Technology

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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Semiconductors

TSMC To Halt Shipments to China

Imposing export controls on high-powered computer chips is easy, but enforcing them is much harder. Just ask TSMC.

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Social Media

Australia Wants to Boot Kids off Social Media. Meta Says: Make Apple and Google Do It.

Last week, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the government plans to introduce a law banning children from social media.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Startup Anthropic to Partner With Palantir, AWS to Sell to Intelligence and Defense Agencies

AI startup Anthropic is teaming up with Palantir and Amazon Web Services to get its wares into the intelligence and military market.

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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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Patent Drop

IBM May Pay Closer Attention to AI Risk Amid Model Boom

The context in which an AI model is used can change how much risk it presents, and who it affects.

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Patent Drop

Meta’s Costly Reality Labs Bet May be a ‘Test Bed’ for AR Glasses

Peripheral devices add another layer of friction onto the experience that stands to turn off users.

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Blockchain

The Crypto Industry Spent Big This Election. Now Comes the Payoff.

Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election appears likely to send the cryptocurrency industry into a bonafide golden era.

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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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Technology

IBM Joins Tech Giants Pouring Billions into US Production

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IBM is booting up its domestic production, setting aside $150 billion to make computers in the US over the next five years.

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