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An Indian company that spreads crushed rock on farmersā fields to help draw climate-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been awarded a $50 million grand prize in a global competition funded by Elon Muskās foundation. Mati Carbon was among more than 1,300 teams from 88 countries that participated in the four-year XPRIZE Carbon Removalā¦
Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Getty Images The European Union has ordered Apple and Meta to pay a combined ā¬700m (Ā£599m), in the first fines it has issued under recent legislation intended to curb the power of big tech. It has issued a ā¬500m (Ā£428m) fine to Apple over its App Store, while Meta has beenā¦
LONDON ā European Union watchdogs fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros Wednesday as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation blocās digital competition rules. The European Commission imposed a 500 million euro ($571 million) fine on Apple for preventing app makers from pointing users to cheaper options outside its App Store. Theā¦
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI would be interested in buying Chrome, the worldās most popular browser, if Google was forced to sell it. Nick Turley, an executive at the artificial intelligence (AI) company, was testifying on behalf of the US government in an ongoing monopoly trial against Google. The US wants the tech giant to be broken up,ā¦
The Darlington Economic Campus has been a huge plus for the town and the wider region ā the standout example of how Government not only CAN be run from the regions, but has to be. The voice it was looking for, the local accent to balance the home counties tone, has been heard loudā¦
Former employees of OpenAI are asking the top law enforcement officers in California and Delaware to stop the company from shifting control of its artificial intelligence technology from a nonprofit charity to a for-profit business. Theyāre concerned about what happens if the ChatGPT maker fulfills its ambition to build AI that outperforms humans, but isā¦
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation trust alongside others across the country will be made to comply with the ruling, that defines gender as ābiologicalā. The ruling, moved forward just last week, said that the terms woman and sex in the 2010 Equality Act ārefer to a biological woman and biological sexā and means transgender womenā¦
TWR Group has relocated its entire operation to the 65,000 sq ft facility on Commercial Road, Hendon. The move has brought all of its 30 staff together under one roof and seen the company open a new head office, showroom, and trade counter. Prior to the move, the company operated one site in Hendon andā¦
John Shuttleworth and Alan Shield are among four Independent cabinet members on Durham County Council and hope to improve their presence in the council chamber at next monthās poll. The non-aligned members say they have helped improve residentsā lives by acting in their interests and representing their communitiesā views at County Hall. There are currentlyā¦
Dynamo North East, the regionās largest tech sector membership organisation, has strengthened its advisory board with the inclusion of industry experts Taya Reynolds, Fay Cooper, and Lynsey Robinson. Ms Reynolds, a Newcastle University alumna, was recently appointed as the chief technology officer at Hays Travel, and has experience in digital transformation and change management. Msā¦
