Profits are up and the economy is strong. But the tech industry faces two challenges — dealing with a frenetic work force expansion in the pandemic and building A.I.
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Microsoft in deal with Semafor to create news stories with aid of AI chatbot
Enlarge / Cube with Microsoft logo on top of their office building on 8th Avenue and 42nd Street near Times Square in New York City. (credit: Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Microsoft is working with media startup Semafor to use its artificial intelligence chatbot to help develop news stories—part of a journalistic outreach...
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Deepfake scammer walks off with $25 million in first-of-its-kind AI heist
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images / Benj Edwards) On Sunday, a report from the South China Morning Post revealed a significant financial loss suffered by a multinational company’s Hong Kong office, amounting to HK$200 million (US$25.6 million), due to a sophisticated scam involving deepfake technology. The scam featured a digitally recreated version of the company’s chief...
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(BPRW) Black History Month: The Art of Costume Designing
(Black PR Wire) Miami, FL – It’s Black History Month, and during this time, we honor and celebrate the contributions and legacy of African Americans to the United States. In recognition of this year’s theme, which is African Americans an…
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He’s Lost His Marriage, His Followers and His Lamborghini
Ben Armstrong, better known as BitBoy, was once the most popular cryptocurrency YouTuber in the world. Now his empire has collapsed.
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How X Is Trying to Win Over Influencers
Linda Yaccarino, the chief executive of the platform formerly known as Twitter, is relying on her TV industry ties to recruit established stars to the site.
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Apple Sees First Quarterly Revenue Increase in a Year
The iPhone maker’s share price dropped in after-hour trading even though sales and profit topped Wall Street expectations.
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Meta Reports Profits More Than Tripled and Issues Its First Dividend
The company’s quarterly revenue rose 25% as its costs fell after layoffs last year.
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Hard Fork: We Tried the Apple Vision Pro + Can Congress Protect Kids Online? + Cruise’s Crash
Introducing DJ TaskRabbit.
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A startup allegedly “hacked the world.” Then came the censorship—and now the backlash.
Enlarge (credit: WIRED staff/Getty Images) Hacker-for-hire firms like NSO Group and Hacking Team have become notorious for enabling their customers to spy on vulnerable members of civil society. But as far back as a decade ago in India, a startup called Appin Technology and its subsidiaries allegedly played a similar cyber-mercenary role while attracting far...