February 16, 2024 | Tech Today

[ad_1] Faculty Invited to Participate in 2024 Spring Commencement Ceremonies Michigan Tech’s 2024 Spring Commencement will be held as two ceremonies: a Graduate Ceremony on April 26 at 3 p.m. and an Undergraduate Ceremony on April 27 at 10:30 a.m. Both will take place in the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena. Michigan Tech faculty are cordially…

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SoftBank’s Son Is Seeking About $100 Billion for AI Chip Venture, Bloomberg Reports

[ad_1] (Reuters) -SoftBank Group Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son is looking to raise up to $100 billion for a chip venture that will rival Nvidia Corp, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The project, code named Izanagi, will supply semiconductors essential for artificial intelligence (AI), the report added. SoftBank…

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Honduras Watchdog Bans Institutions From Trading Crypto

[ad_1] TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras’ CNBS regulator has banned the Central American country’s financial system from trading in cryptocurrency and similar virtual assets, it said in a resolution, citing risks of fraud and money laundering. The National Banking and Securities Commission said a resolution, dated from Monday but made public on Friday, had “immediate effect.”…

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Tech news: IRS Solutions launches tool to detect changes to client transcripts

[ad_1] Trullion, a corporate accounting software provider, announced that four new executives have joined the company’s leadership group, including Bethany Hale as chief marketing officer, Scott Singerman as vice president of alliances, Dotan Tal as vice president of finance and Josh Forde as EMEA sales director. The appointments support Trullion’s geographic expansion throughout the U.S….

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Tech companies sign pact to combat AI-generated election deepfakes

[ad_1] Major technology companies signed a pact Friday to voluntarily adopt “reasonable precautions” to prevent artificial intelligence tools from being used to disrupt democratic elections around the world. Tech executives from Adobe, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and TikTok gathered at the Munich Security Conference to announce a new voluntary framework for how they will…

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