David Sacks new AI & Crypto Czar
Latest millionaire added to Trump’s inner circle
US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed former PayPal Chief Operating Officer David Sacks as his "White House AI & Crypto Czar."
CMA approves £16.5 Billion Vodafone-Three merger
Massive shake-up for the UK market by Kitten Kong
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given a conditional green light to Vodafone and Three's £16.5 billion merger.
Microsoft sticks to guns
TPM 2.0 required for Windows 11 Upgrade
Software King of the World Microsoft has told the world+dog that its stringent TPM 2.0 system requirement for upgrading to Windows 11 is non-negotiable.
Intel’s partners furious at Kicking Pat Gelsinger’s “retirement”
Scapegoating
Intel's business partners are unhappy with the departure of former CEO Pat Gelsinger, who claims that his exit is a massive concern for the future of Intel's business.
Mark Zuckerberg snubs his Llama in favour of OpenAI’s GPT-4
Open relationship
While Mark Zuckerberg has been telling world+dog that Meta’s Llama AI model is the bee’s knees he has been using OpenAI’s GPT-4 model behind the scenes.
US consumers set Cyber Monday spending record
Pre-tariff rush
US consumers splurged $15.8 million every 60 seconds in two hours on Monday night, capping off a five-day spending spree that smashed previous records.
The music sector will lose a quarter of its income
AI will take all their cash in just four years
According to the first global economic study examining the impact of emerging technology on human creativity, people working in the music sector will lose almost a quarter of their income to artificial intelligence within the next four years.
Amazon stopped giving Prime service to black customers
Even if they paid for it
The District of Columbia sued Amazon, claiming that the brown box shifter had secretly stopped providing its fastest delivery service to residents of two predominantly Black neighbourhoods while still charging for a membership that promised the benefit.
Marvell beats estimates
AI Marvell
Marvell Technology has forecasted its fourth-quarter revenue to be above estimates, driven by strong demand for its custom artificial intelligence (AI) chips.
Intel investors worry about Kicking Pat’s exit
Share prices fall six per cent
The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street are worried about Intel’s future after the surprise “retirement” of Pat [Kicking] Gelsinger this week.