Republican Congressman Jim Jordan asks Big Tech if Biden tried to censor AI
On Thursday, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters to 16 American technology firms, including Google and OpenAI, asking for past communications with the Biden Administration that might suggest the former President “coerced or colluded” with companies to “censor lawful speech” in AI products. The Trump Administration’s top technology advisers previously signaled it would pick […]
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Substack’s Notes feature is getting more Twitter-like capabilities
Substack is adding new capabilities to its Twitter-like Notes feature that bring it more in-line with the social network now known as X. The company announced on Tuesday that users can now post videos directly to Notes in the Substack app and on the web. Users can now also embed Notes on external webpages. The […]
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WhatsApp is adding filters to easily find messages
For those who use WhatsApp more like an inbox, the app will now become more useful. WhatsApp on Tuesday announced a handful of new chat filters for the app to access certain types of messages easily: All, Unread, and Groups. The “All” filter is selected by default and shows you an unfiltered version of your […]
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Loft Labs brings power of virtualization to Kubernetes clusters
It may seem like a paradox to have virtualized Kubernetes clusters. They are, after all, an abstraction in themselves of virtual machines made popular by VMware in the early 2000s. Loft Labs saw a similar problem with resource utilization in Kubernetes clusters that VMware saw with server utilization, and has built a virtualization tool to […]
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Omni Hotels says customers’ personal data stolen in ransomware attack
A ransomware gang called Daixin has taken credit for the breach, and claimed to steal millions of customer records dating back to 2017.
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‘Emails Work!’ This Entrepreneur Says Email Marketing Is Still the Best Way to Connect and Sell. Here Are His Top Tips.
LinkedIn’s Top Companies for 2024 Offer ‘Robust’ Compensation Packages — and They’re All Hiring: What to Expect at JPMorgan Chase & Co., General Motors and More
Amazon brings its “Amazon Live” shoppable video to Prime Video and Freevee
Amazon is trying to keep live shopping relevant with the launch of an “Amazon Live” FAST (free ad-supported TV) channel on Prime Video and Freevee. Previously only available as a feature on desktop, mobile, and Fire TV, the new live channel will give customers in the U.S. more ways to engage with interactive, shoppable content. […]
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Atlas shrugged: Boston Dynamics retires its hydraulic humanoid robot
Now that humanoids are all the rage in the robotics industry, Boston Dynamics on Tuesday officially retired theirs. The Hyundai-owned firm has always marched to the beat of its own drummer. Even so, it’s an odd decision as funding pours into the category by the hundreds of millions. Venturing an educated guess, I would say […]
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