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Tesla shares climb to record, boosted by 64% pop since Trump election victory

Tesla’s stock topped its 2021 high on Wednesday, as investor optimism increases heading into Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

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Hackers find hole in Krispy Kreme Doughnuts’ cyber-security

The hack has left some hungry customers unable to make online orders.

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MariaDB spinout SkySQL secures seed funding to ‘bring conversational AI to databases’

Anyone who’s followed the fortunes of MySQL and MariaDB these past 15 years will probably remember SkySQL, another brand that once existed within that same database ecosystem and, a year ago, became a standalone company once more. That company today … Continue reading

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Cryptocurrencies rally, with bitcoin retaking $100,000 following November inflation data

Bitcoin jumped Wednesday, following two days of digestion after its recent rally to $100,000.

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Bid to revive UK privacy damages suit against Google DeepMind fails to show class

Another attempt to get a class-action style privacy damages case to stick against Google has failed in the U.K. after the Court of Appeal refused to overturn an earlier dismissal. The lawsuit concerned the misuse of health records for some … Continue reading

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Apple reportedly developing AI server chip with Broadcom

Apple is working with semiconductor company Broadcom on its first server chip designed to handle AI applications, according to The Information, which cited three people with knowledge of the project.  Apple is known for designing its own chips – called … Continue reading

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Google releases the first of its Gemini 2.0 AI models

Google released the first artificial intelligence model in its Gemini 2.0 family Wednesday, known as Gemini 2.0 Flash.

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Google Unveils A.I. Agent Based on Gemini 2.0

The experimental tool can browse spreadsheets, shopping sites and other services, before taking action on behalf of the computer user.

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Trump Picks Andrew Ferguson to Lead Federal Trade Commission

Mr. Ferguson, a current Republican member of the agency, will replace Lina Khan, who had aggressively challenged mergers and the power of the biggest tech companies.

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Snapchat+ subscribers can now keep messages in a chat for a week

Snapchat is rolling out a few new features for Snapchat+ subscribers for the holiday season, the company announced on Wednesday. The features include expanded chat options, new app themes, and more. Subscribers now have the option to save their conversations … Continue reading

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