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Patent Drop

Snap Continues Smart Glasses Push with Energy-Efficient Processing Patent

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The company unveiled a set of specs, as well as a new operating system for them, at its annual Partner Summit last week.

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Social Media

LinkedIn Deepens Its Facebookification with AI Data Scraping

Reports have surfaced that LinkedIn is quietly opting its users in to data scraping so it can train its large language models.

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Big Tech

TikTok’s Court Battle is Set Against a Larger Tech War

TikTok kicked off its legal fight challenging the US government’s divest-or-ban law passed in April, calling it unconstitutional.

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Artificial Intelligence

Can Voice Assistants Make a Comeback in the Age of AI?

Once upon a time, the biggest prestige battle in Silicon Valley was who had the best voice assistant. Then came ChatGPT.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Could Make People ‘Uninsurable,’ Financial Regulator Warns

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The insurance industry needs to be careful when using AI, or else AI black boxes could render consumers uninsurable without any explanation.

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Patent Drop

Apple Seeks Adaptable Model Patent as It Readies to Join AI Race

An Apple patent to train AI without eating up power highlights the advantages and headwinds the tech giant may face in the market.

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Patent Drop

Google AR Patent Highlights Potential Advantage in Smart Glasses Market

Google is giving smart glasses another go. Can it avoid mistakes of the past?

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Patent Drop

PayPal Behavior Tracking Patent Adds to its Advertising Bid

PayPal’s recent ad tech patent could track user behavior to better target deals.

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Big Tech

Meta Sets New Limits for Teenage Instagram Users

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Meta will roll out a feature to place teenaged users into a new type of account with beefed-up privacy settings and parental controls.

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Patent Drop

Meta Neural Network Patent Showcases AI’s Place in Artificial Reality Bet

The company’s access to data gives the power to create AR features that are “pretty sophisticated,” one expert said.

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Patent Drop

Lyft Seeks Micromobility Patents Amid Bike and Scooter Restructuring

The company’s recent changes, aimed at “right-sizing [its] cost structure,” include layoffs and shifting focus from R&D.

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Patent Drop

Oracle Patent Strengthens Software as It Plays AI Catch-up

While Big Tech got it’s moment in the sun, Oracle and others are now following suit with their own growth spurts.

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Big Tech

Starlink’s Transport Ambitions Notch a Big, United-Shaped Win

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United Airlines announced that it’s struck a deal with SpaceX’s satellite internet service, Starlink, to beam Wi-Fi into its planes.

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Big Tech

Wall Street Spreads More Love Outside of Big Tech

Investors are pivoting away from the Magnificent Seven, favoring the rest of the S&P 500.

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Big Tech

How Amazon Web Services Became King of the Cloud

Amazon is crushing in the cloud services industry. Usurping it would necessitate a monumental shift in the tech industry writ large.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Patent Protects AI Models from Data Security “Jailbreak”

Though there are a lot of ways to protect AI models, monitoring user behavior is a vital piece of the puzzle.

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