Tag: company
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Immersive entertainment company Cosm lands rights to broadcast NFL games
Cosm, the immersive technology company that broadcasts live sports events using what it calls “shared reality,” is partnering with the National Football League, the company announced Monday. As part of the deal, Cosm will produce and distribute NFL games at its venues throughout the rest of the 2024 season. The deal includes broadcasting every Thursday night football…
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McDonald’s Quarter Pounder beef patties not the source of E. coli outbreak, company says
Beef patties used in McDonald’s Quarter Pounders have tested negative for the strain of E. coli linked to a deadly outbreak that has been traced back to the popular sandwich, a company spokesperson said Sunday, citing tests done by the Colorado Department of Agriculture. At this time, the department has no further plans to test…
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Nvidia overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable company
Nvidia dethroned Apple as the world’s most valuable company on Friday following a record-setting rally in the stock, powered by insatiable demand for its specialized artificial intelligence chips. Nvidia’s stock market value briefly touched $3.53 trillion, slightly above Apple’s $3.52 trillion, LSEG data showed. Nvidia ended the day up 0.8%, with a market value of $3.47 trillion,…
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At least 3 dead after ‘terrorist attack’ on Turkish defense company
ISTANBUL — At least three people were killed and 14 injured in a “terrorist attack” at the headquarters of one of Turkey’s top defense companies on Wednesday, the country’s interior minister said. Condemning the attack on the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) facility as “heinous,” Ali Yerlikaya wrote on X that two of the attackers had…
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TikTok parent company dismisses intern who ‘maliciously interfered’ with its AI technology
The parent company of TikTok says it has dismissed an intern that it found to have “maliciously interfered” with its artificial intelligence technology effort. In a statement in Chinese released Monday, the parent company, ByteDance, said the intern in question had committed a “serious violation” against its commercial technology team’s “research project.” In particular, the…
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Gun YouTube creators are leaving the platform as the company cracks down on firearm videos
Some figures in the controversial “GunTuber” community are fleeing YouTube after the platform began cracking down on machine gun videos and the marketing of firearms on the app. At least four large YouTube channels devoted to firearms have announced they’re quitting the platform and moving to rival services with looser rules. And although many of…
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Simu Liu criticizes Canadian boba tea company over concerns of cultural appropriation
Actor Simu Liu blasted a pair of Quebec entrepreneurs this week who went on Canada’s version of “Shark Tank” to pitch a drink they say has “transformed” boba tea. Sébastien Fiset and Jess Frenette, founders of a bottled popping boba and alcoholic bubble tea brand called Bobba, were seeking $1 million in exchange for 18%…
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Largest water utility company in the U.S. targeted in cyberattack
American Water, the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S., announced that it was the target of a “cybersecurity incident.” The New Jersey-based utility company became aware of “unauthorized activity” in their computer networks and systems on Thursday that was determined to be the result of a cyberattack, it said in a…
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Russian climbers die on Nepal’s Dhaulagiri peak, hiking company says
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Five Russian climbers who have been missing on Nepal‘s Mount Dhaulagiri since the weekend were found dead on the world’s seventh tallest mountain, their hiking company said on Tuesday. There had been no contact with the climbers, scaling the 8,167-meter (26,795-feet) peak without Sherpa guides, since Sunday night, when they reached a…
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New Mexico attorney general says internal Snap documents show the company allowed spread of sextortion on Snapchat
The New Mexico attorney general said Tuesday that internal documents from Snapchat released as part of an ongoing lawsuit show how the platform failed to manage and notify users about sextortion on the platform. The suit, which Attorney General Raúl Torrez originally filed in September, includes the text of some of Snap’s internal correspondence. He…