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Multimodal AI Connects the Digital Dots
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Software Flaw Sparks Global Race to Patch Bug
Companies and governments scrambled this past weekend to patch a major bug in a piece of popular Internet software that security experts warned could grant hackers...
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Amazon Fined $1.3 Billion in Italian Antitrust Case
Fine comes amid a similar investigation being carried out by EU authorities.
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Twitter's New CEO Announces Major Reorganization
Engineering, design leads out as Parag Agrawal announces big changes.
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Twitter's Jack Dorsey Steps Down as CEO
Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal to replace Dorsey atop social-media company effective immediately.
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What Went Wrong With Zillow? A Real Estate Algorithm Derailed Its Big Bet
Real estate firm Zillow Group had looked to its digital home-flipping business Zillow Offers to lead its growth in the future, but that will not happen.
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Ford, GM Step Into Chip Business
Detroit's two biggest car companies are looking to align with computer chip makers to develop and potentially manufacture chips.
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Ford Steps Into the Chips Business
The automaker and GlobalFoundries have agreed to develop, and potentially produce, semiconductors in U.S. under a strategic pact.
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High-Tech Approaches to America's Sewer Problem
U.S. cities and service contractors use flying drones, crawling robots, and remote-operated swimming machines to explore, diagnose, and fix municipal sewer systems...
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Zillow Quits Home-Flipping Business, Cites Inability to Forecast Prices
Zillow used an algorithm to make home price estimates, called the "Zestimate," and determine what it would pay home sellers.
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Biden Administration Orders Federal Agencies to Fix Hundreds of Cyber Flaws
Agencies come under new pressure to close cybersecurity flaws after sometimes balking at such measures in the past.
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Tech Companies Push Users to Adopt Two-Factor Authentication
Technology companies are more aggressively urging the use of two-factor authentication by users, with some making the process mandatory.
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State Department to Form New Cyber Office to Face Proliferating Global Challenges
The U.S. State Department will establish a new bureau of cyberspace and digital policy as part of a reorganization intended to address international cybersecurity...
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Ransomware Gang Masquerades as Real Company to Recruit Tech Talent
Researchers said the ransomware group Fin7 has established a counterfeit company to recruit potential technology talent.
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3D-Printed Houses Sprouting Near Austin as Demand for Homes Grows
Two companies plan to start building the largest three-dimensionally (3D)-printed home community in the U.S. next year.
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Facebook Rebuked by Oversight Board Over Transparency on Treatment of Prominent Users
Board set up by Facebook rebukes company after Wall Street Journal investigation into treatment of high-profile users.
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Satellites Sweep for the World's Biggest Climate Polluters
Satellites are emerging as tools to monitor countries for anti-pollution compliance.
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How to Move More Goods Through America's Clogged Infrastructure? Robot Trains
Autonomous trains increasingly are seen as a solution to U.S. truck driver shortages, as well as a way for companies to reduce carbon emissions.
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Allstate Wants to Track Your Driving to Determine Your Car Insurance Rate
Allstate Corp. is in talks with state insurance regulators to spur an industry-wide transition to the use of telematics to set car insurance rates.
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Lack of Engineers Keeping Some Firms Out of the Cloud
Major cloud computing companies are competing to hire engineers, squeezing out others as the pandemic has driven up demand for an already scarce workforce.
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