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A full day’s work for Dora Manriquez, who drives for Uber and Lyft in the San Francisco Bay Area, includes waiting in her car for a two-digit number to appear. The apps keep sending her rides that are too cheap to pay for her time—$4 or $7 for a trip across San Francisco, $16 for…
September 2023
This driverless car company is using chatbots to make its vehicles smarter
Self-driving car startup Wayve can now interrogate its vehicles, asking them questions about their driving decisions—and getting answers back. The idea is to use the same tech behind ChatGPT to help train driverless cars. The company combined its existing self-driving software with a large language model, creating a hybrid model it calls LINGO-1. LINGO-1 synchs…
Chromebooks will get updates for 10 years
Google announced today that Chromebooks will now receive automatic software updates for 10 years after the hardware platform’s release date (the platform in that case is a bit like a car platform). This move will help when it comes to increasing the longevity of those devices. The company said that users with Chromebooks released in […]
WordPress blogs can now be followed in the fediverse, including Mastodon
In March, WordPress.com owner Automattic made a commitment to the fediverse — the decentralized social networks that include the Twitter rival Mastodon and others — with the acquisition of an ActivityPub plug-in that allows WordPress blogs to reach readers on other federated platforms. Now, the company is announcing ActivityPub 1.0.0 for WordPress has been released […]
Tugende takes first step towards repayment of defaulted $5M Goldfinch loan
Tugende, a venture-backed lender based in Uganda, and Warbler Labs, the company building Goldfinch, a decentralized credit protocol, have agreed on a loan restructuring plan that may lead to the recovery of the $5 million loan that the East African motorcycle taxi financing company defaulted months ago. Warbler Labs arrived at a restructuring “agreement in […]
AI just beat a human test for creativity. What does that even mean?
AI is getting better at passing tests designed to measure human creativity. In a study published in Nature Scientific Reports today, AI chatbots achieved higher average scores than humans in the Alternate Uses Task, a test commonly used to assess this ability. This study will add fuel to an ongoing debate among AI researchers about…
Integrating sustainability into business strategy
Multiple factors are driving organizations to prioritize sustainability. Regulations are requiring organizations to meet emissions disclosure requirements. Investors are increasingly incorporating sustainability into decision-making processes. Consumers are demanding environmentally and ethically sustainable products. Employees, particularly millennials and Generation Z, want to work for organizations whose morals and ethics reflect their own. According to the Deloitte…
American Eagle Sues Westfield for Security ‘Failures’ and ‘Broken Promises’ That Let a San Francisco Mall ‘Deteriorate Into Disarray’
The lawsuit alleges Westfield allowed the property to deteriorate and become a hub for criminal activity, resulting in more than 100 security incidents in the American Eagle store between May 2020 and May 2023.
Do You Talk Too Much? You Need Brevity — Here are 6 Communication Strategies to Avoid Over-Talking
Time is the most precious resource for an entrepreneur, as every moment is an opportunity to innovate, strategize and drive their business toward success. Don’t waste another person’s time because you don’t have brevity.
From Film Fan to Movie Mogul: The CEO of IMDb Shares His Journey Founding World’s Largest Online Movie Database
For Col Needham, founding IMDb meant combining a passion for movies and knowledge of what the industry was missing.