Tech

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AI demand is starting to drive cloud spending

Growth indicators look strong, but questions remain about whether increasing capital expenditures for AI services will be recouped efficiently.

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Prediction markets fuel American’s appetite for speculation

Supporters say the platforms are better at predicting the election than polls, but they also seem to have several potential flaws.

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AI on Wall Street

One place AI is seeing excellent market penetration is financial services.

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Consulting firm GenAI bookings skyrocket

Consulting firms have quietly become one of the big winners of the AI boom.

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AI’s $4Bn Fraud Bust

AI solves crimes, saves billions, and makes even the feds look tech-savvy.

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AI Data Centers Go Nuclear

Microsoft’s AI needs so much power it’s restarting the site of the worst U.S. nuclear accident.

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How AI is Protecting the Power Grid

Maintaining trees next to power lines is a $10B annual exercise.

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AI-Generated Police Reports

What could go wrong?

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Pig-Organ Transplants

How pigs could help end the shortage of organs for transplants.

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The Trade Spend Game

AI is taking over grocery stores, starting with trade spend.

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Natural Gas Fuels The AI Data Center Boom

Natural gas is expected to supply 60% of the power demand growth from AI and data centers.

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The “Loneliness Economy”

An expanding number of businesses are selling the promise of ending loneliness through commercialized connections.

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CAPTCHA: More Art Than Science

Artists, game designers, and cybersecurity experts are teaming up to create new CAPTCHA prompts that balance user experience with bot prevention.

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‘Share My Date’

Tinder’s “Share My Date” feature allows users to send a link to share their date plans.

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Big River Services International: Amazon’s Shell Company Used To Spy on Competitors

Amazon created a shell company to spy on rival e-commerce marketplaces like eBay, Shopify, and Walmart.

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The FBI is Buying Ads Under Verified pro-Nazi X Accounts To Combat Hate Crimes

Hate speech continues flourishing on X – the FBI hopes criminals will tell on themselves.

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The Rise of AI Washing

Companies might falsely tout their AI technology to boost stock prices and win more customers.

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How Critical is AI Weather Forecasting to the Global Economy?

A third of the global economy, roughly $30 trillion in global GDP, is subject to weather. AI could make weather forecasting more accurate.

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Hedge Funds Go Bargain Hunting with FTX Creditors

Hedge funds are buying the legal rights to FTX-frozen accounts for pennies on the dollar.

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Your Nurse may soon be an AI Agent

Nvidia and Hippocratic AI’s new healthcare agents outperform nurses, costing only $9/hour.

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Meta’s Copycat Machine Fuels Instagram Growth

Instagram beat TikTok in growth and downloads in 2023.

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LinkedIn Gaming: How Your Workplace Might Be Ranked by Employee Game Scores

LinkedIn is the latest non-gaming platform to experiment with games to boost engagement and revenue.

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EV Industry Shock: The Bumpy Road Ahead

Apple kills not-so-secret internal project to build an electric car.

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Breaking Down the AI Race: More Than Just Nvidia’s Chips

Nvidia’s perceived monopoly on chips is actually a 15-year head start on the reinvention of computing.