Ads Popped Up on Drivers’ Screens. There May Be More on the Way
Last week, a Jeep driver turned to Reddit to do what people do best on the site—complain. Every time they hit the brakes on their Jeep, they wrote, a promotion for an extended warranty…
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After a Violent Kidnapping, Crypto Elites Hire Bodyguards
In the early morning of January 21, David Balland and his wife were forced at gunpoint into separate vehicles outside their home in Méreau, a commune in the opulent Loire Valley, France.…
‘OpenAI’ Job Scam Targeted International Workers Through Telegram
“Regrettably, I found no available source online to know more about this organization except for those registrations,” wrote the complainant. “They are collecting huge amounts of…
3 ways ‘competency checking’ can impact your workplace
“Competency checking” is a practice that imposes extra scrutiny on Black professionals and people of color, challenging their qualifications, intellect, and ability to advance. There are…
2 of Tesla’s top designers left the company
Last year was terrible for Tesla. Bad financials. Multiple recalls. Abysmal safety record. Lawsuits. The Cybertruck disaster and cratering sales. All of it tied to design problems and lack…
Pantone just named a color after Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore just got her own Pantone color—and as you might expect for a woman who famously once responded to a rainstorm by dancing in the downpour and encouraging others to do the…
5 time-saving Alexa commands you’re probably not using yet
Even if you’re a regular Alexa user, there’s a good chance you haven’t discovered some of its most efficient features. Actually, strike that: There’s a good chance you’re only using your…
Why today’s youth need more math, logic, and grammar skills
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Customer co-creation: The time is now
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The power of corporate philanthropy to engage employees
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Underwater drones to help artificial reefs off Cyprus bring back sea life
A first-of-its-kind project will use a swarm of small, independent submersibles to monitor, protect and provide data on offshore artificial reefs whose purpose is to attract new marine…
Here are crypto’s biggest heists after Bybit’s $1.5 billion hack
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit said last week hackers had stolen digital tokens worth around $1.5 billion, in what researchers called the biggest crypto heist of all time. Bybit CEO Ben…
A parliamentary petition to revoke Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship is gaining steam
Elon Musk is in hot water with our Canadian neighbors to the north. A parliamentary petition with 200,000 signatures and climbing is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to revoke…
Trump taps Dan Bongino for FBI deputy director. Here’s what to know
Dan Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service agent who ran unsuccessfully for office and gained fame as a conservative pundit with TV shows and a popular podcast, has been chosen to serve as…
DoorDash to pay New York delivery workers nearly $17 million for using tips to cover wages
The ubiquitous food delivery app DoorDash will pay almost $17 million to settle claims that it unfairly used customer tips to subsidize the wages of its delivery workers in New York City,…
Trump proposes big port fees on Chinese cargo ships. Here’s how that could affect you
Donald Trump could be about to escalate the trade war with China. A proposal, unveiled Friday, would slap fees on any Chinese-built vessels, as well as Chinese shipping companies, that…
National parks in turmoil: why rangers hung an upside-down American flag at Yosemite
On Saturday evening, a group of Yosemite National Park employees hung an upside-down American flag 3,000 feet in the air, at the top of El Capitan summit. The display was absolutely not…
Starbucks to lay off 1,100 workers and cut these 13 drinks amid lackluster sales
Starbucks plans to lay off 1,100 corporate employees and eliminate hundreds of open and unfilled positions, CEO Brian Niccol said on Monday. In a memo, Niccol said the cuts will remove…
31 housing markets where home prices are falling
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. National home prices have risen by 2.6% year-over-year from January 2024…
What to know about Apple’s biggest-ever U.S. investment
This morning, Apple announced its largest spend commitment to date: A whopping $500 billion that’s set to be invested in American manufacturing, engineering, and AI efforts over the next…
Anthropic Launches the World’s First ‘Hybrid Reasoning’ AI Model
The difference between a conventional model and a reasoning one is similar to the two types of thinking described by the Nobel-prize-winning economist Michael Kahneman in his 2011 book…
‘We are never going to stop existing’: Hunter Schafer called out Trump’s passport policy on TikTok
“I had a bit of a harsh reality check today, and felt like it’s important to share with whoever is listening,” model and actress Hunter Schafer said in an eight-minute video posted on…
How agentic AI will shape the future of business
In 2024, Amazon introduced its AI-powered HR assistant, which helps managers with performance reviews and workforce planning. Similarly, Tesla deployed AI personas to assist in real-time…
Ai2’s Ali Farhadi advocates for open-source AI models. Here’s why
A year before Elon Musk helped start OpenAI in San Francisco, philanthropist and Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen already had established his own nonprofit artificial intelligence research…