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Microsoft and Alphabet prove the AI boom has more room to run
- Investors just got a sneak peek at what the fruits of massive AI investments could look like. On Thursday, just off the heels of Meta's mixed first-quarter results that caused a dip on Wall Street, Microsoft and Alphabet just proved that there's money to be made off of artificial intelligence. Microsoft reported $21.9 billion in profits for its quarter ending on March 31, a 20% increase from the last fiscal year of ...

Source: businessinsider.com
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Regulators launch review of whether Tesla did enough to fix Autopilot
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a new review of Tesla's Autopilot system, signaling apprehension that the automaker did not do enough to remedy the regulator's concerns for driver safety with its recall of 2 million cars equipped with the system in December. In a memo dated Thursday , the agency said it was opening what's known as a "recall query" and that it has "identified concerns ...

Source: washingtonpost.com
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FCC restores net neutrality in effort to make internet faster, more equitable
- Net neutrality rules were re-established Thursday by the Federal Communications Commission on a 3-2 vote. The vote was a win for Democrats after the rules had been overturned by former President Donald Trump 's administration. Net neutrality refers to preventing internet service providers from discriminating against different types of digital traffic, whether it be blocking sites, reducing connection speed or ...

Source: miamiherald.com
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Garry's Mod is taking down 20 years' worth of "Nintendo Stuff"
- Garry's Mod is taking down 20 years' worth of "Nintendo Stuff" Creator: "They don't want you playing with that stuff... we have to respect that." The popular long-running Garry's Mod has begun to take down Nintendo-related items from the game's Steam Workshop page, following an apparent takedown request from Nintendo. In a Steam Community news post , mod creator Garry Newman writes that some items have already been ...

Source: arstechnica.com