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For Sale: Your Data

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Data brokers are tracking you all over the internet to buy and sell your profile along with millions of other users.

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Baidu’s Deep Learning Patent Could Add to AI Smartphones

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Baidu wants to help chatbots work outside their wheelhouse with a patent that lets AI models lean on other apps for information.

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Domino’s Pizza Is Sputtering Through a Global Expansion

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Soaring Uranium Prices Put Damper on Nuclear Energy Buildout

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After a top producer warned the world’s uranium production may start to slip, the price of the radioactive material started to soar.

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Digital News Media Has Fallen Off its New Millennium Perch

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The toast of the early 2000s, many prominent news and lifestyle sites like Vice and Buzzfeed have fallen on hard times.

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Adobe’s Multimodal Model Could Make AI Summaries Clearer

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The company may be looking to boost its AI capabilities after the fallout of it’s proposed acquisition of competitor Figma.

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The SEC Is Finally Cracking Down on SPACs

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Regulators voted in new rules aimed at protecting investors considering investing in the nontraditional setup.

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Visa May Use Doppelgangers to Fight Payments Fraud

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The tech could help the financial institution find cyber criminals and figure out your spending habits early.

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Apple Wants Rules on Side-Loaded Apps

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The tech giant is trying to charge its way through new European rules governing app-store monopolies.

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Today’s Consumer: Bigger Credit Card Debts, Smaller Bank Deposits

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The biggest four banks in the US all saw their customers boost spending in 2023, as delinquencies rise in turn.

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Nvidia May Want AI to Create Its Own Data

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While the proposed tech could save a lot of resources in AI training, it faces major problems if it can reproduce biases and inaccuracies.

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The King’s Conundrum

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If tax havens refuse to change, then what can stop them?

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‘WWE Raw’ Is Heading to Netflix in 2025

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The 10-year pact puts the king of streaming squarely in the sports livestreaming arena.

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Bitcoin Slumps After ETF Rollout

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The industry clamored for clearance to offer spot ETFs. Now that they’re here, the results are less than stellar.

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Temu Is Leaning on Boomers to Storm the US

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Boomers are ahead of younger generations in embracing from the Chinese e-commerce marketplace.

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Macy’s Rejects $5.8 Billion Buyout Offer

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The retailer questioned how the proposed deal would be financed, but it may just be delaying the inevitable.

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Startup ElevenLabs Is AI’s Newest Unicorn After Latest Fundraising Round

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The AI software company is sporting a new valuation of more than $1 billion after its latest $18 financing round.

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Meta is Truly Sick of News

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The social media platform’s referrals to news media sites has been steadily dropping.

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Microsoft Makes Chatbots Mindful with Emotion Detection Patent

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The company’s patent for a wellness chatbot could require users to have a lot of trust in the company to protect their data.

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Musicians Could Be Next to Disturb Hollywood’s Labor Peace

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In the wake of monthslong work stoppages by both writers and actors, musicians prepare to negotiate over similar issues.

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Walmart Patent Signals AI Transformation for Bricks-and-Mortar Retail

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Why AI Augmentation Tech Is More Than a ‘Cost-Cutting Tool’

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Why Access Controls May Be AI’s Biggest Security Vulnerability

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