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The Former ‘Russian Google’ Wants Out of Russia

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Yandex, once Russia’s largest tech company, is looking to sell all of its Russian assets, Reuters and Bloomberg reported on Monday.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft’s Automatic Data Center Patent Could Take on AWS

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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Patent Drop

Apple Could Use Generative AI to Visualize Your Feelings

The tech further adds to the company’s reported investment in generative AI, and shows that it wants to build up its health tech even further.

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Healthcare

Amazon Offers Prime Members a Discount For its Posh Healthcare Service

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Amazon said Wednesday it plans to offer Prime subscribers low-cost annual memberships to its boutique One Medical primary care business.

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Big Tech

FTC Gets Specific in its Amazon Antitrust Case

Amazon, at the behest of its billionaire founder, intentionally packed its search results pages with junk ads, the FTC alleges.

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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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Technology

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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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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Big Tech

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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Patent Drop

Meta Wants to Put The Metaverse to Work

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Meta sunk a lot of cash into its metaverse bet. Now, it wants it to work.

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Big Tech

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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Patent Drop

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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Patent Drop

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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