BT Group to turn old street cabinets into electric vehicle charging points

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save SAN FRANCISCO — The wave of layoffs that has broken over Silicon Valley in the past two years isn’t over. On Wednesday, Google confirmed it had cut hundreds of engineering and hardware workers as it sought to cut costs and refocus on artificial intelligence. The…

In December 2020, astronomers documented a burst of highly energetic light in one of the most distant galaxies ever observed. But less than a year later, the paper’s claims lay in limbo. Other scientists said it had merely been a passing satellite. “I was a bit sad that the gamma ray burst turned out to…

Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store — the same issue that went to trial in another case that could result in even bigger changes. Although Google struck the deal with state attorneys general in September,…

It comes a week after the multi-billionaire launched a profane attack on advertisers that left X.

Recording new voice-overs without speaking a word: For a busy voice actor, it might sound like a dream — unless that actor is worried about artificial intelligence being used to devalue her work and make hiring her unnecessary. But under a new deal with an artificial intelligence company, members of the Screen Actors Guild will…

How an island that exported t-shirts and sugar turned into the world’s largest silicon chip factory.