How the NLRB’s New Joint-Employer Rule Will Affect Franchisees and Franchisors and Redefine Franchise Relations
Discover the pivotal changes in the NLRB’s Joint-Employer Rule and how they could reshape the dynamics of franchising.
Germany tells Apple, Google to remove DeepSeek from the country’s app stores
Germany has told Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI app DeepSeek from their app stores, saying the company transfers users’ data to China illegally.
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One Rabbi Saw a Gap in the Market for Giant Menorahs. 35 Years Later, He’s Gone From Selling 20 a Year to Thousands.
Menorah.net is on track to sell more than 5,000 menorahs this year, the most in its history.
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Millions of patient scans and health records spilling online thanks to decades-old protocol bug
Thousands of exposed servers are spilling the medical records and personal health information of millions of patients due to security weaknesses in a decades-old industry standard designed for storing and sharing medical images, researchers have warned. This standard, known as Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, or DICOM for short, is the internationally recognized format […]
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Google’s AI chatbot Bard gets a big upgrade with Gemini, Google’s next-gen AI model
Google Bard, the company’s generative AI chatbot and ChatGPT rival, is getting am update today that the company claims will significantly enhance its capabilities. The company says Bard will now be powered by Gemini, Google’s newest and most advanced AI model, giving the chatbot more advanced reasoning, planning, understanding, and other capabilities. Gemini comes in […]
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Google’s Gemini isn’t the generative AI model we expected
Google’s long-promised, next-gen generative AI model, Gemini, has arrived. Sort of. The version of Gemini launching this week, Gemini Pro, is essentially a lightweight offshoot of a more powerful, capable Gemini model set to arrive… sometime next year. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Yesterday in a virtual press briefing, members of the Google DeepMind […]
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Google announces the Cloud TPU v5p, its most powerful AI accelerator yet
Google today announced the launch of its new Gemini large language model (LLM) and with that, the company also launched its new Cloud TPU v5p, an updated version of its Cloud TPU v5e, which launched into general availability earlier this year. A v5p pod consists of a total of 8,960 chips and is backed by […]
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Pixel 8 Pro becomes the first smartphone powered by Google’s new AI model, Gemini
The Pixel 8 Pro will now become the first Android smartphone to be powered by Google’s next-generation AI model, Gemini, starting today, the company announced. Gemini Nano, a version of the model designed for running on-device, as on smartphones, will now leverage Google’s Tensor G3 to deliver two Pixel 8 Pro features, Summarize in Recorder […]
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Why layoffs happen in December, and how to handle them compassionately
With a compassionate approach, companies can ensure that they help their employees find new beginnings rather than just marking an end.
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OurSky lands $9.5M seed to build out developer platform for space data
A developer platform for the…sky? That’s the vision of OurSky, a startup founded last year that’s aiming to make space observational data more accessible via a software platform and global telescope network. The company announced that it closed $9.5 million in seed funding led by Upfront Ventures alongside Oceans Ventures, Venrex Investment Management, Marlinspike Partners, […]
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