Uber, DoorDash lose bid to block NYC minimum wage for delivery workers
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A New York state judge on Thursday rejected a bid by Uber Technologies Inc, DoorDash Inc
2023-09-29 03:59
Alan Wake 2 Preview
Remedy Entertainment's Alan Wake 2 shakes up what you thought you knew about the series.
2023-09-29 03:19
OLD Elon Musk confirms he is cutting election integrity staff from X/Twitter ahead of 2024
Elon Musk has cut staff from the X team that combats election disinformation claiming they were actually “undermining election integrity.” The platform, formerly known as Twitter, got rid of half of the global team, including four people at its Dublin office and its head, sources told The Information. Mr Musk later confirmed the move on X, stating: “Oh you mean the ‘Election Integrity’ Team that was undermining election integrity? Yeah, they’re gone.” With the 2024 US presidential election just over a year away, the team may now have only six staff members, most of them in North America, reported The Messenger. The Independent has reached out to the platform for comment on the cuts and received a message back stating, “Busy now, please check back later.” The move comes less than a month after the company announced in a blog post that it was “expanding” its “safety and elections teams to focus on combating manipulation, surfacing inauthentic accounts and closely monitoring the platform for emerging threats.” CEO Linda Yaccarino recently told The Financial Times that the platform was aiming to expand its elections and trust and safety teams. Mr Musk slashed the company’s workforce when he completed his $44bn purchase of the company, which he had repeatedly tried to back out of. In February The New York Times reported that the company had gone from 7,500 employees to fewer than 2,000 following repeated rounds of job cuts. The cuts included many from its trust and safety team, as well as senior executives in that area, such as Yoel Roth and Ella Irwin. Mr Roth, the former head of trust and safety, wrote a guest essay for the newspaper in which he revealed that following online attacks from Mr Musk and Donald Trump he has been forced to live with armed security guards outside his home and had to go into hiding for months. Read More Elon Musk to live stream himself doing ‘silly stuff’ on X Woman claiming to be Elon Musk’s wife arrested for trespassing at SpaceX plant in Texas Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claps back at Elon Musk for calling her ‘not that smart’ Musk confirms he is cutting election integrity staff from X/Twitter ahead of 2024 Woman claiming to be Elon Musk’s wife arrested at SpaceX site in Texas At US Antarctic base hit by harassment claims, workers are banned from buying alcohol at bars
2023-09-29 02:56
Epic Games to lay off 16% of its workforce
Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, said on Thursday that it will lay off 16% of its staff, around 830 employees, as it attempts to reverse what CEO Tim Sweeney called "unrealistic" spending.
2023-09-29 02:49
Meta's new AI chatbot trained on public Facebook and Instagram posts
By Katie Paul MENLO PARK, California Meta Platforms used public Facebook and Instagram posts to train its new
2023-09-29 02:26
Biden Defies Environmentalists by Selling Offshore Oil Drilling Rights
The Biden administration is charting plans to sell offshore oil drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico over
2023-09-29 02:25
US DOJ brings meat industry antitrust case against data company Agri Stats
By Leah Douglas The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday filed a lawsuit against data company Agri Stats,
2023-09-29 01:47
BOE’s Greene Sees Risk of 1970s-Style Crisis From Climate Change
Bank of England rate-setter Megan Greene said the economic impact of climate change could be on the scale
2023-09-29 01:20
Games-Zhang's brilliant Asian Games continues with fifth gold medal
By Ian Ransom and Martin Quin Pollard HANGZHOU, China Asian Games poster-girl Zhang Yufei pipped Hong Kong's Siobhan
2023-09-29 00:48
AfDB Maps Steps African Nations Need to Mobilize Climate Finance
The African Development Bank began publishing detailed country reports to help the continent’s nations transition their economies away
2023-09-29 00:25
ChatGPT creator working on mystery AI device with iPhone designer, report claims
OpenAI, the company behind the viral AI chatbot ChatGPT, is reportedly in talks with renowned Apple designer Jony Ive to create an artificial intelligence device. The venture, which also involves SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, aims to build the “iPhone of artificial intelligence”, according to the Financial Times. Several brainstorming sessions between Mr Ive and OpenAI boss Sam Altman have already taken place, while Japanese tech giant SoftBank is said to have pledged more than $1 billion towards the project. Few details are given about what form the device might take, with possibilities ranging from a standalone ChatGPT-enabled smart speaker, to headphones that allow wearers to interface directly with the AI bot. Mr Ive left Apple in 2019 after 27 years at the company to form his own design company, called LoveForm, which is involved in the latest collaboration. Alongside the iPhone, Mr Ive played a crucial role in designing other Apple products like the iPad, iPod and MacBook. His latest creation is likely to forego a screen, according to people familiar with the matter. The Independent has reached out to OpenAI for comment. Reports of the partnership emerged in the same week that OpenAI announced that ChatGPT now has direct access to the internet, as well as the ability to “see, hear and speak”. The addition of voice and image recognition tools gives the generative AI similar capabilities to virtual assistants like Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri. The internet connectivity feature also brings it in line with other leading AI tools like Google’s Bard. “ChatGPT can now browse the internet to provide you with current and authoritative information, complete with direct links to sources,” OpenAI announced on Wednesday. “It is no longer limited to data before September 2021. Browsing is particularly useful for tasks that require up-to-date information, such as helping you with technical research, trying to choose a bike, or planning a vacation.” Meta also announced the launch of several new chatbots this week, with chief executive Mark Zuckerberg saying the AI bots will come with different personalities based on real people. The chatbots will work through Meta’s apps, which include Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. Read More ChatGPT boss says he’s created human-level AI, then says he’s ‘just memeing’ Elon Musk says he’ll live stream himself doing ‘silly stuff’ on X tonight TikTok finds and shuts down secret operation to stir up conflict in Ireland ChatGPT now has direct access to the internet
2023-09-28 23:46
Sweden's Northvolt to build $5.2 billion battery factory in Canada
By Supantha Mukherjee and Divya Rajagopal STOCKHOLM/TORONTO Swedish lithium-ion battery producer Northvolt said on Thursday it would open
2023-09-28 23:17