The quiet $8 billion crisis: long COVID costs keep rising as Washington looks away
NIH grants canceled, the federal office shuttered, clinics closing — the government is turning its eyes elsewhere as 44 million suffer…
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8 billion tokens a day forced AT&T to rethink AI orchestration — and cut costs by 90%
When your average daily token usage is 8 billion a day, you have a massive scale problem. This was the case at AT&T, and chief data officer Andy Markus and his team recognized that it simply wasn’t feasible (or economical) to push everything through large reasoning models…
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6 billion leaked passwords reveal the ones you should never, ever use
Over the course of the past year, security researchers at Specops Software examined six billion leaked passwords and subsequently published a comprehensive report on their findings. This report not only provides insight into the most commonly used passwords, but also into the current threat posed by leaks…
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FAA to invest $6 billion in air traffic control upgrades by year-end
FAA to invest $6 billion in air traffic control upgrades by year-end
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LG India’s $1.3 billion IPO subscribed fivefold on strong bids
The subscription levels stood at 2.7 times for qualified institutional investors, 2.5 times for retail investors and 5.3 times for employees
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To Secure $40 Billion, OpenAI Must Complete For-Profit Transition by End-Year
SoftBank can reduce funding to $20 billion if OpenAI fails to fully transition by the deadline…
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LG eyes $15 billion valuation for India unit IPO: Report
LG Electronics Inc. plans to list its Indian unit in Mumbai, targeting a valuation of up to $15 billion.
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LG said to pick banks for $1.5 billion listing of Indian unit
Deliberations are ongoing, and details including the size of the offering and timing could still change, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information isn’t public
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Can $18 billion in opioid settlement funds turn an overdose tide? Ask North Carolina.
Local and tribal governments are aiming to reduce overdose deaths as they start to receive billions of dollars from legal settlements with opioid manufacturers…
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Volkswagen’s $5 billion investment in Rivian boosts EV maker’s shares
Volkswagen’s $5 billion investment in Rivian boosts EV maker’s shares
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