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The shares of the chief chipmaker rose 4% as reports surface that its chief executive, Jensen Huang, has completed selling all shares allocated under his scheduled sale plan amounting to a staggering $713 million. These sales have been done on the basis of a 10b5-1 trading plan under which executives are allowed to sell their…
Most recently, cyberfraudsters have started using a hauntingly sophisticated form of fraud known as “deepfake” scams that uses artificial intelligence to compromise financial and accounting information. Such deepfake attacks—that spoof the trusted by manipulating video and audio—are skyrocketing. One recent study has recorded a whopping 2137% increase in attempts at deepfake-related scams, urging the need…
It is the debate regarding AI-powered Copilot+ PCs that has become dramatic in 2024, implying a giant stride in personal computing. Featuring the most advanced AI copilot technology by Microsoft, these laptops boast performance and personalization with productivity tools that go beyond what traditional PCs can offer. Such features as AI capabilities are embedded into…
In a world of business ventures galore, Elon Musk is pushing himself to double down on supercomputing technology toward revolutionizing everything; he believes that cutting-edge AI will be the central driver in his growth scenarios. One of the biggest projects he has had is in the process of developing Tesla’s custom-built supercomputer, *Dojo*, which may…
But perhaps the most significant of all is this: LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, silently introduced a feature last year that allows your data to be used in training generative AI models, and only after revealing to the world that users were automatically opted in, but without clear, prior consent, courted widespread outrage. This is not…
With the aim of bolstering safety measures for younger audience, Instagram has announced steps that will protect their accounts. Instagram recently announced a significant update on how it is handling teen accounts to make the platform safer for younger users. This will include defaulting teen accounts to be private and adding advanced privacy and messaging…
The Coinbase-backed lobby urges ABC to make cryptocurrency one of the central discussion points and to present their stand in the forthcoming presidential debate. Since then, the Coinbase-backed lobby has been pushing ABC to include a discussion on cryptocurrency during the upcoming presidential debate between Trump and Harris. This reflects how increasingly relevant the world…
