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Panera Bread to introduce Amazon Palm Scanners to enhance loyalty program

Panera Bread has said it intends to use palm scanners to link customers' handprints to their loyalty accounts. The...

Co-founder of Intel and pioneer of “Moore’s Law” dies at 94

Gordon Moore, Intel's co-founder, died on Friday, March 24, 2023, at the age of 94. Moore died surrounded...

Compute Express Link Protocol set to cut data center cost

A consortium led by Cisco, Intel, Dell, Oracle, Lenovo, HPE, IBM, Microsoft, Samsung, NVIDIA, and Google developed the Compute Express Link (CXL) protocol. CXL is...
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Nvidia unveils tool that speeds up computation-limited step in chipmaking

Nvidia has announced the development of inverse lithography, a tool that speeds up a computation-limited step in the...

OpenAI launches web plugins for ChatGPT

OpenAI has launched plugins for ChatGPT, extending the chatbot’s functionality by giving it access to third-party knowledge sources...

ChatGPT experiences privacy glitch

OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot recently experienced a significant glitch that allowed some users to view the titles of other...

Florida governor calls for Big Tech breakup

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a conservative and likely candidate for the 2024 presidential election, has called for the...

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Congress committee chair to TikTok: ‘Your platform should be banned’

In response TikTok CEO says company is building a 'firewall' around American user data against fore

Parliamentary committee’s demand for third party emails from Google, Meta is wrong: Business group

Canadian Chamber of Commerce says demand for external communications companies have with third parties is a threat

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Google’s Bard caught plagiarizing

TomsHardware, a technology news website, recently accused Google's AI-powered...

IFTTT unveils new AI-powered services for Pro Plus subscribers

IFTTT, an initialism from the phrase ‘if this, then...

Chatbots poses threat to information ecosystem

Microsoft's Bing chatbot recently cited a fake news article...

GitHub overhauls Copilot system with GPT-4 and voice support

GitHub, a Microsoft-owned software development platform, has announced the...

Nvidia partners cloud providers to launch DGX Cloud and Nvidia AI foundations

Nvidia has teamed up with major cloud service providers,...

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Investors believes TikTok ban could benefit Meta, Google, and Snapchat

According to CFRA, investors believe that the proposal to...

White House unveils new National Cybersecurity Strategy for the U.S.

To address the growing threat of cyberattacks, the White...

Google monopolizes online advertising, U.S. alleges in antitrust lawsuit

The U.S. Justice Department and eight U.S. states are suing Google for allegedly monopolizing online advertising. The complaint, filed Tuesday in Virginia, alleges that Google monopolizes key digital advertising technologies, collectively referred to as the “ad tech stack,” that website publishers depend on to sell ads and that advertisers rely on to buy ads and

Russian Twitter trolls had little influence on 2016 election, New York University study reveals

According to a new study published by New York...

Ontario appeal court limits privacy claim in data breach lawsuits

In Ontario data breach victims can't sue organizations for intrusion upon seclusion, says appeal court. But, warns a lawyer, a new right to sue is coming in proposed f

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Fintech Plaid adds identity verification to Canadian service

A U.S.-based data aggregator that allows consumers to connect their accounts with a variety of financial institutions through one app has now added its identity verification service for Canadian organizations. Last week, Plaid Financial began offering its Identity Verification and Monitor, a global verification and know-your-customer (KYC) solution, to help digital finance apps and services

Companies Opt For Lower Valuation To Attract Funding

Companies are opting for a lower valuation to attract...

86% Of Buyers Prefer Virtual, Metaverse, And Social Media Transactions

According to Showpad's State of Selling Survey, 86% of...

Newly Discovered Office 365 Flaw Potentially Dangerous

Security firm Proofpoint has detected a “potentially dangerous piece...

Fed Revoked Master Account For Controversial Fintech – Republican Senator

Republican Senator Pat Toomey is demanding an explanation from...

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Apple enforces return-to-office policy

In an effort to enforce its return-to-office policy, tech giant Apple is reportedly tracking in-person employee attendance via badge records. According to a tweet by Zoe Schiffer from Platformer, employees who fail to...

Accenture to cut 19,000 jobs

Accenture Plc announced its plan to cut 2.5% of its workforce, equivalent to 19,000 jobs, after lowering its annual revenue and profit forecasts. This move indicates that the worsening global economic outlook...

U.S. Lawmakers Grill TikTok CEO

TikTok's CEO Shou Zi Chew faced criticism from U.S. lawmakers about the platform's potential Chinese influence and the app's impact on children's mental health, underscoring bipartisan concerns about the app's power over...

Beware of scammers using AI-generated voice clones, FTC warns

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a consumer alert warning people to be vigilant for calls using voice clones in a new type of phone scam. The scam involves criminals using artificial...

Concerns raised over the implementation of proposed TikTok ban

Concerns were raised on how the proposed U.S. government's decision to ban TikTok will be implemented. If the U.S. bans TikTok, the most likely way to enforce the ban would be to order...

Panera Bread pilots Amazon’s palm-scanning technology to streamline payments

The American bakery-café chain Panera Bread has announced that it will be testing Amazon's palm-scanning technology in two of its St. Louis locations. The pilot program aims to give customers a more personalized...

Indeed to cut 2,200 jobs

Indeed, a job search platform based in the United States, announced the elimination of approximately 2,200 jobs, or 15% of its workforce. The company, according to CEO Chris Hyams, was too large, and...

More than half of U.S. workers considers self-employment

More than half of U.S. employed adults are considering working for themselves due to corporate trust erosion, financial instability, and layoffs, according to a study conducted by business tools provider HoneyBook in...

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