Bristow’s UK-based pilots and tech crews have begun three days of strikes after claiming management at the company failed to offer “a fair and reasonable” pay deal. The two parties have been in dispute for over a year, with flight crews calling for a pay rise in line with the rate of inflation and enhanced...
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Wayve Technologies (t/a Wayve) secures £837 million Series C investment led by SoftBank
Investment round led by SoftBank Group (“SoftBank”), with contributions from new investor NVIDIA and existing investor Microsoft, to accelerate its mission to reimagine autonomous mobility through embodied intelligence. Embodied AI, which integrates advanced AI into vehicles and robots to transform how machines interact with, comprehend, and learn from human behavior in real-world environments, is paving...
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United Kingdom Colocation Report 2024-2029, Featuring Scaleup Technologies, Proximity Data Centers, Redcentric, Datum Datacenters, Safe Hosts Internet, vXtream, Equinix, Netwise Housing & ServerMania – ResearchAndMarkets.com | Silicon Canals
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The The UK colocation market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.5%, reaching a market size of US$3.85 billion in 2029 from US$2.46 billion in 2022. The colocation data center provides renting space to business companies for servers as well as other computing hardware, thereby enabling them to remove in-house servers or...
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Tesla pushes to legalise driverless cars in UK
Tesla is pushing to legalise its self-driving system in the UK and Europe, launching a charm offensive with regulators as Elon Musk bets the carmaker’s future on autonomous driving. The company demonstrated its “full self-driving” (FSD) technology to officials on European roads last month, taking attendees at a safety conference on test drives around Munich....
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4 IoT Trends U.K. Businesses Should Watch in 2024
The realm of the Internet of Things encompasses more than just the latest products. As the network of connected devices grows — the number worldwide is expected to reach over 29 billion in 2027 — so do the policies, responsibilities and innovations that surround it, all of which contribute to successful IoT integration. With help...
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Ukrainian startups shortlisted for Investment Accelerator to access British capital and expand their presence in the UK
Following the recent launch of the Investment Accelerator, the Department for Business and Trade along with the Ukraine Ministry of Digital Transformation, Ukraine Startup Fund and 1991 Ventures have now selected 20 pre-seed and seed companies to take part in the ten-week programme. The Accelerator aims to help Ukrainian startups access British capital and establish...
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South Korea explores possibility of joining alliance for sharing military technology with US
South Korea is considering sharing advanced military technology with the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia through the AUKUS partnership. The possibility of this cooperation was discussed during meetings between South Korea and Australia’s defense and foreign ministers in Melbourne. In 2021, the U.S. and the U.K. agreed to provide Australia with submarines powered...
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South Korea discusses participating in AUKUS tech pillar
The South Korean and Australian defense chiefs said Wednesday that Seoul was in talks to participate in the defense technology pillar of the AUKUS security pact — just weeks after Japan also said it was in discussions to join. “During today’s meeting, we discussed the possibility of partnering with AUKUS Pillar II,” South Korean Defense...
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South Korea considers joining alliance for sharing military technology with Australia, U.S. and U.K.
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the Australia – United Kingdom – U.S. (AUKUS) partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California U.S. March 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS South Korea is considering sharing advanced military...
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South Korea considers joining alliance for sharing military technology
MELBOURNE, Australia — South Korea is considering sharing advanced military technology with the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia through the so-called AUKUS partnership, South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik said. Shin said the possibility was discussed during two days of meetings between South Korea and Australia’s defense and foreign ministers that ended in...
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Taiwanese Chip Giant Exits China Mainland | Silicon UK Tech News
Major Taiwan chip assembly and test firm KYEC to sell Jiangsu subsidiary, exit mainland China manufacturing amidst political tensions One of the world’s 10 biggest outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) contractors, King Yuan Electronics Co. (KYEC), is to divest its operations in mainland China, including its holdings in a subsidiary in the manufacturing hub...
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Deepfakes: More Than Skin Deep Security | Silicon UK Tech News
According to the latest report from iProov, the rapid advancement and availability of generative AI tools to bad actors—namely deepfakes—have created an urgent, rising threat to governments and security-conscious organisations worldwide. Their statistics are stark and act as a wake-up call for all businesses: There was a 704% increase in deepfake face swap attacks...