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Amazon walked away from the $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot as it faces questions from regulators in the European Union and United States. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/business/amazon-roomba-irobot-deal.html

Many feared that artificial intelligence would kill jobs. But hospitals, insurance companies and others are creating roles to navigate and harness the disruptive technology. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/technology/us-jobs-ai-chatgpt-tech.html

Ring, a maker of internet-connected cameras that is owned by Amazon, said the police could no longer ask people to share video recordings using the company’s app, Neighbors. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/business/amazon-ring-doorbell-camera-police.html

The class-action suit said the genetic testing company failed to notify customers whose personal information was compiled into “curated” lists that were sold on the dark web. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/business/23andme-hack-data.html

He developed and implemented the protocol that synchronizes the digital clocks nestled within billions of networked devices. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/technology/david-l-mills-dead.html

Fans of the star and lawmakers condemned the images, probably generated by artificial intelligence, after they were shared with millions of social media users. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/arts/music/taylor-swift-ai-fake-images.html

Eugene Yu, the owner of an election software company, was arrested in 2022 on charges of breaching election data. Those charges were dropped weeks later. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/technology/los-angeles-county-eugene-yu-wrongful-charges.html