All articles by Greg Noone
OpenAI announces AI search engine SearchGPT
SearchGPT marks the first foray of the startup into a market that has proved tough to crack for AI-themed products.
Revolut finally wins banking license
While the license comes with restrictions, the decision ends a three-year wait for Revolut to compete against its more established banking rivals.
Atos appoints fifth chief exec in two years as firm enacts restructuring plan
Jean-Pierre Mustier succeeds previous chief executive Paul Saleh, who was appointed to lead Atos in January.
Google’s $23bn deal to buy Wiz abruptly cancelled
Though the offer by Google’s parent Alphabet was ‘humbling,’ Wiz has chosen instead to pursue an IPO.
Crowdstrike update blamed for global IT outages
A Crowdstrike patch appears to have bricked thousands of Windows devices and brought airlines, hospitals and broadcast television stations to a standstill.
Cisco patches vulnerability allowing attackers to change admin passwords
Named CVE-2024-20419, the bug affecting Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem carries the maximum possible CVSS rating.
Samsung snaps up Oxford Semantic Technologies
The UK university spinout’s acquisition, said Samsung, will allow the firm to augment its knowledge graph capabilities.
Labour unveils AI, cybersecurity goals in King’s Speech
The UK’s new Labour government pledged to regulate foundation model developers and strengthen cybersecurity disclosure rules for businesses.
ASML posts strong earnings thanks to China sales, AI boom
The second-quarter earnings beat market expectations as ASML benefits from continued corporate interest in all things AI.
Microsoft’s Inflection AI licensing deal to be scrutinised in formal CMA probe
The CMA’s expanded probe into Inflection AI comes after Microsoft hired several prominent members of the AI startup as part of a $650m licensing deal.