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Google Mulls HubSpot Acquisition

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Google has engaged bankers about a possible acquisition of HubSpot, a popular online marketing software company valued at $32 billion.

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Amazon Uses AI Race to Boost its Cloud Clout

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In a bid to attract some new clients for its cloud service, Amazon announced it will foot the bill for startups using AI models.

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Apple Could Bring Vision Pro to Healthcare with Recent Patents

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patents from Apple to make its artificial reality headset a little more health-aware could open up a whole new world of possibilities for AR in clinical…

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Silicon Valley Executives Are Cashing Out Shares

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Tech executives and founders are selling their stock at the highest rate in years.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft’s XR Control Patent May Get Too Close for Comfort

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Microsoft is taking hands-free augmented reality to the next level: The company wants to patent a system for tracking tongue movements.

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Patent Drop

Google’s Latest Patent May Boost Enterprise AI Offerings

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Google’s latest AI patent may make your spreadsheets less daunting.

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Apple Might Team Up With Google to Put AI on iPhones

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The two tech titans may leverage their frenemy relationship to boost the technology on the best-selling device.

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Meta Faces Investigation Over Illicit Drug Sales

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Facebook and other social media platforms are the subject of a probe by federal prosecutors into available medications.

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Patent Drop

Intel Patent Addresses Privacy Issues with Voice Assistants

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Intel wants to lock your voice data down before it goes up to the cloud.

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Patent Drop

Special Report: How AI and Election Misinformation go Hand in Hand

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“(AI) vastly increases the capacity to create any type of new media … both in speed and volume.”

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Consumer

Temu Emerges as Major Ad Client for Meta, Google

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Temu is now one of the biggest ad clients for both Google and Meta, according to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

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Patent Drop

Google May Use Radio Waves to Feed its AI Models

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Google’s patent to scrape radio stations for AI training could provide a pool of useful data, though it may face a copyright dilemma.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft’s Cloud Defense Could Help it Catch Up to AWS

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Microsoft may want to gatekeep the cloud using log-in analysis. The tech could keep AI models and training data safer.

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Apple Hit With $2 Billion Fine By EU Over Music Streaming

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European regulators found that the tech giant broke the region’s laws with its ban against making purchases outside its App Store.

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Patent Drop

Apple’s Auto Patents May Have a Lucrative Road Ahead

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An auto tech patent from Apple highlights that the iPhone maker has tons of vehicle-related intellectual property – and nowhere to use it.

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Patent Drop

Meta’s Eye Authentication System Keeps Metaverse Data Safe

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Meta wants to make sure it’s actually you who’s wearing your mixed reality headset.

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Major Investors Are Getting Sick of Apple’s AI Cloak and Dagger

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Two big shareholders are supporting a proposal that calls on the tech titan to disclose its future plans for generative AI.

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Patent Drop

Google’s Multimodal Assistant Patent Watches and Learns

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The tech highlights that AI needs multiple streams of data to really get to know its users.

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Apple’s Fraught Future in China

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Apple’s enjoyed unusual levels of success in China for a Western company, but its future in the country is looking less and less bright.

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Patent Drop

Meta Patent Reveals Details of Lighter and Smarter Headsets

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The tech could provide a glimpse at an “all-day usable item” that spatial computing may rely on to scale.

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