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A.I. gurus are leaving Big Tech to work on buzzy new start-ups
DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, who recently left his VP of AI product management and AI policy role at Google, also co-founded the machine learning start-up Inflection AI. Suleyman has already hired several of his former colleagues. Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence gurus are quitting top jobs at companies like Google, Meta, OpenAI and DeepMind […]
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Microsoft is bringing Xbox Game Pass cloud streaming to smart TVs, so users don’t need a console
People will be able to play Xbox Game Pass games over a cloud connection on 2022 Samsung smart TVs. Microsoft Microsoft is releasing an Xbox app for smart TVs, enabling consumers to stream Xbox video games even if they don’t own consoles. Microsoft said Thursday that it will first bring the app to Samsung’s 2022 […]
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Here are Wednesday’s biggest analyst calls of the day: Netflix, Target, Affirm, Uber, Amazon & more
Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Wednesday. Source
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These tech stocks could be ‘ports in the storm’ during bear market, Deutsche Bank says
This year’s tech wreck has sent the Nasdaq Composite spiraling down into a bear market, with the benchmark down more than 25% from its November record. However, there are some internet companies that could do over the next year thanks to their share repurchases, according to Deutsche Bank. The firm looked at 28 companies in […]
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Tech companies urge U.S. to let the kids of visa holders stay past the age of 21
Muthumalla Dhandapani, an Indian immigrant with an H1-B visa and a Comcast employee in Sunnyvale, protests President Trump’s immigration orders in 2017. Santiago Mejia | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images A coalition of tech companies including Amazon, Google, Salesforce and Uber are urging the Department of Homeland Security to revise policies for children of high-skilled […]
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Google ordered to pay Australian politician over defamatory YouTube videos
The logo of Google is seen on a building at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. Charles Platiau | Reuters An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its refusal to remove a YouTuber’s “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory” […]
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Crypto enthusiasts want to remake the internet with ‘Web3.’ Here’s what that means
Some crypto enthusiasts want a new kind of internet that yanks power away from Big Tech and hands it to people. Can they succeed? Remember AOL chatrooms and downloading songs through Napster? The internet has come a long way.Today, it’s dominated by Meta, Google and a handful of other tech giants whose services have made […]
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Lawmaker who wrote New York crypto mining bill explains: ‘It’s not a ban’
Bitcoin offices in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 11, 2022. Umit Turhan Coskun/NurPhoto via Getty Images New York State Assemblymember Anna Kelles is tired of all the fear-mongering about the bill she wrote — and sponsored — to place a two-year moratorium on certain types of new cryptocurrency mines in the state. The fate of the […]
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Lawmakers are racing to pass tech antitrust reforms before midterms
U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee Chair Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) presides during a Senate Rules and Administration Committee oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Capitol Police following the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, one day before the anniversary of the attack in Washington, U.S., January 5, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters A […]
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Apple’s big annual conference kicks off next week: Here’s what to expect
Apple CEO Tim Cook will present the latest versions of Apple’s software for iPhones, iPads, Mac, Watch, and TV on Monday to kick off WWDC, Apple’s annual developer conference. The new “bits,” as attendees often call the updates, are the biggest Apple software announcement of the year and set the public strategy for Apple’s platform […]
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