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OpenAI announces a search engine called SearchGPT; Alphabet shares dip
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta on Dec. 11, 2023. Dustin Chambers | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI on Thursday announced a prototype of its own search engine, called SearchGPT, aimed to give users “fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources.” The company said it […]
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Senate prepares for key vote on kid’s online safety bills
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., fields questions about the candidacy of President Joe Biden after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Senate is poised to take a key vote on major legislation to keep kids safe online Thursday- […]
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Tech’s splurge on AI chips has companies in ‘arms race’ that’s forcing more spending
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the Meta Connect event at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 27, 2023. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been assembling a large stockpile of Nvidia chips, spending billions of dollars so his company can develop and train advanced […]
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S&P 500 futures slip after worst day for benchmark since 2022: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 24, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stock futures were mixed Thursday as investors looked ahead to the release of key data and tried to recover after a tough session for Wall Street. S&P 500 futures and […]
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This JPMorgan ETF has beaten the S&P 500 five years in a row. Here’s how
Consistently outperforming the market is a feat many strive for but only a few achieve. However, one exchange-traded fund (ETF) has done just that, beating the S & P 500 index for five consecutive years. The JPMorgan US Research Enhanced Index Equity ETF has beaten the benchmark every year since 2019 and is also outperforming […]
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CrowdStrike says bug in quality control process led to botched update
A general view from Rome Fiumicino International Airport as passengers gather and wait due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides cyber security services to US technology company Microsoft, on July 19, 2024 in Rome, Italy. Riccardo De Luca | Anadolu | Getty Images A CrowdStrike software update that crashed computers globally last […]
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Europe’s AI-powered Google Translate rival DeepL launches traditional Chinese language in Asia push
DeepL CEO Jaroslaw “Jarek” Kutylowski. DeepL German artificial intelligence translation startup DeepL on Wednesday launched traditional Chinese as a language option as it looks to expand its presence in Asia. DeepL, one of Europe’s high-profile AI companies valued at $2 billion, sells translation software aimed at businesses rather than everyday consumers. Traditional Chinese is a […]
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Buy and hold these 5 attractively valued growth stocks for the next decade, the pros say
Growth stocks have been rallying for most of this year, though they’ve been volatile recently. Investors rotated out of mega-cap tech stocks for smaller names last week, as expectations of rate cuts in September grow. But overall, growth stocks have still gained this year, with the large-cap Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF still up nearly […]
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How CrowdStrike caused a global IT meltdown and what comes next
Last week, the world faced what was likely the biggest IT failure in history. When some people around the world logged onto their laptops on Friday, they were greeted with a blue error screen on their Microsoft Windows operating system. But this was not a Microsoft issue. It was all to do with a U.S. […]
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