Today Top Story
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The UK government has opened a consultation into potentially allowing copyright materials to be used by developers building AI models as training materials — a move that could have massive ramifications for both innovators and creatives.
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The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) has unveiled Falcon 3, a powerful open-source AI model poised to rival Meta’s Llama 3 series.
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Verizon revealed it has developed a new AI-powered private 5G platform with Nvidia, aimed at helping businesses securely deploy AI at the edge.
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The EU has signed off on IRIS², a multi-orbital constellation of 290 satellites aimed at taking on Elon Musk’s Starlink.
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Google has appointed Debbie Weinstein as its new president of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Forthcoming events
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As 2024 draws to a close, Capacity looks back at some of the biggest hires that took place over the year.
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Nokia has launched a four-year partnership with EOLO, a Benefit Corporation and the first B Corp in Italy’s telecoms sector.
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New data centre projects looking to build on green belt land in the UK can now apply for a fast-tracked scheme that would prevent local councils from blocking new sites, as part of the UK government's planning reforms.
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As the digital landscape continues to evolve, the data centre, cloud, and wider connectivity sectors are gearing up for a transformative year ahead.
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Current and former Vodafone franchisees from across the UK have launched a £120 million legal claim against the telecoms giant, alleging breaches of good faith and franchise agreements.
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Google has unveiled its latest quantum computing chip, Willow, a next-generation hardware unit that dramatically reduces quantum computational errors and can perform complex calculations exponentially faster than classical supercomputers.
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As 2024 comes to a close, Capacity takes a look back at the standout moments from the year.
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IBM researchers claim to have uncovered a way for fibre optic-level speeds to work in data centres, unveiling a new co-packaged optic (CPO) module that could revolutionise AI training efforts.
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Capacity’s Ben Wodecki explores whether the AI startup spending surge can be sustained
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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the merger between Vodafone UK and Three UK, Capacity rounds up more reaction to the news.
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Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival xAI is set to further expand its Colossus supercomputer facility, with an announcement from the Greater Memphis Chamber claiming the site will scale to a whopping one million GPUs.
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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the long-anticipated merger between Vodafone UK and Three UK, paving the way for the creation of a new mobile market leader with 29 million customers.
