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Capture 4K content with this durable drone, now $100
Capture 4K content with this durable drone, now $100
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2023-09-17 17:16
Musk, Zuckerberg Set to Attend Schumer’s Forum on Future of AI
Musk, Zuckerberg Set to Attend Schumer’s Forum on Future of AI
Senator Chuck Schumer plans to bring together several technology industry chiefs to discuss the ramifications of artificial intelligence,
2023-08-29 08:25
An AI CEO Went to Washington and Asked for Rules: Key Takeaways
An AI CEO Went to Washington and Asked for Rules: Key Takeaways
The Senate’s first major hearing on artificial intelligence covered everything from the lighthearted marvels of generative AI to
2023-05-17 06:21
Instacart set to be valued at nearly $13 billion in Wall Street debut
Instacart set to be valued at nearly $13 billion in Wall Street debut
Shares of Instacart were indicated to trade 30% above their initial public offering price in their Nasdaq debut
2023-09-19 22:54
Google earned $10 million by allowing misleading anti-abortion ads from 'fake clinics,' report says
Google earned $10 million by allowing misleading anti-abortion ads from 'fake clinics,' report says
Google has earned more than $10 million over the past two years by allowing misleading advertisements for "fake" abortion clinics that aim to stop women from having the procedure, according to an estimate from a report released Thursday from the non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate.
2023-06-16 01:47
Exclusive-Kioxia, Western Digital speed up merger talks as memory chip demand slumps -sources
Exclusive-Kioxia, Western Digital speed up merger talks as memory chip demand slumps -sources
By Maki Shiraki and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO Kioxia Holdings Corp and Western Digital Corp are speeding up merger
2023-05-15 13:16
Will GTA 6 trailer break MrBeast's YouTube record for views? Reddit debates if video game preview will 'break the Internet' anew
Will GTA 6 trailer break MrBeast's YouTube record for views? Reddit debates if video game preview will 'break the Internet' anew
A Reddit user posed an intriguing question — would the GTA 6 trailer video surpass MrBeast's YouTube record for 'views in 24 hours'?
2023-08-22 21:16
Canadian Bank and Credit Card Apps Slow to Include Personal Financial Management Tools, J.D. Power Finds
Canadian Bank and Credit Card Apps Slow to Include Personal Financial Management Tools, J.D. Power Finds
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 8, 2023--
2023-06-08 18:20
Meta Says It Removed Chinese Influence Campaign on Social Media
Meta Says It Removed Chinese Influence Campaign on Social Media
Meta Platforms Inc. intercepted a Chinese influence campaign it described as the “largest known cross-platform covert influence operation
2023-08-30 03:29
Eaton signs global exclusive agreement for artificial intelligence-powered iQ-Cruise system that improves fuel efficiency and environmental sustainability
Eaton signs global exclusive agreement for artificial intelligence-powered iQ-Cruise system that improves fuel efficiency and environmental sustainability
GALESBURG, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 14, 2023--
2023-09-14 18:56
X/Twitter removes key information about links because Elon Musk thinks it looks better
X/Twitter removes key information about links because Elon Musk thinks it looks better
Elon Musk has stopped X, formerly Twitter, from showing information about links posted to the site. Until the last day, when someone posted a link on X, it showed as an image and the article’s headline, allowing people to see what they would be reading when they clicked. Now, however, that description has been removed. Instead, the article shows up as a normal picture, with the name of the website showing up small in the corner to show that it is a link. The update prompted confusion from many readers, who said that it was unclear whether a post included a link and what that might be a link to. Many news organisations publicly complained that it had forced them to change their strategy for posting on the site, given they could previously depend on Twitter to show the headline of posts. Many tweets that had included links and were posted before the change instantly became incomprehensible, since they had been written to respond to the headline that had pulled through from the article. Mr Musk has said that he ordered the change to improve the site. When the update was first rumoured, in a Forbes report in August, he responded by saying that it was “coming from me directly” and that it will “greatly improve the esthetics”. But it may also be an attempt to encourage users to stay on the site for longer, rather than clicking away to links. Since Mr Musk took over Twitter around a year ago, he has often focused on increasing the amount of time that users spend in its feed. “Our algorithm tries to optimize time spent on X, so links don’t get as much attention, because there is less time spent if people click away,” Mr Musk wrote in a recent tweet. “Best thing is to post content in long form on this platform.” It is also one of a range of recent decisions that looks to put Mr Musk in conflict with news sites. Earlier this year, for instance, X appeared to have added a delay when users clicked on some news sites and other rivals such as Instagram and Blue Sky. Users found that pages would not load for five seconds. Read More Musk confirms he is cutting election integrity staff from X/Twitter ahead of 2024 Reddit will start paying people to post X is shutting down feature to send posts to select people after privacy concern
2023-10-05 22:58
Elon Musk’s X finally agrees to try and settle Twitter’s mass layoffs lawsuit
Elon Musk’s X finally agrees to try and settle Twitter’s mass layoffs lawsuit
Elon Musk’s X has agreed to attempt to settle a lawsuit by former employees who say the company cheated them of severance pay following mass layoffs. After taking over Twitter, which he rebranded X recently, Mr Musk cut nearly two-thirds of the social media company’s workforce from about 8000 to 2,000, claiming he had “no choice” as the company was losing $4m per day. “Everyone exited was offered 3 months of severance, which is 50 per cent more than legally required,” Mr Musk said. Many laid-off employees, however, publicly announced they never got the severance they were due to get. In the months that followed, the company was hit by several lawsuits, including one alleging the layoffs disproportionately targeted women. Now, months after urging Twitter, the company has agreed to try and settle, according to a memo sent by Shannon Liss-Riordan, who represents the laid-off workers. The labour and civil rights attorney, representing nearly 2,000 ex-employees, said X would attempt to settle with the laid-off staff. “After 10 months of pressing them in every direction we have succeeded in getting Twitter to the table,” she wrote in the memo cited by Bloomberg. Further schedule for the mediation remains unclear, but reports suggest negotiations could happen on 1 and 2 December. X did not immediately respond to The Independent’s request for comment. Some ex-employees have alleged Twitter did not pay them promised severance either. One employee said earlier this year that he had “never even seen a severance letter let alone been offered severance”. While some former staff attempted to resolve the issue by first filing a class-action lawsuit against X, their contracts with Twitter, however, required that disputes be resolved via arbitration. “We are very proud to be representing nearly 2,000 former Twitter employees, in individual arbitrations as well as more than a dozen class action lawsuits in court,” Ms Liss-Riordan had earlier said in a statement, adding that lawyers and former staff were working to recover “what they are owed”. Read More Musk the messiah (or a very naughty boy?) Elon Musk ignores reporter after claims he stopped Ukrainian attack on Russia Elon Musk was on brink of death after catching malaria on South African safari, book claims Musk the messiah (or a very naughty boy?) Elon Musk warns of ‘civilisational risk’ posed by AI at historic gathering Musk was on brink of death after catching malaria on safari, book claims
2023-09-15 15:46