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Tech Giants Deliver AI-Powered Earnings Growth

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Quarterly earnings at tech giants Meta and Microsoft surged, indicating that multi-billion dollar AI investments are starting to pay off.

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Amazon Spins Up New Cloud Division for Europe

Amazon said Wednesday that its Amazon Web Services cloud division is launching a “European Sovereign Cloud.”

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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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Meta Faces Lawsuit From 41 States Alleging Harm to Young Users

A sprawling lawsuit alleging Meta intentionally designed Instagram and Facebook with features it knew were harmful to younger users.

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DOJ Pressures Google to Adopt ‘Sharing is Caring’ Data Ethos

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To Google, user search data is the all-important secret sauce that enables it to innovate and outperform rivals.

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Amazon May Boost Quantum Power for AWS

Though quantum computing is far from an everyday reality, the possibilities it offers are powerful. Amazon may want in on the ground floor.

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Apple’s Digital Car Key Patent Hints at Additions to the Walled Garden

Apple never wants you to lose your keys again. The company filed two patents for digital car key pairing.

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Meta Patents Aim to Read Brain and Body signals

Meta’s patents highlight a recent consumer tech trend: Tech firms are testing the boundaries of just how close they can get to users.

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Apple Leads Manufacturing Pivot to India

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Apple shifting production to India is just the latest sign that the world’s most populous nation may be a winner in global trade reordering.

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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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Amazon’s Prime Day Isn’t About Sales Anymore

Amazon’s October Prime sales event wrapped up Tuesday, and this year saw a massive shift in consumer behavior.

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Meta May Turn to Synthetic Data to Feed its AI Growth

Meta might want to make synthetic data from your Facebook posts. While this helps solve the privacy issue, the issue of bias is still present.

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IBM Joins Tech Giants Pouring Billions into US Production

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IBM is booting up its domestic production, setting aside $150 billion to make computers in the US over the next five years.

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