Meta Reportedly Keeps Lists of Ex-Employees It Won’t Rehire — Including Top Performers
Two former Meta managers said they could add former employees to the lists, even those without documented performance problems.
Xbox debuts a new AI-powered gaming companion for mobile users
Ahead of the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC), Xbox revealed on Thursday that it’s experimenting with an AI-powered gaming sidekick. “Copilot for Gaming,” powered by Microsoft’s AI technology, is a voice-activated assistant designed to enhance the gaming experience and is designed to answer questions, complete tasks, and even criticize if you’re playing poorly. “It can trash […]
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Google co-founder Larry Page reportedly has a new AI startup
Google co-founder Larry Page is building a new company called Dynatomics that’s focused on applying AI to product manufacturing, according to The Information. Page is reportedly working with a small group of engineers on AI that can create “highly optimized” designs for objects and then have a factory build them, per The Information. Chris Anderson, […]
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A second Intuitive Machines spacecraft just landed on the moon — and probably tipped over
Intuitive Machines has landed a second spacecraft on the moon, just one year after accomplishing the feat for the first time ever. Unfortunately, much like that first attempt, it seems the company’s spacecraft may have tipped on its side. The lunar lander, called Athena, touched down on the moon’s surface at around 12:30 p.m. ET […]
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Wall Street Pay Revealed: What Investment Bankers Earned in 2024
To shed some light on Wall Street pay trends, recruiting firm Prospect Rock Partners surveyed more than 900 investment bankers about their 2024 salaries and bonuses.
President Donald Trump Just Paused Tariffs on Some Goods From Canada and Mexico for One Month. Here’s What We Know.
Here’s how Trump’s tariffs will affect consumers in the U.S.
Anthropic’s Claude Code tool had a bug that ‘bricked’ some systems
The problematic code changed file permissions that broke some systems, users say.
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Scale AI is being investigated by the US Department of Labor
Scale AI is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Labor for compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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A Defense Startup With Billions in Contracts Launched a Recruiting Campaign Warning People Not to Work There
Anduril Industries is going viral for its “don’t work at Anduril” recruiting campaign.
ChatGPT doubled its weekly active users in under 6 months, thanks to new releases
OpenAI’s flagship AI chatbot, ChatGPT, returned to solid growth in the latter half of 2024, according to a new report published on Thursday by VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). While it took ChatGPT nine months to grow from 100 million weekly active users in November 2023 to 200 million in August 2024, it’s now taken […]
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Hacked health firm HCRG demanded journalist ‘take down’ data breach reporting, citing UK court order
DataBreaches.net declined to comply, citing a lack of jurisdiction.
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