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AI Will Augment SEO
Adding artificial intelligence to search engines enables enhanced Search Engine Optimization and Marketing.
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Tech Giants to Be Forced to Share More Data Under EU Proposal
Groups say rules unfairly target the biggest firms and could push companies to store more data in Europe.
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Secret CIA Bulk Surveillance Program Includes Some Americans' Records, Senators Say
The lawmakers called for the immediate declassification of details about the surveillance program and what data was collected.
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How Do You Teach a Goldfish to Drive? First, You Need a Vehicle
Researchers are teaching animals how to drive, in order to understand how experience affects learning and how brains adapt to change.
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VR to the ER: Metaverse Early Adopters Prove Accident-Prone
Tally includes broken vases, dislocated shoulders, injured girlfriends; "Why don't you go to the gym like a normal person?"
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Facebook's Cryptocurrency Venture to Wind Down, Sell Assets
Diem Association is selling its technology to crypto-focused bank Silvergate Capital for $200 million.
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How Game Theory Changed Poker
Researchers at the University of Alberta's Computer Poker Research Group pioneered game theory mathematics that transformed how professional poker players approach...
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Robotic Arms Use ML to Reach Deeper into Distribution
Robots increasingly are being used in warehouses to sort, pack, and prepare orders for delivery as logistics operators faced with labor shortages turn to automation...
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The End of Car Keys, Passwords, Fumbling with Phones at Checkout
Ultra-wideband technology could revolutionize interaction with devices, if privacy and other issues can be addressed.
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Microsoft Hit by Defections as Tech Giants Battle for Talent to Build the Metaverse
Around 100 people on the team developing Microsoft's HoloLens augmented-reality headsets have left, mostly to Facebook parent Meta.
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Levi's AI Chief Says Algorithms Have Helped Boost Revenue
Artificial intelligence and a data repository built on Google Cloud have helped Levi Strauss & Co. improve revenue and profitability, says chief strategy and AI...
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The 'Most Serious' Security Breach Ever is Unfolding Right Now. Here's What You Need to Know
Much of the Internet, from Amazon's cloud to connected TVs, is riddled with the log4j vulnerability, and has been for years.
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TikTok to Adjust Its Algorithm to Avoid Negative Reinforcement
The app says it is working to diversify the content it pushes to individual users in order to protect their mental well-being.
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Xerox to Announce Multiyear Cloud Deal With Oracle
Xerox will use Oracle's cloud-computing infrastructure and software as a digital backbone for a swathe of ventures being developed in its business incubator.
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World's Biggest Traders Betting on Blockchain Data
The Pyth blockchain-based technology service aims to provide data for diverse cryptocurrency projects in real time.
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Software Flaw Sparks Global Race to Patch Bug
Companies and governments scrambled this past weekend to patch a major bug in a piece of popular Internet software that security experts warned could grant hackers...
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How to Understand the Data Explosion
The world is set to generate an astronomical amount of digital information. To get a handle on it, start with a grain of rice.
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Amazon Fined $1.3 Billion in Italian Antitrust Case
Fine comes amid a similar investigation being carried out by EU authorities.
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Climate Change Data Deluge Sends Scientists Scrambling for Solutions
Scientists are racing to store, analyze, and preserve massive volumes of climate change data collected by sensor-equipped satellites, aircraft, and other instruments...
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Twitter's New CEO Announces Major Reorganization
Engineering, design leads out as Parag Agrawal announces big changes.
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