‘I Stand By My Decisions’: A CEO Is Going Viral For Firing Almost All of the Company’s Employees — Here’s Why
The Musicians Club CEO Baldvin Oddsson fired 99 workers at once over Slack for missing a morning meeting. But there’s a catch.
The Download: digital twins, and where AI data really comes from
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Digital twins of human organs are here. They’re set to transform medical treatment. Steven Niederer, a biomedical engineer at the Alan Turing Institute and Imperial College London, has a cardboard box filled with…
‘If It Seems Too Good to Be True It Probably Is’: $18 Million Worth of ‘Great Deals’ Confiscated By Border Cops
A shipment of 3,000 fake Gibson guitars from Asia was seized at the Los Angeles-Long Beach Seaport.
Online Shoppers Spent More Than Ever on Black Friday — And Now Cyber Monday Is Set to Break Records, Too
U.S. shoppers spent billions of dollars on Black Friday.
Venture Capitalists Are Pickier About What They Invest In — Here’s How That Actually Benefits Startups
While hefty funding rounds often equate to success, a growing trend shows that leaner investments foster stronger, more resilient startups, prioritizing innovation over hype and creating sustainable growth.
Moving generative AI into production
Generative AI has taken off. Since the introduction of ChatGPT in November 2022, businesses have flocked to large language models (LLMs) and generative AI models looking for solutions to their most complex and labor-intensive problems. The promise that customer service could be turned over to highly trained chat platforms that could recognize a customer’s problem and…
Smash Deadlines With a Variety of AI Tools in One Platform, Now $30 for Cyber Monday
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The Download: words of wisdom from the departing White House tech advisor, and controversial AI manga translation
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What the departing White House chief tech advisor has to say on AI President Biden’s administration will end within two months, and likely to depart with him is Arati Prabhakar, the top mind…
You Can Start These 10 Franchises for $10,000 or Less
Many budget-friendly franchise opportunities are in industries with high demand, such as home services, cleaning or mobile businesses.
This manga publisher is using Anthropic’s AI to translate Japanese comics into English
A Japanese publishing startup is using Anthropic’s flagship large language model Claude to help translate manga into English, allowing the company to churn out a new title for a Western audience in just a few days rather than the 2-3 months it would take a team of humans. Orange was founded by Shoko Ugaki, a…
What the departing White House chief tech advisor has to say on AI
President Biden’s administration will end within two months, and likely to depart with him is Arati Prabhakar, the top mind for science and technology in his cabinet. She has served as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy since 2022 and was the first to demonstrate ChatGPT to the president in…