open an investigation into Meta's inaction over countering disinformation on Facebook and Instagram.

NOYB, the European Center for Digital Rights based in Vienna, has accused the company of not fixing incorrect information provided by its ChatGPT generative AI program in violation of EU privacy laws.

Google has reportedly agreed a deal with News Corp to fund the Times and TalkSport-owner's new artificial intelligence development.

Roger Ver, an early cryptocurrency investor known as the ‘Bitcoin Jesus', has been arrested in Spain on US charges of tax evasion.

The investment, which will see the company expand cloud and artificial intelligence services in Malaysia, is the largest ever investment from the Windows maker in the country.