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Technology

Grand Theft Auto VI Delay Steals the Thrills From Video Game Industry

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The delay of Grand Theft Auto VI’s release threw a multibillion dollar wrench in forecasted revenues for a gaming industry in need of a hit.

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Patent Drop

Meta Could Face Cost Obstacles in AR Glasses Goals

Though artificial reality took center stage at Meta Connect, the company faces headwinds in making AR glasses an everyday reality.

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Patent Drop

Mastercard Continues Crypto Crusade with Seamless Transaction Patents

Mastercard’s interest in this tech could help legitimize crypto in the broader scheme of traditional finance.

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Patent Drop

Google Social Media Patents Add to YouTube’s AI Upgrade

The filings add to Google’s larger bid to build AI into YouTube’s offerings, though AI could present risks in this context.

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Artificial Intelligence

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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Big Tech

TikTok is Ditching Music Streaming — But Spotify Can’t Relax

TikTok is calling it quits on a music streaming business that barely made it out the door, and only launched trials last year.

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Patent Drop

Salesforce Patent Signals Personalization as AI’s ‘Third Wave’

Salesforce’s recent patent for customizable models highlights the company’s vision of personalized agents as the future of AI.

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Patent Drop

IBM Patent Highlights Fundamental Issues with Big Tech’s Net-Zero Goals

IBM may want to help businesses reach net zero.

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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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Social Media

LinkedIn Deepens Its Facebookification with AI Data Scraping

Reports have surfaced that LinkedIn is quietly opting its users in to data scraping so it can train its large language models.

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Big Tech

TikTok’s Court Battle is Set Against a Larger Tech War

TikTok kicked off its legal fight challenging the US government’s divest-or-ban law passed in April, calling it unconstitutional.

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Artificial Intelligence

Can Voice Assistants Make a Comeback in the Age of AI?

Once upon a time, the biggest prestige battle in Silicon Valley was who had the best voice assistant. Then came ChatGPT.

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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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