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USC Professor Lands $43 Million in Funding for AI Startup
15 Aug

USC Professor Lands $43 Million in Funding for AI Startup

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Sahara AI, a startup co-founded by a University of Southern California associate professor, has raised $43 million as it seeks to address thorny copyright and privacy issues surrounding artificial intelligence technology.The funding was led by Pantera Capital, Binance Labs and Polychain Capital and included investors such as Samsung, Matrix Partners, Nomad Capital as well as angel investors and founders from the industry, the startup said in a statement on Wednesday. It will deploy the capital to expand its team of experts and develop its technology. Source link lol
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Qualcomm Extends Sponsorship of Manchester United Until 2029
15 Aug

Qualcomm Extends Sponsorship of Manchester United Until 2029

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Qualcomm Inc., the biggest maker of chips that run mobile phones, extended a new sponsorship deal with Manchester United Football Club until 2029, saying the tie-up is already boosting its Snapdragon brand.The logo for Snapdragon — a lineup of processors that run devices — has already been seen more than 2 billion times because of the partnership, the company said in a statementBloomberg Terminal Thursday. The US technology company acquired the rights to put the name on the front of Manchester United’s shirts and place labels of partners, including Microsoft Corp., on the back. Source link lol
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Google’s Search Dominance Leaves Sites Little Choice on AI Scraping
15 Aug

Google’s Search Dominance Leaves Sites Little Choice on AI Scraping

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The convenient artificial intelligence answers Google now puts at the top of its search results come at steep cost to websites that users would otherwise visit. But many site owners say they can’t afford to block Google’s AI from summarizing their content.That’s because the Google tool that sifts through web content to come up with its AI answers is the same one that keeps track of web pages for search results, according to publishers. Blocking Alphabet Inc.’s Google the way sites have blocked some of its AI competitors would also hamper a site’s ability to be discovered online. Source link…
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Google Says Iranian Group Seeks Access to Biden-Trump Campaign Emails
15 Aug

Google Says Iranian Group Seeks Access to Biden-Trump Campaign Emails

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NEW YORK (AP) — Google said Wednesday that an Iranian group linked to the country’s Revolutionary Guard has tried to infiltrate the personal email accounts of roughly a dozen people linked to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump since May.The tech company's threat intelligence arm said the group is still actively targeting people associated with Biden, Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, who replaced Biden as the Democratic candidate last month when he dropped out. It said those targeted have included current and former government officials, as well as presidential campaign affiliates. Source link lol
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US Considers a Rare Antitrust Move: Breaking Up Google
13 Aug

US Considers a Rare Antitrust Move: Breaking Up Google

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A rare bid to break up Alphabet Inc.’s Google is one of the options being considered by the Justice Department after a landmark court ruling found that the company monopolized the online search market, according to people with knowledge of the deliberations.The move would be Washington’s first push to dismantle a company for illegal monopolization since unsuccessful efforts to break up Microsoft Corp. two decades ago. Less severe options include forcing Google to share more data with competitors and measures to prevent it from gaining an unfair advantage in AI products, said the people, who asked not to be identified…
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Nvidia Rebound Adds $400 Billion in Market Value Over Four Days
13 Aug

Nvidia Rebound Adds $400 Billion in Market Value Over Four Days

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It’s been a rough six weeks for Nvidia Corp. shareholders. A historic dip that erased record market value from the company was followed by a four-day stretch of stomach-churning volatility. Now, though, signs are emerging the worst might be over.The chipmaker’s shares have surged nearly 17% in the past four sessions, adding more than $400 billion in market value to one of the biggest companies in the world. The rebound has propelled the broader market higher as well, with Nvidia accounting for about 22% of the S&P 500’s gain over that span, double the contribution of any other single stock.…
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Microsoft Says Iranian Hackers Targeted US Political Campaigns
09 Aug

Microsoft Says Iranian Hackers Targeted US Political Campaigns

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A hacking group linked to the Iranian government tried to breach the email accounts of presidential campaign staffers as part of a wider effort to gather intelligence ahead of the US election, Microsoft Corp. said Friday.Attackers connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in June used a compromised email address from a former political adviser to try phishing another high-ranking presidential campaign official, according to findings from Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center. That group, which Microsoft calls Mint Sandstorm, also unsuccessfully attempted to log in to the account of a former presidential candidate. The report didn’t identify the individual targets by…
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