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President Biden's executive order requires the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, led by Secretary Rohit Chopra, to take further steps to protect Americans from data aggregators.Ting Sheng/Bloomberg President Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order aimed at strengthening safeguards for Americans' personal data, expanding the scope of data privacy efforts already underway at financial regulators.The White House's actions, which focus on protecting information such as genomic, biometric and financial data, are aimed at preventing the transfer or sale of customer data to hostile countries.The executive order calls on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to take further action. Protect Americans from data…
(Bloomberg) — Baidu shares have fallen since October 2022 after reporting a 48% plunge in profits, highlighting rising costs of training and developing AI to fend off challengers in the fast-growing field. This was a significant decline.Most Read Articles on BloombergThe company reported a lower-than-expected net profit of 2.6 billion yuan ($361 million) for the December quarter, mostly due to capital accounting losses on preferred stock. Baidu's ChatGPT-style service started to boost ad sales, overshadowing a 6% revenue increase after helping China's AI leader survive a deep economic downturn. The company's stock price fell more than 8% in New York.Baidu's…
listen to this article Technology-related litigation in the U.S. and Canada will increase in 2023 and is expected to increase again in 2024, according to Norton Rose Fulbright's annual Litigation Trends Study. We spoke with leaders in the technology litigation field in Western New York to learn what trends and risks they're seeing in technology litigation and how companies can stay ahead of the curve. I looked into it. At Phillips Lytle, we are a partner and leader of the firm's data privacy, cybersecurity and e-discovery practice team, and co-leader of the firm's cryptocurrency and blockchain team, said Anna Mercado…
bose The month of love brought lots of romance and new lifestyle items. Of course, there were also quite a few pink and red ones. However, there are some who were able to leave an impression despite their simplicity. So, what are you looking for to end this month? New earphones? Bose has open earbuds that are sure to change the way you listen to music and the world around you. Or new luggage for your spring break trip? As always, Away has you covered. Speaking of spring break, how about a new swimsuit that not only covers your upper…
Tilford Elementary School students practice reading on Jan. 22 at Tilford Elementary School in Vinton. Special education consultants conducted full-day observations, focusing on literacy interventions at Tier 2 and 3 levels to continue improving literacy skills. (Jeff Stelfox/The Gazette) DES MOINES — A program that allows special education professionals to help families navigate services for students with disabilities will continue to expand in Iowa after the Iowa Department of Education recently announced it would not be renewing its contracts with individual educational institutions. It will no longer be operated by the state's nine regional education agencies. The state Department of…
Don Henley says the lyrics to 'Hotel California' and other Eagles songs were always his only possessionsNEW YORK (AP) – Don Henley has finished telling a courtroom why he claims draft lyrics for “Hotel California” and other classic Eagles songs should never have been put up for auction. The Eagles co-founder wrapped up his testimony Wednesday in the criminal trial of three collectibles experts charged in a scheme that included about 100 handwritten pages. Prosecutors allege that the three spread false stories about the documents' ownership history in order to sell them and deny Henry's requests. The defendants pleaded not…
Illustration: Yoshi Sodeoka for Bloomberg BusinessweekBusinessweek | The Big TakeUS military operators started out skeptical about AI, but now they are the ones developing and using Project Maven to identify targets on the battlefield.February 28, 2024, 7:00 PM UTC US military operators started out skeptical about AI, but now they are the ones developing and using Project Maven to identify targets on the battlefield.By Katrina Manson Illustrations by Yoshi SodeokaFebruary 28, 2024 at 7:00 PM EST On a summer evening in 2020 at Fort Liberty, a sprawling US Army installation in North Carolina, soldiers from the 18th Airborne Corps pored…
“If you can sew a button, you can do this,” she said of the crafty Kmart project, which costs about $20.Ham and cheese toast or fairy bread is one of the popular bento menu items banned from school cafeterias in Western Australia and South Australia. New healthy eating recommendations have placed ham in the “red” category of the Washington State School Cafeteria Association's traffic light system. This means the popular meat has been taken off the menu, along with treats such as lollies, chocolate and chips. Parents appear to be unhappy with the move and have taken to social media…
(Bloomberg) — C3.ai Inc. soars more than 13% in after-hours trading after reporting sales that suggest customers are responding favorably to the software company’s new artificial intelligence-based app. did.Most Read Articles on BloombergThird-quarter sales rose 18% to $78.4 million, beating analysts' average estimate of $76.1 million. C3.ai said in a statement Wednesday that it expects sales for the period ending in April to be between $82 million and $86 million. The average analyst estimate was $84.5 million.The Redwood City, Calif.-based company went public in 2020 and is known for its data management and analytics software. Last year, the company introduced…
The calendar oddity of February 29th keeps us in sync with the seasons, but it has also given rise to many rituals and superstitions, not to mention computer glitches.Leap years have been around since the 16th century, an invention of the Gregorian calendar that was introduced to deal with the pesky fractions of solar years.Keeping in mind that it takes the Earth approximately 365.2422 days per year to revolve around the Sun, the extra fraction (approximately 6 hours per year) adds up over time.Leap days regulate things. Without leap days, we would be out of sync with the seasons, wreaking…