UK innovation agency Digital Catapult has set it sights on helping the creative industry grow by revamping its production processes using artificial intelligence (AI) through the launch of its latest startup initiative. The organisation is offering nine British startups the opportunity to join its ranks and, with the support of the BBC and Amazon Web…
Amazon employees are calling the contents of the company’s annual environmental report into question, including the retail giant’s claim to have reached its goal to become a 100% renewably powered company seven years ahead of schedule. The online retail giant published its sixth annual Global sustainability report on Wednesday 10 July, which revealed Amazon had…
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The UK government has sought to be proactive in its approach to addressing climate change, committing to ambitious targets such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 68% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels and achieving net zero by 2050. In support of these goals, obligations will come to the fore as organisations develop…
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It would seem that the adoption of cloud databases – those delivered via a cloud consumption model – is ramping up. Referred to as dbPaaS (database platform as a service) by analyst Gartner, the market for cloud databases is dominated by public cloud providers. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Google, Oracle and Alibaba are among…
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Samsung unveiled several wearables at its Unpacked event in Paris over a week ago, including the new Galaxy Buds 3 Pro and Galaxy Buds 3. The wireless earphones got a major redesign and new features that prompted many to say that Samsung is copying Apple again.That’s because Samsung’s decision to add a stem to the…
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There’s a new breed of premium robot vacuum and mop combo devices that has finally breathed some life into the somewhat stagnant market. For years, we saw little more than smartphone-like iteration, with new models offering nothing but a power bump and a few tweaks here and there. Now, however, devices like the roborock Qrevo…
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google and Microsoft claim their ability to accurately assess the Scope 3 emissions generated by their activities is being hampered by lacklustre embodied emissions data provided by the third parties that build and kit out their datacentres. The three hyperscale public cloud firms, along with Meta, Digital Realty and Schneider Electric,…
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has begun an initial investigation of Microsoft latest attempt to build out its artificial intelligence (AI ) strategy. In March, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the company had hired Inflection AI’s co-founders Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simonyan, with Simonyan also being the startup’s chief scientist. At the time, Nadella…
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After introducing its AI shopping assistant Rufus in the Amazon Shopping app earlier this year, Amazon is now rolling the feature out to all customers in the US. As the company explained in February, Rufus has been trained on Amazon’s product catalog, customer reviews, community Q&As, and information from across the web. It uses all…
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After Bloomberg reported that Apple would get a seat on OpenAI’s board due to its recent partnership with Apple Intelligence features, the Financial Times writes that not only Cupertino won’t join the board, but Microsoft is also dropping its observer seat amid regulatory scrutiny.With that, both companies will have stakeholder meetings instead of board seats…
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