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Artificial Intelligence

WINNER: There’s Nothing Fake About AI’s Hype

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Shares of Nvidia soared over the past year as investors found a stock on which to pin their ultimate AI hopes and dreams.

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Patent Drop Wrapped: A Year in Review

What a year in patents from Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and more taught us.

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From the Experts: What to Expect From Tech in 2024

What’s next for AI, cybersecurity, artificial reality and more.

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Big Tech

2023: The Year in Tech

2023 saw AI live rent-free in all of our heads, plus in an unexpected twist Mark Zuckerberg became the adult in the room.

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Apple Continues Health Patents Throughout Watch Legal Battle

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Apple continues to build its “war chest” of defensive patents as the Masimo battle pulls it’s two newest watch from shelves.

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Artificial Intelligence

Top UK Court Rules AI Can’t Be ‘Inventors’

UK’s top court ruled that AI programs cannot be named as an inventor of patents. Fair or not, humans sneer at the work of non-humans.

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eBay Vision Patent Tracks User Identity Over Time

E-commerce companies are in an “arms race” to develop and implement user-tracking AI tech throughout their platforms.

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DeepMind’s AI Training Tech Shows The Need for Speed

As the AI race gets faster, speed and efficiency in development are becoming vital to keep up.

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Big Tech

VR Headsets Sales Are Way, Way Down

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Sales of virtual-reality headsets, consumers’ conduit to the metaverse, plummeted 40% between November 2022 and November 2023.

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Industrials

Jeff Bezos Is Ready to Rejoin the Space Race

Jeff Bezos’ space exploration company Blue Origin is finally ready to launch rockets again after a 15-month hiatus.

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Google’s Patent Could Sniff Out Fake News on Social Media

Google may use machine learning to track down misinformation on social media platforms with its latest patent to find “information operations…

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Uber Could be Keeping a Closer Eye on Driver Location

Its patent application for a “location-spoofing detection” system could add to its safety features for riders.

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Amazon Adds to Project Kuiper Efforts With New Patent

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The company may have some stiff competition in the satellite internet market from SpaceX’s Starlink offering.

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Big Tech

Amazon Scores Big Win in EU Tax Fight

In a prime legal win for Amazon, the European Union’s top court ruled that it does not have to pay €250 million in alleged back taxes.

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Microsoft May Turn to Cryogenic Energy to Power Data Centers

Microsoft’s latest patent may keep its data centers cool and its energy even cooler.

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PayPal Patent Aims to Front Your Crypto Purchases

PayPal may offer users a credit for cryptocurrency that they have to pay back later.

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