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Microsoft Looks at User Protection After Log-in

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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

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

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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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Amazon May Boost Quantum Power for AWS

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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

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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

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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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Google’s Tech Could Let AI Skip Training

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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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Microsoft Fights Climate Change With Cryogenics

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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

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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

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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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Google’s Watchful Doorbell Patent Highlight Tech Companies’ Interest in Surveillance

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Google’s Nest doorbells might be joining the neighborhood watch. The patent signals that people are growing more comfortable being watched.

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Meta Plans an Ad-Free Subscription Service in the EU

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Meta is rolling out subscription versions of Instagram and Facebook in Europe that won’t feature targeted ads.

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Apple’s Headset Could Incorporate “Real-Time Social Intelligence”

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Apple’s latest filing emphasizes the comfort users have with the company’s consistently-monitoring devices.

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Meta may use AI to Build its Metaverse

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The patent shows that, despite the company’s public interest in large language models, it’s still hard at work on artificial reality.

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Google is Adding Empathy to it’s Smart Speakers

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Google’s patent follows several updates from major tech companies aiming to understand emotions and context through speech recognition.

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Amazon Wants to Keep the Cloud Healthy

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Cloud services make Amazon tons of its revenue. Keeping those networks spic and span is a high priority, according to its new patent.

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Leaked Microsoft Docs Reveal its ‘Hybrid’ Cloud Dreams

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Apple’s Latest Patent Authenticates Your Ears

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Apple wants to make sure your toddler (or a hacker) doesn’t run away with your Airpods.

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Snap’s New Tech Could Go After Pawn Shops

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A filing from Snap for a computer vision appraiser may add to the company’s shopping ambitions.

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Apple’s Patent Gives an Inside Look at Spatial Video

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The company’s filing gives a potential peek at what’s in store for the Vision Pro.

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