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Google Patent Makes Controlling Robots Easier

The tech allows a robot to operate based on both language commands and environmental surroundings.

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Consumer

Uber Coasts to Another Quarter of Profitability

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

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Social Media

TikTok Retreats From Get-Paid-to-Use App Under European Scrutiny

TikTok agreed to permanently withdraw a rewards program that it had on “TikTok Lite,” essentially a pared-down version of its core app.

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Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia Downloaded a ‘Human Lifetime’ Amount of Video Daily to Train Chips

To compile training data for AI chips, Nvidia was downloading 80 years’ worth of video daily off of YouTube, Netflix, and academic databases.

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Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia, ADM Buoyed by Saudi AI Deals, Softer US Export Controls

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A change in US export controls on advanced semiconductors presaged a wave of AI deals between the US and Saudi Arabia this week.

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Patent Drop

Disney Patent Brings AI-Free Robotics to Entertainment, Animation

The simplicity of this method makes it applicable to “almost any type of robot.”

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Patent Drop

Mastercard Patent Could Prevent Biometric Data Attacks

Mastercard’s efforts add to those of several companies looking at ways to prove real from fake.

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Technology

Can Meta’s Threads Power the ‘Fediverse’ into the Mainstream?

Threads’ user count is a big deal for the federation of decentralized but interconnected social networks — the fediverse — it’s part of.

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Artificial Intelligence

Chegg Cuts Workforce as AI Takes Over the Chat

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Online learning company Chegg is laying off almost a quarter of its workforce amid worries that AI is doing people’s homework for them.

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Patent Drop

Google Adds Error-Correction Patent to Arsenal as Quantum Race Heats Up

Quantum computing faces major roadblocks, but the payoff for overcoming them stands to be tremendous.

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Patent Drop

OpenAI Adds to its Small Pool of Patent Filings

Because of the massive head start that bigger tech firms have, OpenAI may “find themselves boxed out.”

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Patent Drop

Toyota Carbon-Tracking Patent Could Incentivize EV, Hybrid Buyers

“Any potential cost savings based off a vehicle’s lower-than-average carbon footprint could influence more price-conscious consumers.”

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CIO Upside

Quantum Computing Race Isn’t Run ‘In a Vacuum’

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“It is a technology that is emerging worldwide.”

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