I Quit Disney Cruise Line After Just 4 Months Because of Intense Burnout. Here’s What Working on a Cruise Is Actually Like.
She was told she’d be added to Disney’s ‘no rehire’ list.
ALS stole this musician’s voice. AI let him sing again.
There are tears in the audience as Patrick Darling’s song begins to play. It’s a heartfelt song written for his great-grandfather, whom he never got the chance to meet. But this performance is emotional for another reason: It’s Darling’s first time on stage with his bandmates since he lost the ability to sing two years…
The AI Job Market Is Surging and Paying Up to $300K a Year. Here’s How to Snag a Role.
According to a new LinkedIn report, AI jobs can be found in a wide range of fields.
Patreon launches new features, a redesigned app and a new look
Patreon is launching new features, a redesigned app and a new brand identity, the company announced on Wednesday. In a blog post, the company explained that the changes are about “giving creators even more,” noting that Patreon is “no longer just a paid membership company.” One of the most notable features updates is the full […]
Microsoft won’t say if its products were exploited by spyware zero-days
Microsoft has released patches to fix zero-day vulnerabilities in two popular open-source libraries that affect several Microsoft products, including Skype, Teams, and its Edge browser. But Microsoft won’t say if those zero-days were exploited to target its products, or if the company knows either way. The two vulnerabilities — known as zero-days since developers had […]
Walmart experiments with new generative AI tools that can help you plan a party or decorate a space
After launching a generative AI tool for corporate employees in August, Walmart is bringing the technology to its customers. During a demo with TechCrunch, a company spokesperson outlined how the retail giant is experimenting with generative AI to help shoppers in all stages of the shopping experience, from the search and discovery phase to making […]
What’s at stake in the Supreme Court’s landmark social media case
The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether a pair of state laws are allowed to reshape the ability of social media companies to control what does — and doesn’t — appear on their platforms. Last week, the Supreme Court decided that it would hear the pair of cases, which revolve around Republicans crafting state-specific […]
Three weeks later, investors still not terribly enthusiastic about the massive Cisco-Splunk deal
Three weeks after the Cisco announced a massive $28B acquisition of Splunk, investors still seem less than enthused about the deal.
Actually, X sees 500M posts per day — not 100M-200M as Musk recently said
In September, Elon Musk said X users were generating a lot of content — creating 100 to 200 million posts every day, excluding retweets — or reposts as they’re now known on X. But speaking at an event this morning, X CEO Linda Yaccarino offered a contradictory figure. She claimed X was seeing 500 million […]
Keep Labs’ smart storage redefines medication management
Keep Labs built a lockable storage container for medicine, and it doesn’t matter if the meds come in bottles, boxes, or dime bags. The Keep is designed to hold them safely and track their use. The company launched in 2019, won – and lost– an innovation award at CES 2020, and this week started shipping its […]
Running a Family Business Means You Need to Prepare Your Kids to Take Over — Here’s How to Do It Right.
Planning to pass on your business to your kids? Preparing them for the next phase of your business is a complex and multifaceted process — so here’s what you need to do.