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8 predictions for AI in 2024

This last year was a banger for AI as the technology went from niche to mainstream about as fast as anything ever has. 2024, however, will be the year when the hype runs full-steam into reality as people reckon with … Continue reading

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Chinese Traders and Moroccan Ports: How Russia Flouts Global Tech Bans

Using specialized e-commerce sites, secretive shipping workarounds and a constellation of middlemen, Russia has obtained the tech components it needs to keep its economy and war in Ukraine going.

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Google Allows More App Payment Options in Antitrust Deal With States

The tech giant will pay $700 million and allow app makers to collect payments directly from consumers in a settlement it hopes will help resolve other legal challenges.

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All the changes coming to Google Play and sideloading following $700M settlement

Google announced today that it will pay $700 million as a part of a settlement with the U.S. Attorney General for a lawsuit over Google Play Store. Along with that, the company has also agreed to take certain measures related … Continue reading

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ScaleOps looks to cut cloud bills by automating Kubernetes configurations

One of the advantages of using Kubernetes to handle container orchestration is that the containers are ephemeral, living only as long as needed and then going away. That was supposed to help solve a resource allocation problem because the containers should … Continue reading

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Softbank sells Open Opportunity Fund to Black and Latino executives

The Japanese conglomerate is selling the Open Opportunity Fund to its chairman Paul Judge, and Marcelo Claure, who’s being appointed as vice chairman and general partner. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Why videos of $500 beauty advent calendars are flooding TikTok

Are you in the right headspace to receive information that could possibly hurt you? Dior sells an advent calendar for $4,200. It comes with white glove delivery. And there’s more where that came from. Especially on TikTok. Luxury advent calendars … Continue reading

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VR market keeps shrinking even as Meta pours billions of dollars a quarter into metaverse

Sales of VR headsets and AR glasses in the U.S. have plummeted nearly 40% this year, while Meta has invested billions of dollars into the technology

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GPT and other AI models can’t analyze an SEC filing, researchers find

The findings from Patronus AI highlight some of the challenges of using AI models within big companies in regulated industries like finance.

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Google to pay $700 million to U.S. consumers, states in Play store settlement

Google will pay $630 million into a settlement fund for consumers and $70 million into a fund that will be used by states, according to the settlement.

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