Samsung tells executives to work 6-day weeks after reporting worst bottom line in over 10 years
Samsung has ordered its executives to come to work six days a week after the company posted its worst earnings in more than a decade. The South Korean tech giant, which makes memory chips, smartphones and televisions, has extended the weekly working hours of its executives to “instill a sense of crisis” in its employees. […]
Apple removes WhatsApp, Threads from App Store in China after demand by Beijing over security concerns
Apple on Friday removed WhatsApp and Threads from China’s App Store following orders from the Chinese government, citing national security concerns, raising new concerns about censorship by China’s Communist regime. Two other popular foreign messaging apps, Telegram and Signal, were also removed from app stores on Friday, according to app tracking companies Qimai and AppMagic. […]
Google Maps and Search updates find more economic ways to get around
There are many other factors to consider besides direction when determining the best route to a destination. Google Maps typically presents users with different options based on time, price, mode of transportation, minimum travel distance, etc. on wednesday, Google announced Google Maps and Google Search are adding new and updated sustainability features to help people […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta releases early versions of Llama 3 AI model in bid to catch ChatGPT
Meta Platforms on Thursday announced an early version of its latest large-scale language model, Llama 3, and an image generator that updates images in real time while users type prompts, as it races to catch up with generative AI market leader OpenAI. was released. These models will be integrated into the virtual assistant’s Meta AI, […]
House TikTok ban-or-sale bill bundled with foreign aid package, fast-tracking potential passage
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote as soon as Saturday on a bill to force a sale or outright ban on Chinese-owned TikTok, after Speaker Mike Johnson suggested the bill would be bundled with a foreign aid package for Ukraine and Israel. That’s what it means. The amended version of the expedited bill […]
Boston Dynamics introduces latest humanoid robot; retires older Atlas
This technology company is flipping the switch to the future. However, some worry that the future is a little too close to his sci-fi horror movie. Boston Dynamics unveiled its latest real-world humanoid robot on Wednesday. A robotics company has announced that it has developed an all-electric robot called Atlas that will peacefully rust away […]
Google employees arrested, placed on leave after protest over Israel contract
Several Google employees were arrested and placed on leave late Tuesday after holding a 10-hour sit-in at offices in New York and Sunnyvale, Calif., to protest a $1.2 billion cloud contract with Israel. . Pro-Palestinian employees from a group called “No Tech For Aparttheid” have posted several videos and livestreams of the protests, including one […]
Restaurant gives free bottle of wine if you give up phone
wine do not have? At this restaurant in Italy, letting go of your cell phone actually helps. Al Condominio, which opened in March in the northern city of Verona, is offering a free bottle of wine to customers who leave their phones with them before their meal. “We wanted to open a restaurant that was […]
LA students, parents warned about spreading deepfake nude photo threat
Several Los Angeles-area school districts have investigated instances of “inappropriate” artificial intelligence-generated images of students circulating online and in text messages in recent months. Most recently, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced it was investigating “the alleged creation and dissemination of inappropriate photos within the Fairfax High School community,” the district told Fox […]
Google staffers storm NYC, California, Seattle offices to protest Israel ties
On Tuesday, Google employees wearing traditional Arab headscarves stormed the company’s cloud chief’s California office, while other employees staged a sit-in at the company’s headquarters in New York City, challenging the tech giant’s relationship with the Israeli government. I protested. Pro-Palestinian employees, part of a group called “No Tech for Apartheid,” used their X and […]