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Amazon debuts Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip. The news brings it into line with its big cloud rivals Microsoft and Google, which have also unveiled their own quantum chips in recent months, respectively Majorana and … Continue reading

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Amazon touts its first quantum-computing chip a week after Microsoft’s unveiling

Amazon revealed its first chip for quantum computing, and said its design will help the online retailer build highly efficient hardware systems.

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Unique, a Swiss AI platform for finance, raises $30M

A four-year-old Swiss startup has raised a sizable chunk of change to capitalize on the burgeoning “agentic AI” movement. Unique said on Thursday that it has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round that was led by London-based … Continue reading

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Taktile helps fintechs build automated decision-making workflows

The automated logic behind many financial decisions — for example, decisions that determine whether a client is approved for a credit line — is hard-coded. Often, it’s not easily changed. If a head of credit at a bank wanted to … Continue reading

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Reddit co-founder says Meta’s end to third-party fact-checking is ‘very pragmatic’

“It is impossible to do fact-checking at scale, let alone in real time, as Facebook was trying to do,” Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian told CNBC.

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CrowdStrike Security Report: Generative AI Powers Social Engineering Attacks

Trends in cybersecurity across 2024 showed less malware and phishing, though more social engineering. CrowdStrike offers tips on securing your business.

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Instagram may spin off Reels into a separate app

Meta is mulling launching a standalone app for short-form videos, The Information reported, citing an anonymous source who heard Instagram head Adam Mosseri talking about the project to staff. The project is reportedly code-named Project Ray that aims to improve … Continue reading

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Nvidia warns of growing competition from China’s Huawei, despite U.S. sanctions

U.S. chip giant Nvidia is increasingly warning investors about competition from Huawei, despite U.S. restrictions on the Chinese telecommunications company.

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Meta apologizes after Instagram users flag flood of graphic and violent content

Meta has apologized for a mistake that resulted in some Instagram users reporting a flood of violent and graphic content on their recommended content feeds.

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Europe’s Relay pulls in $35M Series A after applying Asia’s model to delivery

Being somewhat later than Europe in adopting the idea of parcel delivery, much of Asia built its delivery infrastructure around e-commerce, effectively “Uberizing” how deliveries worked down to the last mile. Think DoorDash but for parcels, not food. This is … Continue reading

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