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Microsoft, CrowdStrike shares fall in premarket trading after major outage hits businesses worldwide
CrowdStrike makes software to help firms manage their security in IT environments. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike saw its shares plunge Friday, after an update led to a major outage, impacting businesses across the world. Shares of the company, which makes software to help firms manage their security in IT […]
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Britain’s Labour faces an uphill battle as it looks to rein in AI’s key players
An Internet user checks ChatGPT on his mobile phone, Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, April 26, 2023. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images LONDON — Britain is set to introduce its first-ever law for artificial intelligence — but Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new Labour government faces a delicate balancing act of forming rules that […]
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Amazon Prime Day drives U.S. online sales to record $14.2 billion
An Amazon contract worker pulls a cart of packages for delivery in New York, US, on Monday, April 22, 2024. Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images Online spending in the U.S. surged 11% year over year to $14.2 billion during Amazon‘s 48-hour Prime Day event, topping estimates and setting a new record, according to […]
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Global chip stocks from Nvidia to ASML fall on geopolitics, Trump comments
President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are expected to meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco in November. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Global chip stocks fell sharply, with ASML, Nvidia and TSMC posting declines amid reports of tighter export restrictions from the U.S. […]
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ASML bookings surge as AI chip demand boosts purchases of its critical semiconductor tools
ASML logo is seen at the headquarters in Veldhoven, Netherlands, June 16, 2023. Piroschka Van De Wouw | Reuters ASML reported second-quarter earnings and sales that beat forecasts, as interest in artificial intelligence chips drives up demand for the Dutch firm’s critical semiconductor making equipment. Here’s how ASML did versus LSEG consensus estimates: Net sales: 6.24 […]
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Amazon’s deal with AI startup Adept faces FTC scrutiny
The front desk of the Amazon office is pictured in New York, May 1, 2019. Carlo Allegri | Reuters The Federal Trade Commission has launched an informal inquiry into Amazon‘s recently announced deal with AI startup Adept, CNBC has confirmed. The FTC is seeking more information about the agreement announced last month, which involved Amazon […]
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Brain implant patient says OpenAI’s tech helps him communicate with family
Mark using Synchron’s BCI Courtesy: Synchron A 64-year-old named Mark has spent the last year learning how to control devices like his laptop and phone using a brain implant. And thanks to OpenAI, it’s gotten a whole lot easier to do. The neurotech startup Synchron said Thursday it’s using OpenAI’s latest artificial intelligence models to […]
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Amazon’s Prime Day a ‘major’ cause of worker injuries, Senate probe finds
An Amazon workers pull a cart of packages for delivery on E 14th Street on July 12, 2022 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Amazon Prime Day, the 48-hour discount blitz that kicks off Tuesday, is a “major” cause of worker injuries, according to the preliminary results of a Senate probe. […]
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Inside the $43 million Veterans Affairs simulation healthcare facility the place physicians are piloting new tech
An working home at SimVET Courtesy: SimVET Within a sprawling $43 million Veterans Affairs facility geared up with operating rooms, intense treatment units and an outpatient clinic, there are no patients. At the very least not any authentic types. The 53,000-square-foot developing sits minutes away from the Orlando Worldwide Airport in Florida, and it is […]
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Amazon sellers drop coveted obtain box forward of Prime Working day just after Goal price cut snafu
An Amazon driver delivers offers in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 27, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Get in touch with, Inc. | Getty Photographs When Brandon Fishman ran a discount on his vitamin-infused espresso for Concentrate on‘s weeklong specials occasion, he wasn’t nervous about how it would influence his company on Amazon. He absolutely didn’t […]
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