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Tech Titans Clash: Chinese AI Giants Square Off With OpenAI, Google, and Meta

September 12, 2024
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China is looking to challenge the U.S. in artificial intelligence. Global attention around generative artificial intelligence has been focused on big U.S. companies like OpenAI, Alphabet’s Google and Meta. However, some of China’s tech giants have launched their own AI models over the past 18 months, looking to capitalize on

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Nvidia’s 10% Plunge Wrecks Chip Stocks to Worst Day Since 2020

September 4, 2024
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Nvidia plunged 9.5% on Tuesday, wiping nearly $300 billion off the chipmaker’s market cap and pulling chip stocks down with it. Intel fell almost 8%, Marvell slid 8.2%, and Broadcom lost about 6%. AMD dropped 7.8%, and Qualcomm fell nearly 7%. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH), an index that tracks

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Hotel Guests Ditch Plastic Keys for Mobile Wallets

September 2, 2024
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Many hotel chains are racing to replace the plastic room key with digital options, including Apple Wallet and Google Wallet apps. Plastic hotel key cards have had a rough few years, with touchless trends accelerating during the pandemic and cybersecurity concerns mounting around hotel key technology. Researchers found a vulnerability

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Amazon Checkout Stuck in Limbo During Labor Day Sale Frenzy

August 31, 2024
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Amazon’s checkout function encountered technical issues on Friday, keeping customers from completing purchases. The e-commerce site displayed error messages with photos of dogs during the outage as people posted about it on social media.

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Nvidia partner ZutaCore helps AI data centers cut energy costs

August 27, 2024
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The HyperCube utilizes advanced immersion cooling technology. Sustainable Metal Cloud, a data center company, is capitalizing on the artificial intelligence boom by operating “sustainable AI factories” in Singapore and Australia. The HyperCubes, which contain servers fitted with Nvidia processors, are submerged in a synthetic oil that draws heat away more

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Hackers Linked to Iran Targeted Top US Officials’ WhatsApp

August 25, 2024
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Meta said Friday that it blocked a “small cluster” of WhatsApp accounts linked to an Iranian hacking group that was targeting officials associated with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The company said in a blog post that the bogus WhatsApp accounts appeared to originate from the Iranian

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AWS Launches New Infrastructure Region in Malaysia

August 21, 2024
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AWS launches a new infrastructure region in Malaysia, boosting local digital innovation and supporting economic growth through 2038.

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OpenAI Teams with Condé Nast on AI-Powered Content

August 21, 2024
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OpenAI's products, including ChatGPT and SearchGPT, will be able to display content from various Condé Nast outlets, such as Vogue, The New Yorker, and Wired.

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Cryptocurrency scams crippling US household finances

August 19, 2024
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More and more Americans are losing thousands of dollars to a scheme that takes fraudsters weeks or months to pull off. The strategy, known as “pig butchering,” has amassed billions in stolen funds—particularly in the form of cryptocurrencies. Losses from investment scams soared 38% to a new record high in

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Texas Residents Oppose Amazon’s Drone Expansion Plans

August 17, 2024
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On a recent weekday morning, John Case heard a familiar buzzing outside his quiet suburban home in College Station, Texas. He recognized it immediately as one of Amazon’s Prime Air drones, whizzing by on its delivery route to unload small packages of batteries, vitamins and dog treats. Case has lived

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Venezuela President Maduro Imposes 10-Day Ban on X Amid Feud with Elon Musk

August 13, 2024
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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro ordered a 10-day ban on social networking site X, cutting off locals’ access to the platform after a feud with Elon Musk. Maduro signed a decree ordering the Venezuelan telecommunications regulator to block X, citing the firm’s owner, Musk, for violating the rules of the social

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Market Turmoil: Bitcoin Crashes 28% as Institutional Investors Scoop Up Coins

August 13, 2024
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The crypto markets appear calm heading into the weekend after a volatile week that tested how institutional investors new to the crypto trade would react to the mammoth swings that are old hat for more seasoned digital currency investors. The sell-off in bitcoin and ether began earlier this week and

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Tech Industry Mourns Susan Wojcicki, Former YouTube CEO at 56

August 13, 2024
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Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, who was also one of the most influential early Google employees, has died at the age of 56 according to posts shared online by her husband Dennis Troper and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday night. Wojcicki led YouTube for nearly ten years and was

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Amazon’s Anthropic deal sparks UK merger probe inquiry launched

August 13, 2024
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LONDON — E-commerce giant Amazon’s multibillion-dollar investment in the U.S. artificial intelligence firm Anthropic is formally being investigated by a U.K. competition regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority said Thursday that it has begun a “Phase 1” investigation into Amazon’s investment and partnership with Anthropic to assess whether the deal

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EU Demands Elon Musk’s X Platform Tones Down Hate Speech Ahead of Trump Interview

August 13, 2024
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The European Commission on Monday warned X Corp. owner Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino that the company may face penalties and restrictions in Europe if it doesn’t address the spread of illegal content, including incitements to violence and hate speech, on its social media platform. The warning comes as

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Rebooting Japan: Reviving Semiconductor Sector

August 13, 2024
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Japan’s semiconductor industry was once the dominant player in the global market, but it has since eroded as other countries like Taiwan and South Korea have taken the lead. Taiwan’s TSMC, the world’s largest and most advanced semiconductor manufacturer, has become the go-to player for chip production. The US is

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TIME and OpenAI Announce Strategic Multi-Year Partnership

June 28, 2024
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TIME and OpenAI have partnered to integrate over a century of TIME's journalism into OpenAI's AI tools, including ChatGPT.

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AWS to Launch New Taiwan Region by 2025, Invest Billions

June 12, 2024
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AWS plans to open a new infrastructure region in Taiwan by 2025, investing billions over 15 years to meet rising cloud service demand.

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