This week's roundup looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry.
The stories cover super- intelligence, the space race, FTTP networks, AI, data centres, internet-connected devices, cybersecurity, the cloud, broadband, 4G and Meta's policy updates.
Here are our highlights:
monday_____________________________
OpenAI is turning its attention to ‘superintelligence’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that he believes OpenAI “know[s] how to build [artificial general intelligence]” as the company has traditionally understood it, and is beginning to turn its aim to “superintelligence.”
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3PwoLCZ
Why Elon Musk’s Starship rocket is beating Nasa in the space race
The SpaceX chief’s powerful new system is set to slash the cost of missions, leaving Nasa in the dust. Musk’s company has already reduced the cost of putting cargo into orbit round the Earth by a factor of 10.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3PpD3p7
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Openreach's FTTP network now covers half of the UK
BT's infrastructure arm Openreach capped off a strong 2024 by reaching a significant milestone in its fibre deployment. By the end of the year its FTTP network was available to 17 million premises, equal to half of all UK homes and businesses.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/40r71yj
Microsoft plans $80bn AI data centre push with half earmarked for the US
Soldier who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel 'used generative AI to plan attack'
Police in Las Vegas have reviewed Matthew Livelsberger's AI searches prior to the explosion on New Year's Day.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/424Dc99
Internet-connected devices can now have a label that rates their security
The White House has unveiled a new label for smart thermostats, baby monitors, app-controlled lights and other internet-connected devices that will allow consumers to see how the popular items rate on cyber-safety criteria.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3PMJUJD
thursday____________________________
AWS to invest $5bn in Thailand with new cloud region launch
UK broadband traffic jumped 10% last year
According to Openreach, broadband traffic across the UK increased by 10.5% in 2024 to 103,590 Petabytes (Pb) of data. It says it’s annual update is the most comprehensive data available from the company, which builds and maintains the fibre network used by customers of more than 300 service providers.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4h5gwd0
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Nokia brings 4G to the Moon for South Pole mission
Nokia is set to bring connectivity to the Moon after its hardware was successfully installed onto landers ahead of a 239,000-mile journey to its southern pole. Nokia’s Lunar Surface Communication System (LSCS) was installed onto the Athena lander as part of the IM-2 mission, which seeks to examine ice near the Moon’s south pole.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4haqDgM
Politics content to be pushed on all Instagram and Threads users
Users will no longer be able to opt out of being shown political content from people they do not follow. Meta says it's part of its reorientation towards "free expression" - a move that saw it ditch fact checkers on Tuesday.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3E0OqkL
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