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Bloomberg: Sources: Honeywell is considering a US IPO of its majority-owned quantum computing firm Quantinuum as soon as 2025, and could seek a valuation of about $10B  —  – The firm has held early talks with banks on potential IPO  — A listing in the US could take place as soon as next year

Every time the Olympics come around, it seems there’s a different disease stalking the event. At Rio 2016 it was Zika. At the postponed Tokyo games it was Covid. And at the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer? Take your pick. Authorities have been working to contain both dengue and measles, which have been on the rise in France and many …

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is releasing a prototype search engine replacement to “a small group of users and publishers,” possibly competing with Google Search. SearchGPT will combine machine-generated content with up-to-date information pulled from the web, OpenAI announced in a blog post on July 25. Organizations interested in trying the SearchGPT prototype can join the waitlist. ‘Visual answers’ and natural language …

A Washington state judge decided in favor of Amazon in a major workplace safety case, a significant win for the e-commerce giant, which has grappled with allegations that it sets a grueling pace for warehouse workers, exposing them to injury and illness. The judge threw out four serious safety violations Amazon had been charged with by state workplace safety officials …

The prominent A.I. start-up said it planned to eventually fold the new technology into its popular online chatbot, ChatGPT.

TL;DR Epic Games has announced some changes coming in the way it deals with mobile stores. The company plans to remove Fortnite and other games from the Samsung Galaxy Store. The game will be returning to iOS in countries that are a part of the EU. Earlier this week, we reported that One UI 6.1.1 enables Auto Blocker — a …

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Sources: Meta is set to be hit with its first EU antitrust fine, which could be as much as 10% of its 2023 global revenue, for tying Marketplace and Facebook  —  Meta Platforms (META.O) is set to be hit in a few weeks with its first EU antitrust fine for tying classified advertisements service Marketplace …

As Jefferson Morley, who’s published several books about the CIA and written extensively about the JFK assassination, notes, if people believe that the government is capable of concealing facts about an attempt on the life of a US president, that’s probably because it’s demonstrably done so and is actively doing so. Similarly, if people believe that the CIA is capable …

The metaverse is defined as a computer-generated universe. Most often conceptualized as a hypothesized iteration of the internet, supporting persistent online 3D virtual environments through conventional personal computing, as well as virtual and augmented reality headsets. Due to the support of global investors in recent years, the metaverse now plays a fundamental role in the modern business and economic landscape. …

SAN FRANCISCO — A growing group of Wall Street analysts and tech investors is beginning to sound the alarm that the immense amount of money being poured into artificial intelligence by Big Tech companies, stock market investors and venture-capital firms could be leading to a financial bubble. On Tuesday, analysts on Google’s quarterly conference call peppered chief executive Sundar Pichai …