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BASF sued Apple on Thursday, accusing the iPhone maker of infringing the German chemical company’s patented face authentication technology in many iPhone and iPad models. In its complaint, BASF’s trinamiX unit said it spent the last decade developing technology to …
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The Seattle Times and Newsday sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Friday, alleging in federal court that the tech companies copied the newspapers’ journalism without permission to train their AI systems. The suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern …
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The FBI is investigating a potential breach of an ID verification company that may have exposed scans of millions of Americans’ driver’s licenses, a bureau spokesperson told Bloomberg News on Thursday. Access to the data of more than 160 million …
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Dry air, a stable atmosphere and storm ripping wind shear are suppressing every system that emerges, fulfilling predictions that a strong El Niño will make it a quiet hurricane season.
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Pabst Blue Ribbon wants its beer back, and it’s offering a reward to help that happen. Greig DeBow, the CEO of Pabst Brewing Co., said Wednesday that the company will pay up to $20,000 to anyone who provides new information …
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Sean Welch, senior vice president and chief claims officer of Amica Mutual Insurance Co., will retire at the end of the year after a 41-year career with the company, and Acel Silva will succeed Welch in the role effective Dec. …
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A coalition of major automakers urged U.S. lawmakers to permanently ban Chinese vehicles, citing the threats they pose to domestic economic and national security interests. In a letter to Democratic and Republican leadership of both the House of Representatives and …
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A unit of Thomson Reuters detected a cybersecurity incident in 11 U.S. states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada on June 30 involving the company’s C-Track case management platform, according to a notice from the company on Wednesday and a …
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Lockton Insurance is among companies named in the NBA’s investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers’ circumvention of league salary cap rules to sign star Kawhi Leonard. Leonard and his then-business partner, Dennis Robertson, violated the league’s circumvention rules by pressuring …
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A federal judge in Alabama has likened State Farm to a gambler and warned that the insurer’s apparent strategy of trying to move claims litigation from state to federal court is a risky bet that might not be worth taking. …
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