US tech firms Microsoft, Nvidia and OpenAI are to invest up to £30bn in the UK, creating thousands of jobs in a new 'AI Growth Zone'.
Tech sector
-
-
Alphabet, the tech giant owner of Google, has said it intends to invest £5bn ($6.8bn) over the next two years...
-
Software giant Salesforce has laid off around 4,000 employees in its customer service division as part of a shift to using more AI in its operations.
-
A woman with a ADHD diagnosis has partially succeeded in her claim against her employer Capgemini UK on the basis of failure to make reasonable adjustments.
-
About 9,000 jobs are to be shed by Microsoft in its latest round of layoffs as the company looks to adopt more AI and streamline management and sales.
-
Amazon investment in UK totals £40bn between 2025 and 2027, creating thousands of new jobs, mainly outside of London and the South East.
-
The rush to improve productivity by using AI could lead to significant errors, a business academic has warned, as Amazon concedes that jobs will be lost.
-
Migrant workers in IT and engineering professionals have a positive financial impact on the UK, finds MAC study.
-
Tech giant Microsoft is to reduce the size of its global workforce by 3%, despite strong results in its latest quarter.
-
Job adverts for tech roles have plummeted in the UK over the past five years, with a 50% decline in tech job ads since 2019.Â
-
Google is to pay $28m (£21.5m) to settle racial bias claims against the business, according to lawyers involved in the case.
-
Tech workers union Prospect is calling for a review into the diversity policies of US multinationals operating in the UK.
-
Google owner Alphabet says it will no longer set hiring targets to improve workforce diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)
-
Facebook owner Meta has told staff it will cut around 5% of its global workforce, and will use the company’s performance management system to do so.
-
AI skills will drive the most significant shifts in learning and development next year, according to a technology trends report from O’Reilly.