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Google parent Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) will report its second-quarter earnings after the close on Tuesday, giving Wall Street more insight into the state of the digital advertising market and whether the AI-generated hype is translating into revenue growth. The tech giant is fresh off a stellar first quarter, which included initiating its first-ever dividend of $0.20 per share and announcing that it has authorized $70 billion in share buybacks.Alphabet shares are up 30% so far this year. Rivals Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN) are up 18% and 22%, respectively, so far this year. All three companies are pouring money into…

According to The Information, media conglomerate Condé Nast, which owns publications such as The New Yorker, Vogue, and Wired, has sent a cease and desist letter to AI-powered search startup Perplexity. The letter, sent on Monday, demands that Perplexity stop using content from Condé Nast publications in its AI-generated answers and accuses the startup of plagiarism.The move marks the latest in a growing list of publishers to take a stance against AI companies using their content without permission, and comes a month after Forbes took a similar action. Perplexity and Condé Nast did not immediately respond to Engadget’s request for…

During a consultation with her obstetrician, Marilyn Hayes tells him about overwhelming feelings of fatigue and possible symptoms of postpartum depression, including anxiety. Hayes, a black woman, becomes increasingly frustrated as the white, male doctor, Richard Flynn, ignores her symptoms and ignores her wishes when she refuses to take medication. Hayes becomes visibly uncomfortable when Flynn touches her without her permission and makes remarks filled with black stereotypes, such as assuming that she is unmarried and that the baby’s father is uninterested in her and the baby. While Hayes and Flynn are fictional characters depicted in the virtual reality videos,…

summary This article is an abridged version of a presentation given by 2024 ISA President Prabhu Soundarrajan at the ISA OT Cybersecurity Summit in June.Sustainability, automation and cybersecurity: partners driving growth and governance Sustainability represents a staggering economic opportunity. McKinsey estimates that the sustainable sector could generate $12 trillion in annual revenue by 2030 – just six years from now. Examining the data by sector, analysts found that the biggest opportunities are in transportation, buildings, power and water; agriculture and oil and gas are not far behind.Pressure from investors and regulators, consumer demand, and…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers are calling for regulations to guide the responsible and ethical development of biohybrid robots, the pioneering science of fusing artificial parts with living tissue and cells. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, titled “Ethics and Responsibility in Biohybrid Robotics Research”, an interdisciplinary team from the University of Southampton and universities in the US and Spain outlined the unique ethical issues posed by this technology and the need for appropriate controls. Combining biomaterials and living organisms with synthetic robotic parts may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but…

“Carnegie Mellon University is grateful to Gilbane Building Company and our joint venture partner, Mosite Construction Company, for the excellent work they have done in constructing our new Robotics Innovation Center at Hazelwood Green,” said Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian. Post this “We are thrilled to celebrate this construction milestone, which brings us one step closer to realizing a new era of innovation and commercialization. Carnegie Mellon University is grateful to Gilbane Building Company and our joint venture partner, Mosite Construction Company, for their outstanding work in building our new Robotics Innovation Center at Hazelwood Green. Their engagement with…

TOPSHOT – Journalists run through the U.S. Supreme Court Plaza while delivering their opinions to the news media… [+] A correspondent photographs the court as it issues its ruling in Washington DC on July 1, 2024. (Photo: Drew Angerer/AFP) (Photo: Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images A significant blow to regulatory powers dealt by the Supreme Court earlier this month could have major implications for nascent efforts to regulate artificial intelligence in the United States. In Roper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1984 case Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council. The Chevron doctrine…

Blockchain technology has passed the peak of its innovation hype cycle and has undergone significant changes over the past two to three years, according to a new report.Global uncertainty shapes innovation The past five years have been anything but normal, with the global COVID-19 pandemic and escalating armed conflicts, according to a report by the International Trust Blockchain Applications Association. These disruptions have fundamentally shifted industry priorities and policy agendas, particularly in the technology and IT sector. The surge in energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting disruption to global supply chains has necessitated a complete review…

Brazen Blaze is a unique VR fighting game that has just released on Quest and PC VR, while Chess Club, Ironlights and Battle Talent have also received exciting updates. Long-time Road to VR readers may remember our “Oculus Rift News Bits” article from over 10 years ago, which was a collection of small bits of news about the Oculus Rift (as there wasn’t much else happening to cover at the time) that we felt were worth sharing, even if they didn’t warrant a full article each. Today we’re bringing this idea back with “XR News Bits.” XR has grown immeasurably…

After bringing together the French security community at an in-person event, GitGuardian hosted CodeSecDays, its annual worldwide gathering for the software security community. This global event brought together leading experts from Snyk, Docker, CyberArk, Chainguard, and CircleCI, for a full-day immersion in software supply chain security. It featured informative presentations and discussions on cybersecurity challenges and best practices in the industry. If you couldn’t attend, here are some highlights from the conversations and roundtables! Roundtable 1: How to augment DevSecOps with AI? CodeSec Days 2024 began with a discussion of integrating AI into DevSecOps, featuring Mackenzie Jackson from GitGuardian, Antonio…