UK AI start up Wayve accelerates global expansion plans

UK AI start-up Wayve accelerates global expansion plans

London-based group is testing its self-driving cars in Germany and the US and hopes to ‘soon’ agree deals with automakers

Financial Times - 15h

Ampere accelerates expansion into telecom networking processors

Ampere is accelerating its expansion from Arm-based server processors for AI processing into networking chips for the telecom market.

VentureBeat - 4d

Creative industries protest against UK plan about AI and copyright

Government’s proposals could make it easier to train artificial intelligence models using artists’ works

Financial Times - 6d

UK battery start-up backed by Britishvolt investors aims for £1bn gigafactory

Volklec has deal with Far East Battery to use its engineers, expertise and raw material supplies

Financial Times - 5d

Amazon eyes global expansion for its Temu, Shein competitor

Amazon debuted Haul last year, offering makeup, apparel, accessories and other items that are often priced at or below $20.

CNBC - 2d

UK’s AI plans pose ‘existential threat’ to film studios, warns Bridget Jones producer

Working Title among British groups to criticise proposals to weaken copyright laws

Financial Times - 2d

Trump’s Plan to Kill Social Security Benefit Tax Could Accelerate Its Insolvency

Social security is already in danger. President Trump’s plan to get rid of income taxes on the benefit won’t save it. In fact, it’ll probably do the opposite.

Inc. - Feb. 20

UK pop stars drop out of global bestseller charts

British acts miss out on the worldwide annual music charts for the first time in two decades.

BBC News - Feb. 23

UK competition regulator will review fewer global deals, says boss

CMA head also warns it will not be ‘open season’ for takeovers harmful to consumers

Financial Times - 4d

UK vehicle production faces global challenges amid declining output

Yahoo News - 3d

Alibaba makes AI video generation model free to use globally

Open-source AI tech has been thrown into the spotlight since Chinese firm DeepSeek rattled global markets in January.

CNBC - 5d

25 arrested in global operation targeting AI child sexual abuse content

Law enforcement agencies from Australia to Canada helped detain dozens of suspects linked to a Denmark-based AI child sex abuse platform, Europol says.

CBS News - 3d

UK and France to work with Ukraine on peace plan

Starmer says European initiative would then be discussed with White House

Financial Times - 1d

Prada reconstructs femininity starting with the little black dress fit for a global 'black moment'

Prada opened its runway show during Milan Fashion Week with its take on the little black dress, because, in the words of Miuccia Prada "we are in a very black moment.'

ABC News - 4d

Two Australian men charged in global investigation into AI-made child abuse images

Dozens including man from Queensland and man from NSW arrested as part of international operation . Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Two Australian men have been ...

The Guardian - 2d

China's Honor pledges $10 billion AI investment and deepens ties with Google in global push

Honor is looking to expand outside of China and push into the higher-end part of the market where Apple and Samsung play.

CNBC - 1d

Surge in UK university students using AI to complete work

Rapid spread of technology raises questions about how to assess undergraduate work

Financial Times - 5d

USAID cuts are just the start of Trump, Musk plan to slash agency spending

The dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) appears to be the beginning of President Trump's efforts to instill massive cuts across federal agencies. CBS News' ...

CBS News - 4d

St Pancras plans for direct trains from UK to Germany

The London station's owner and Eurotunnel hope to expand routes to Cologne, Frankfurt and Switzerland.

BBC News - Feb. 21

New hope for new towns, but who will pay for UK’s housing plans?

Labour government is weighing up where to locate its flagship homebuilding projects

Financial Times - 4d

UK delays final approval for second runway at Gatwick pending changes to plan

Conditional decision comes as ministers bet on expansion of London’s airports to boost economic growth

Financial Times - 4d

UK and France to prepare Ukraine peace plan for Trump, Starmer says

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the U.K. on Saturday, straight from his visit to Washington, D.C., with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

ABC News - 1d

UK and France to present Ukraine peace plan to Trump, PM says

Sir Keir Starmer also says he believes the US president wants peace, despite last week's Oval Office row with Ukraine's leader.

BBC News - 1d

A.I. Is Changing How Silicon Valley Builds Start-Ups

Tech start-ups typically raised huge sums to hire armies of workers and grow fast. Now artificial intelligence tools are making workers more productive and spurring tales of “tiny team” success.

The New York Times - Feb. 20

VC backed by Cambridge university launches £100mn start-up fund

Cambridge Innovation Capital’s fund counts Aviva Investors and an arm of British Business Bank as backers

Financial Times - Feb. 23

A.I. Start-Up Anthropic Closes Deal That Values It at $61.5 Billion

The announcement follows new fund-raising efforts from rivals like OpenAI, which is set to close a deal that values the company at $300 billion, and Elon Musk’s xAI.

The New York Times - 2h

Keir Starmer urged to ramp up defence spending – UK politics live

This is ‘probably one of the most alarming times for Britain’s defence since the second world war’, says Lib Dem leader Ed Davey as he calls for more spending. The Democratic Unionist Party has ...

The Guardian - Feb. 21

Trade-promoting UK departments face ‘up to 40%’ staff cuts

Restructuring plans come as Britain seeks to boost inward investment

Financial Times - Feb. 23

The papers: UK ramps up defence budget and Europe's 'fight for peace'

The government's increase in defence spending and developments between Ukraine and the US dominate Wednesday's papers.

BBC News - 5d

A Stytch in time: Connected Apps untangles authorization tie-ups for AI agents

Stytch Connected Apps enables AI agents and third-party apps to authenticate, access data and take action on behalf of users.

VentureBeat - Feb. 19

Micron launches new memory chips to keep up with AI processing

Micron announced its first 1y (1-gamma) DDR5 memory chip samples this week, and it says this is part of its contribution to systems that keep up with AI.

VentureBeat - 17h

Trump says Zeldin plans to cut up to 65 percent of EPA staff

President Trump said Wednesday that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has floated cutting the agency’s workforce by up to 65 percent. Speaking at the inaugural Cabinet ...

The Hill - 5d

Creative industries are among the UK’s crown jewels – and AI is out to steal them | John Naughton

The tech firms’ efforts to change copyright laws and gain free access to intellectual property is patently wrong. There are decades when nothing happens (as Lenin is – wrongly – supposed to have ...

The Guardian - Feb. 22

UK develops AI CV-writing tool to ease pressure on job support staff

Plan will free up work coaches for more ‘valuable’ employment as ministers seek to cut welfare bill

Financial Times - Feb. 23

It’s grand theft AI and UK ministers are behind it. Oppose this robbery of people’s creativity | Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alastair Webber

The plan to weaken copyright law, allowing tech firms to profit for free from people’s talent, is an outrage, and the nation would suffer. We are father and son: one has written 16 musicals and ...

The Guardian - 6d

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