College Coach Gets Staggering Amount of Money After Being Fired
Texas A&M football coach Jimbo Fisher had a buyout clause in his massive contract.
Authors call on publishers to limit their use of AI
An open letter from authors including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and Geoffrey Maguire calls on book publishers to pledge to limit their use of AI tools, for example by committing to only hire human audiobook narrators.
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Microsoft launches a deepfakes creator at Ignite 2023 event
One of the more unexpected products to launch out of the Microsoft Ignite 2023 event is a tool that can create a photorealistic avatar of a person and animate that avatar saying things that the person didn’t necessarily say. Called Azure AI Speech text to speech avatar, the new feature, available in public preview as of […]
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Threads starts testing hashtags…without the hash
Instagram’s Threads app has been duping Twitter/X in a number of ways and today it’s adding one more feature that’s been core to the Twitter experience for years: hashtags. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Threads will begin testing the ability to tag topics on Threads to categorize posts by interest or theme. Though users […]
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Jumia reports GMV growth in physical goods across five countries and lowest losses since IPO
In Q3 2023, Jumia reported its adjusted EBITDA loss at $15 million, marking the lowest since its IPO in 2019 (outperforming the $27 million recorded in Q1 and $19.3 million in Q2) and a substantial decrease of $32 million compared to Q3 2022. This represents a 67% year-over-year decline and a 70% reduction on a […]
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Beware of Prime Scams This Holiday Season, Amazon Warns
Amazon is warning customers to look out for two kinds of scams as holiday shopping begins.
Google Sues Hackers For Making Fake Advertisements to Download Bard AI Technology
Bard is available to all Google users.
Five Key Trends of Global Unicorn Startups
A look at how companies are scaling to $1B+ valuations.
Go for launch: SpaceX receives regulatory green light for second Starship flight
Regulators have given SpaceX the green light to launch its super massive Starship rocket for a second time, just a few days shy of seven months after the first launch. SpaceX – which has been on standby for this final launch approval – will attempt the launch this Friday, November 17, from its sprawling facility […]
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5 Strategies for Leaders to Thrive Before (and After) Hitting Their 90s
Take a vacation — your 93-year-old self will thank you for it.
New YouTube Policy Requires Creators to Label AI-Manipulated Videos
This move aims to enhance transparency and accountability on the platform.