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Media & Entertainment

Does TV News Have a Home in the Streaming Era?

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Big Tech loves movies, TV shows, and live sports. So why has it shown remarkably little appetite for the TV news business?

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Big Tech

Google Just Can’t Quit the Metaverse

It announced a partnership with Magic Leap, which after some rough years might be finding a new lease on life.

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Patent Drop

Meta Wants it’s AR Devices to Suck Up Less Power

The filing highlights that battery efficiency and form factor remain a major roadblock in artificial reality adoption

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Artificial Intelligence

Big Tech’s Fascination with Large Language Models May Be Overkill

A high-powered chatbot may not deliver the illusive dream of developing artificial intelligence that can teach itself.

2 min read

Markets

For Better or Worse, The Stock Market is All About These 10 Stocks

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The top 10 stocks have reached a weight not seen since the 1970s, with their market cap accounting for about one-third of the entire index.

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Patent Drop

Meta’s Machine Learning AR Patent Fuses Its AI and Metaverse Bets

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Despite investors’ reaction to the company’s big spending, Meta’s potential to monetize AI and its access to data may give it a leg up in the long…

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Social Media

TikTok to Start Labeling AI-Created Content

The platform says it plans to identify and label content created by other AI tools, like Adobe’s Firefly and OpenAI’s Dall-E.

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Geopolitics

US Mulls Export Bans on AI Software to China

The US worries that models like ChatGPT could allow China to launch cyberattacks or even design biological weapons.

2 min read
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Media & Entertainment

America’s Shortening Attention Spans are Corporate Gold

The stakes for media and tech companies have never been higher, even if attention spans have never been shorter.

5 min read

Patent Drop

Big Tech Has an Energy Problem

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How tech firms reconcile their desire for endless growth with bold climate goals.

5 min read

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