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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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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

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

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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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

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

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Big Tech

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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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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Patent Drop

Google’s Tech Could Let AI Skip Training

Google may have found a shortcut to develop chatbots. The tech could prove lucrative in helping enterprises integrate their own AI.

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Technology

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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