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Airbnb Says Hosts Can No Longer Use Indoor Cameras

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The vacation rental company is ramping up privacy as it continues to battle customer satisfaction issues.

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Reddit Readies for IPO as it Works Toward Profitability

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The company’s valuation has declined but it still has its sights set on raising nearly $1 billion when it goes public.

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Special Report: How AI and Election Misinformation go Hand in Hand

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“(AI) vastly increases the capacity to create any type of new media … both in speed and volume.”

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Nvidia Ramps Up its Venture Capital Ambitions

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Tech’s latest darling has used its rapid rise to keep fueling its chip supply and expansion into new sectors.

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Hedge Funds Oppose India’s New ‘End Investor’ Disclosure Rule

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The new regulations follow a dustup between US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research and Adani Group.

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Klarna Co-founder Is Loading Up on Shares Ahead of Expected IPO

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Victor Jacobsson has been buying shares through special purpose vehicles as its top VC sponsor debates the impact.

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Deep-Sea DNA Is Becoming the World’s Buried Treasure

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Bioprospecting for genes of new species in the world’s oceans has become complex and extremely lucrative.

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Temu Emerges as Major Ad Client for Meta, Google

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Temu is now one of the biggest ad clients for both Google and Meta, according to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

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Novo Nordisk May Have Found an Even Better Anti-Obesity Drug

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Novo Nordisk has announced a new drug in its pipeline performed much better than Wegovy in helping participants to lose weight.

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Biden Proposes Boosting Minimum Tax Rate on Big Corporations

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During Thursday’s State of the Union address, President Biden proposed increasing minimum tax rates for billionaires and large corporations.

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Google May Use Radio Waves to Feed its AI Models

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Google’s patent to scrape radio stations for AI training could provide a pool of useful data, though it may face a copyright dilemma.

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SEC OKs Climate Disclosure Rule But Leaves Environmentalists Wanting More

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The new mandate requires most public companies to disclose greenhouse-gas emissions but stopped short of additional supply chain data.

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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Gets Kicked Out of Spain

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The country’s data protection watchdog took offense at the company’s eyeball-scanning data operations.

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Microsoft’s Cloud Defense Could Help it Catch Up to AWS

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Microsoft may want to gatekeep the cloud using log-in analysis. The tech could keep AI models and training data safer.

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New York Community Bancorp Gets $1B Cash Injection

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Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin leads a team of investors hoping to settle the bank’s recent chaotic run.

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Hyundai’s Cybersecurity Could Protect Self-Driving Cars from Hacks

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The future of the connected car may come with a lot of driver data collection for the sake of personalization.

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Target Follows the Amazon Prime Playbook

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The retailer is looking to spark its turnaround with its own version of an e-commerce membership.

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Temasek May Be Circling an OpenAI Investment

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Sam Altman may be looking to the Singaporean fund to help him build his own supply of semiconductors.

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China Shoots for 5% Growth in 2024, But It Won’t Be Easy

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The country is aiming to equal its growth from last year, but national debt and a property crisis are serious obstacles.

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Apple Hit With $2 Billion Fine By EU Over Music Streaming

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European regulators found that the tech giant broke the region’s laws with its ban against making purchases outside its App Store.

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Can ‘Terror Management Theory’ Explain Inheritance Spending?

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Meet the BlackRock ETF Taking Aim at Invesco’s QQQ

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Neurocrine Scoops Up Hunger-Drug Maker in Latest Multi-Billion-Dollar Pharma Deal

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