Technology Updates: Security Robots, Cyber Monday Boosts, and Privacy Misconceptions

AI foundation models are coming to more AWS products. Why are police departments scaremongering about that NameDrop feature on iPhones? Why is Google Drive losing peoples’ files? And Ikea’s new super cheap smart-home starter devices.

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Links:

• AWS enhances AI services with foundation model capabilities for improved performance (SiliconAngle)
• Amazon wants businesses to use its palm-scanning tech to let employees into the office (CNBC)
• US Thanksgiving weekend sales hit record on big discounts, online boost (Reuters)
• NameDrop is safe. The fearmongering about it is not. (Washington Post)
• Google investigating missing files on Drive, caused by desktop app (9to5Google)
• OpenAI Is Still an $86 Billion Nonprofit (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)
• Ikea debuts a trio of affordable smart home sensors (The Verge)

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