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Intel Patent Addresses Privacy Pitfalls in Federated AI Models

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Intel wants to protect personal data in the Internet-of-Things.

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Mastercard Patent Speedruns AI Development

The company’s access to a vast well of user payments data could go a long way in creating far more powerful models.

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Big Tech

Microsoft Is Going for a Gaming Hail Mary

The company is putting a huge game on its subscription service but may be leaving a staggering amount of revenue on the table.

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Humane Patent Hides AI Pin From View

The critically panned device received backlash for a lot of functionality issues. Hardware packaging largely wasn’t one of them.

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Big Tech

Google Just Can’t Quit the Metaverse

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It announced a partnership with Magic Leap, which after some rough years might be finding a new lease on life.

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Meta Wants it’s AR Devices to Suck Up Less Power

The filing highlights that battery efficiency and form factor remain a major roadblock in artificial reality adoption

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Big Tech

Samsung Faces Strike Action as Big Tech Labor Mobilization Goes Global

Its biggest union announced Wednesday that it will stage a one-day walkout on June 7 with workers using their paid annual leave.

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Google Patent Turns Search Results into Conversations

Google wants to give search results more back-and-forth.

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Technology

PayPal Grows a New Ads Business

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PayPal is harnessing purchase data to join the ever-growing list of companies with a new offshoot advertising business.

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Patent Drop

IBM Wants Autonomous Vehicles to Do More than Just Drive

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IBM’s patent aims to use self-driving cars’ idle resources, giving access to them to the riders within them.

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IBM Wants Autonomous Vehicles to Do More than Just Drive

IBM’s patent aims to use self-driving cars’ idle resources, giving access to them to the riders within them.

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Artificial Intelligence

The Scarlett Johansson-OpenAI Clash is a Vision of the Future

As one legal expert put the issue: “The technology is moving faster than the law ever will.”

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Nvidia Patent Could Defend Self-Driving Cars in Collisions

The patent highlights the shaky dynamic between the public and self-driving vehicles that stands in the way of broader adoption.

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