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Patent Drop

Microsoft’s Automatic Data Center Patent Could Take on AWS

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Microsoft’s patent to sublet data centers close to the source could surpass the physical barriers that cloud innovation faces.

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Big Tech

Tech Giants Win Regulatory Case in EU, But Tax Clouds Loom

Meta, Google, and TikTok successfully argued that individual European countries can’t cook up their own laws for large digital platforms.

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Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s AI News Poll Ticks Off UK Newspaper

The Guardian submitted a complaint to Microsoft on Tuesday after a grotesquely inappropriate AI-generated poll next to a Guardian article.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Guards its Models at All Angles

Microsoft’s AI protection patent shows the vulnerabilities that models face amid rapid growth.

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Media & Entertainment

WPP Slashes Profit Outlook After Sluggish Quarter

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WPP issued a reduction of its profit outlook for the second time in consecutive quarters on Thursday, citing major headwinds.

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Big Tech

Microsoft Looks at User Protection After Log-in

The patent highlights Zero Trust, the concept that cybersecurity shouldn’t stop at the gates to entry.

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M&A

Chevron’s Hess Acquisition Fuels Broader M&A Frenzy

On Monday, Chevron said it would acquire energy player Hess for $53 billion. It’s the latest megadeal in a wildly active industry this month.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Fights Climate Change With Cryogenics

Microsoft wants to clean the atmosphere by freezing it. It highlights a big problem with carbon removal efforts: the ginormous price tag.

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Artificial Intelligence

Google Launches Search Engine for Medical Records

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Google’s cloud division says it’s launching a new AI-powered tool designed to rifle through and compile patients’ medical records.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft is Creating an AI-Powered Factory Floor

Microsoft wants to patent a system that tests if factory tools can go the distance. But the tool itself may be more powerful than the patent lets on.

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Markets

The Market Might Be Losing its Mojo

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 both sank to their lowest respective levels in three months. What has investors so anxious?

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Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Pumps Billions into AI Firm Just as Chat-GPT Alexa-fies Itself

Amazon — along with every other Zuckerberg, Musk, and Harry — is trying to get ahead in the generative AI race.

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Technology

Justice Dept. is Out to Prove Google Has a Search Monopoly

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Wants to Monitor How You Message Your Coworkers

Microsoft is asking if you put one too many exclamation points in that email to your boss

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Artificial Intelligence

Google Wants Gmail To Help Win the AI War

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Straps AI to Your Back

Meta may be getting into AI wearables.

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