‘I Can’t Get Everyone to Move Here’: Why Airbnb’s CEO Is Sticking With a Once-a-Month Hybrid Schedule
Airbnb gives all its employees the freedom to work from home or the office, but there’s a catch.
US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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Carta settles two more lawsuits that alleged sexual harassment and discrimination
Carta, which previously faced scrutiny over its workplace environment, has settled two lawsuits filed by women who used to work there.
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Apple Music adds a better-sounding Spatial Audio version of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show
If you want to relive Kendrick Lamar’s headline-making Super Bowl halftime show, Apple Music just dropped a replay of the performance in its surround sound-like Spatial Audio. Since Apple currently sponsors the Super Bowl halftime show, the company has permission to republish these musical spectacles — but this is better than just a YouTube video […]
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Elon Musk-led-team submits $97.4B bid for OpenAI
A team of investors led by Elon Musk submitted a $97.6 billion bid to purchase OpenAI on Monday. The news comes by way of Musk’s lawyer, Marc Toberoff, who confirmed the news with The Wall Street Journal. The unsolicited bid is the latest escalation by Musk in his war with co-founder Sam Altman, as Altman […]
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‘Creating Fear’: Meta Began Laying Off ‘Low Performers’ on Monday. Here’s a Look at How Those Decisions Are Made.
Meta is laying off thousands of employees around the world.
Google expands NotebookLM Plus to individual users
Google has expanded NotebookLM Plus to users subscribed to the Google One AI Premium plan.
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Bird cuts 120 jobs as part of ‘strategic realignment’
Bird, formerly MessageBird, has cut 120 jobs — roughly one-third of its workforce — as the startup plans to realign its global operations.
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4 Huge Reasons Your Brand Values Should Not Change (Even If Laws Do)
One thing remains steady for small businesses: values. You need them, you need to act on them and you need to report on how your values impact others, not just you.
Barbara Corcoran Says This Is How to Get People to Respond to Your Emails
With this quick trick, email recipients will never be able to get away with saying they didn’t see your email again.
OpenAI spoke to government officials about its DeepSeek probe
OpenAI says it has spoken to government officials about its ongoing investigation into DeepSeek. The ChatGPT-maker previously claimed to have evidence that DeepSeek trained its AI models using improperly obtained data from OpenAI’s API. During a Bloomberg TV interview on Monday, OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer, Chris Lehane, said the company has talked with government […]
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