Does AI need all that money? (Tech giants say yes) Meta and Microsoft commit to tens of billions to build out AI infrastructure, having lavished tens of billions already
DeepSeek, ChatGPT, Grok … which is the best AI assistant? We put them to the test Chatbots we tested can write a mean sonnet and struggled with images of clocks, but vary in willingness to talk politics
DeepSeek blocked from some app stores in Italy amid questions on data use Italian and Irish regulators want answers on how data harvested by chatbot could be used by Chinese government
Europe ‘must not be bullied’ by Trump and Musk on tech laws, NGOs say Letter to Ursula von der Leyen urges European Commission not to weaken enforcement of DSA and DMA
Tech billionaires lost almost $100bn in stock market selloff sparked by DeepSeek Nvidia saw $600bn of its market value disappear, while its CEO, Jensen Huang, saw his net worth drop by nearly $21bn
Google Maps will rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America in US Tech firm to make change in line with Trump’s executive order, using both names in world outside US and Mexico
‘TikTok could malfunction’: app’s future in limbo as it remains off US app stores Apple and Google cautious about Trump order amid rumours Oracle founder Larry Ellison could buy site
Now gen AI has stopped telling us to glue cheese to pizza, it’s bland as a margherita Despite fewer silly glitches, you now get an executive summary of the world, with all interesting complications removed
Police locked in long US legal process to access Southport killer’s online history Investigators fear it could be years before they get Axel Rudakubana’s search data which could hold vital clues
Google agrees to crack down on fake reviews for UK businesses Tech company will issue ‘warning’ alerts on profiles of firms that manipulate star ratings, says CMA
UK competition watchdog investigates Apple and Google’s mobile platforms CMA examining impact of tech firms’ operating systems, app stores and browsers on consumers and businesses
Trump inauguration: Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk seated in front of cabinet picks Seatings come under fire from Trump critics as sign of oligarchy and the powerful influence they wield
‘Don’t allow you to go to the bathroom’: big tech’s call center workers in Greece on strike Workers at Teleperformance, customer support company for Apple, Google and Netflix, accuse it of union busting and surveillance
Google investigated by UK watchdog over search dominance CMA to look at impact on consumers, businesses, advertisers and publishers, as well as collection of data
Google and Microsoft donate $1m each to Trump’s inaugural fund Tech giants follow footsteps of other major companies, including Amazon, Meta, OpenAI and Uber