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Nvidia, with a market cap of .34 trillion, becomes the most valuable company

Nvidia, with a market cap of $3.34 trillion, becomes the most valuable company

Related media - Breaking news On Tuesday, Nvidia leapfrogged two of the tech industry's best-known names to become the world's most valuable public company, according to data from S&P Global. Its rise has been fueled by the boom in generative artificial intelligence and growing demand for the company's chips, known as graphics processing units or GPUs, which have made it possible to create artificial intelligence systems. Nvidia's rise is among the fastest in the history of the market. Just two years ago, the company's market valuation exceeded $400 billion. Now, in the space of a year, it has gone from…
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Supreme Court Sides With Biden Administration in Social Media Case

Supreme Court Sides With Biden Administration in Social Media Case

More news - Recent news The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Biden administration in a case involving social media, scoring a significant practical victory. The ruling rejected a Republican challenge to block the government from communicating with social media platforms to combat misinformation. In a 6-3 decision, the Court found that the plaintiffs, including states and individuals, had not suffered direct harm that would have entitled them to sue. The decision leaves unresolved broader questions about the First Amendment’s limits on government influence over tech companies, which control much of the flow of information online. The case…
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AI-Powered Phones and Computers: A Convenience Boon, But a Privacy Challenge?

AI-Powered Phones and Computers: A Convenience Boon, But a Privacy Challenge?

Related media - Latest news Tech giants such as Apple, Google and Microsoft are racing to develop smartphones and computers powered by artificial intelligence (AI). These devices promise to make our lives easier by automating tasks like editing photos or scheduling meetings. But there's a problem: they require a lot of data from us. More data, more convenience, less privacy? These new AI capabilities come at the cost of increased data collection. Companies envision Windows PCs taking screenshots every few seconds, iPhones merging data from various apps, and Android phones analyzing calls in real time to detect scams. This raises…
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How to make digital photos from your smartphone look old

How to make digital photos from your smartphone look old

More news - Breaking news Like the allure of vinyl records, classic video games, and even the early Internet, the fascination with old photographic standards like point-and-shoot cameras or 35-millimeter film persists, even in people too young to remember when that equipment was state of the art. the art. The appeal of “vintage” photography goes beyond nostalgia and Instagram filters, judging by the sheer number of apps designed to emulate the film, lenses, and visual quirks of pre-digital photos and films. Despite the irony of using a high-end smartphone camera to produce imperfect images that appear oversaturated, jittery, low-contrast, unfiltered,…
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