Elon Musk’s electric-vehicle maker loses 12% as Nvidia, Microsoft and Apple lead tech sector sell-off
Counter-intelligence centre says hostile states such as China could gain sensitive data and intellectual property
Research suggests use of computer-made ‘synthetic data’ to train top AI models could lead to nonsensical results in future
Billionaire chief claims plans for ‘autonomous fleet’ will transform group’s market value
Climate start-ups have struggled to raise finance to prove their systems at scale
Advertising remains the dominant business, but is vulnerable in an unpredictable regulatory environment
Cyber security group will improve testing and stagger updates to reduce risk of computers being hit all at once
Cloud computing growth shows continued demand as companies race to build large language models
Businesses and governments need to mitigate against single points of failure
Milan-based authorities seize €121mn from logistics arm over contributions and its relationship with delivery workers
Sacked ‘whistleblowers’ launch California court action against Europe’s biggest bitcoin-miner-turned-AI-datacentre-builder
Comments come after privacy watchdog asks Facebook owner to pause training of future AI models on region’s data
Disruption to companies’ systems estimated to be most significant loss event since NotPetya malware attacks of 2017
Ex-music photographer promoted as right-hand man to X chief Linda Yaccarino tasked with fighting company’s political battles
South Korean internet company’s chief in custody over bidding battle with agency behind boy band BTS
Alphabet had been in discussions to buy Israeli cyber security company
Tech giant backtracks on four-year effort to improve online privacy after advertiser and regulator opposition
Funding round values Canadian group launched by Google alumni at $5.5bn
US tech giant’s Prime Video unit acquires stages and workshops where productions such as ‘Dracula’ were made
Customers will have less tolerance for ads, and for being asked to pay more to stay ad-free
Critics want changes to local laws that allow widespread use of copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence models
Professional networking site seeks to broaden its platform to tackle slowing revenue growth
Sergey Brin’s non-profit funds research into using hallucinogen for mental health treatment
Botched update by security software maker CrowdStrike has left companies struggling to recover
Financial services groups, airlines and media sites among those affected