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Salesforce Patent Highlights Alternatives to Third-Party Cookies

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The tech highlights the ongoing privacy conversation surrounding these bite-sized trackers.

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Tesla’s Data Protection Patent Could Personalize Robotaxis

But data aside, many have cast doubt on the company’s plan for autonomous ridesharing.

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Raytheon Patent Highlights Use Cases and Risks of AI in Defense

Raytheon’s patent to create sophisticated synthetic image data could allow the firm to generate large, robust datasets.

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Social Media

X Hit with AI Privacy Lawsuits in the EU

Nine privacy complaints have been filed against X in the European Union, alleging that Grok illegally hoovers up citizens’ user data.

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What’s Next for Microsoft, Bing in the Google Antitrust Decision?

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Microsoft’s generative AI search patents could help it gain ground against Google — especially amid its recent antitrust loss.

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Nvidia Smart Data Center Patent Could Give Chip Giant ‘Design Control’

Nvidia wants to make data centers a little bit smarter with its patent for energy-sharing server racks.

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Snap Voice-Control AR Patent Highlights Roadblocks to Adoption

The company has struggled to get its smart glasses off the ground, and faces roadblocks in cost and form factor, experts said.

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Big Tech

The DoJ Won, But Google’s Monopoly Status May Have Already Been in Peril

The DOJ prevailed in its lawsuit arguing Google illegally conducted business to maintain a monopoly in the search engine industry.

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Artificial Intelligence

The UK Investigates Amazon’s Partnership with Anthropic

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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is probing whether Amazon’s $4 billion partnership with Anthropic might break antitrust rules.

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Intel’s AI Watermarking Patent Signals Big Tech’s Responsible AI Push

A patent from Intel to verify AI-generated content signals that tech firms may be paying attention to the consequences of their models.

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Block Crypto Infrastructure Patent Could Solve Blockchain’s Power Problem

The filing highlights that the company is taking aim at the crypto hardware sector.

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Airbus Patent Aims to Clean Up Airplanes’ Earth-Warming Contrails

But stymieing aviation emissions may take more than just workarounds for contrails.

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Consumer

Uber Coasts to Another Quarter of Profitability

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Uber returned to profitability in the second quarter, bucking macroeconomic trends and proving it can diversify its revenue streams.

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