How a Cheese Board Side Hustle Grossed $1 Million in Three Years
BoardsbyMo is a thriving business now, but it started off as free donations to essential workers during the pandemic.
Google DeepMind wants to know if chatbots are just virtue signaling
Google DeepMind is calling for the moral behavior of large language models—such as what they do when called on to act as companions, therapists, medical advisors, and so on—to be scrutinized with the same kind of rigor as their ability to code or do math. As LLMs improve, people are asking them to play more…
3 Crucial Strategies for Sustaining Growth in a Competitive Market
Scaling a business for growth isn’t simple, but these strategies can help.
ASKA’s A5 eVTOL aircraft spread its wings but didn’t fly at Pebble Beach
I don’t know what I expected the ASKA A5 to look like in person, but the machine lurking in a parking lot just outside of Monterey Regional Airport wasn’t it. Like a cross between a piece of commercial farm equipment and a contraption from G.I. Joe’s nemesis Cobra, the A5 makes a curious first impression. […]
Meta and moderators agree to mediation on labor dispute
Content moderators suing Meta and its former content review partner in Africa, Sama, for alleged unlawful dismissal, have agreed to settle the case out of court. The 184 moderators have agreed to mediation five months after they filed the suit, a turn of events that is likely to end one of the most prolific cases […]
How to Prepare a Company to Go Public in a Volatile Market
Wondering whether now is the right time? Read on.
Fyre Festival 2 Tickets Are Already Selling Out, Per Convicted Fraudster Billy McFarland
McFarland served four years in prison on several counts of fraud for his involvement in the unlawful organization of the original Fyre Festival.
American Airlines Agrees to Substantial Pilot Pay Raises — Here’s What It Could Mean For Travelers
The deal guarantees an immediate 21% pay increase for around 15,000 pilots and outlines further raises over the next four years.
TikTok plans to ban links to outside e-commerce sites like Amazon, new report claims
TikTok is planning to ban links to outside e-commerce links, such as Amazon, according to a new report from The Information. The reported move is seen as a way for the company to force people to use TikTok Shop if they want to purchase an item that they see on the app. The report also […]
Window Snyder talks striking out on her own in cybersecurity at TechCrunch Disrupt
When Window Snyder started security infrastructure startup Thistle Technologies in 2020, she already had a decades-long career in cybersecurity under her belt. Snyder first made waves as a senior security strategist at Microsoft, where she is credited with pushing the tech giant to take cybersecurity seriously and building it directly into the Windows software systems. […]
Google TV adds 25 more free channels, NFL Sunday Ticket integration
Google TV is once again expanding its free live TV lineup. In April, the company announced the Google TV service was growing to include over 800 live TV channels, including those from Tubi, Plex, Haystack, and others. Today, the company says it’s adding 25 more free channels to the lineup, which can be watched without […]