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Alphabet to limit election queries Bard and AI-based search can answer

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Alphabet to limit election queries Bard and AI-based search can answer

Omar Marques | Sopa Images | Getty Images Alphabet‘s Google said on Tuesday it will restrict the types of election-related queries its chatbot Bard and search generative experience can return responses for, in the run up to 2024 U.S. Presidential election. The restrictions are set to be enforced by early 2024, the company said. Aside from the U.S., a slew of groundbreaking elections are expected in 2024, including … Read more

Google, Meta, other tech giants cut DEI programs in 2023

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Google, Meta, other tech giants cut DEI programs in 2023

AnitaB.org CEO Brenda Wilkerson speaks on a panel with Dr. Jackie Bouvier Copeland at the 2019 Grace Hopper conference. Shortly after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police in 2020, Google was among many tech companies that set up new programs aimed at supporting Black employees. The goal, CEO Sundar Pichai … Read more

Meta’s stock wrapping up record year, spurred by cost cuts

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Meta’s stock wrapping up record year, spurred by cost cuts

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the Meta Connect event at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 27, 2023. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Last year at this time, Meta was navigating a crisis of confidence that had pushed its stock price to its lowest since 2016. Sales were … Read more

Amazon courts sellers at China summit as Temu and Shein gain momentum

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Amazon courts sellers at China summit as Temu and Shein gain momentum

Packages move along a conveyor at an Amazon fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Robbinsville, New Jersey, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon is making a fresh appeal to China-based sellers as it fends off growing competition from discount online retailers Temu and Shein, which both have … Read more

DocuSign shares spike on report company is exploring a sale

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DocuSign shares spike on report company is exploring a sale

The Docusign Inc. application for download in the Apple App Store on a smartphone arranged in Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images DocuSign shares rose as much as 15% and closed up 12% on Friday after the Wall Street Journal reported the e-signature software … Read more

Cruise autonomous vehicle venture in danger of becoming latest GM flop

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Cruise autonomous vehicle venture in danger of becoming latest GM flop

DETROIT — General Motors‘ plans to diversify its business through trendy industries such as ridesharing and other “mobility” ventures or startups have largely fallen flat since the automaker started investing in such growth areas in 2016. Cruise, its majority-owned autonomous vehicle subsidiary, is increasingly looking like it might be next. The unit has quickly gone … Read more

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz on China, Microsoft and the SEC

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CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz on China, Microsoft and the SEC

George Kurtz, co-founder and chief executive officer of Crowdstrike Holdings Inc., during a Bloomberg Technology television interview at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz has had a banner year. The cybersecurity firm has seen its stock … Read more

Google’s loss to Epic will likely have little impact in the near-term

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Google’s loss to Epic will likely have little impact in the near-term

The logo of Google Play is seen on a screen. Alexander Pohl | NurPhoto | Getty Images A federal jury decided on Monday that Google’s app store has benefited from anticompetitive behavior, but it could take a long time before the company faces any potential changes to the Google Play store, and those changes are … Read more

Rakuten plans to launch its own AI model: CEO

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Rakuten plans to launch its own AI model: CEO

The logo of Japanese tech giant Rakuten logo seen at the Mobile World Congress 2019. Paco Freire| SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Japan’s Rakuten plans to launch its own proprietary artificial intelligence language model, its CEO told CNBC in an interview that aired Monday. It comes as the fintech-to-e-commerce giant looks to join … Read more

Google Pixel 8 is still at its Black Friday Price of $549

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Google Pixel 8 is still at its Black Friday Price of 9

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends If you’re looking for a great Android phone, then going for the Google Pixel is an excellent idea since Google is the one who made Android in the first place. And, if you want the latest in the Pixel lineup, then you’re going to want to grab the Google Pixel … Read more