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DeepMind Patent Shrinks Model Size Without Compromise

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Small and energy-efficient models have garnered growing attention in recent months.

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Airbus Patent Aims to Clean Up Airplanes’ Earth-Warming Contrails

But stymieing aviation emissions may take more than just workarounds for contrails.

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Consumer

Uber Coasts to Another Quarter of Profitability

Uber returned to profitability in the second quarter, bucking macroeconomic trends and proving it can diversify its revenue streams.

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Social Media

TikTok Retreats From Get-Paid-to-Use App Under European Scrutiny

TikTok agreed to permanently withdraw a rewards program that it had on “TikTok Lite,” essentially a pared-down version of its core app.

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Media & Entertainment

Netflix’s New Homepage Pushes Users to Watch, Not Scroll

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Netflix is rolling out the first major redesign of its home hub since 2013, hoping people might watch more if inundated with less.

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Meta Patent Uses AI, AR to Guide Users with Sensory Impairments

Meta’s recent patent aims to guide people with sensory impairments using an AI agent — but viable and long-lasting smart glasses may be difficult to…

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Disney Patent Brings AI-Free Robotics to Entertainment, Animation

The simplicity of this method makes it applicable to “almost any type of robot.”

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Mastercard Patent Could Prevent Biometric Data Attacks

Mastercard’s efforts add to those of several companies looking at ways to prove real from fake.

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Industries

Space X’s Mars Mission Gets a Boost From Accelerated Launches at Texas Colony

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Finance

How Will Wall Street’s AI Experiment End?

Like money, artificial intelligence never sleeps. Financial institutions have pulled out all the stops to fit AI into their own operations.

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Patent Drop

Google Adds Error-Correction Patent to Arsenal as Quantum Race Heats Up

Quantum computing faces major roadblocks, but the payoff for overcoming them stands to be tremendous.

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OpenAI Adds to its Small Pool of Patent Filings

Because of the massive head start that bigger tech firms have, OpenAI may “find themselves boxed out.”

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Industries

Microsoft Holds Out on OpenAI Nonprofit Plan

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Microsoft hasn’t signed off on OpenAI’s dramatic reversal of its onetime plan to become a for-profit venture.

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