Citi to cut 3,500 technology jobs in China as part of global revamp
— Citigroup will reduce the number of employees at two of its technology centres in China by about 3,500, the bank said on Thursday, as part of…
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Smart technology is making our homes safer
The ability to stay connected through technology plays a pivotal role in our everyday lives, but in some areas of our lives we are only beginning to realize the life-saving potential of…
What Isaac Asimov Reveals About Living with A.I.
For this week’s Open Questions column, Cal Newport is filling in for Joshua Rothman. In the spring of 1940, Isaac Asimov, who had just turned twenty, published a short story titled…
Sam Altman and Jony Ive Will Force A.I. Into Your Life
Last Wednesday, OpenAI announced that it was acquiring a company called io, an artificial-intelligence-forward product-development firm co-founded, last year, by Jony Ive, the vastly…
Innovation and Technology Take Center Stage at Denim Première Vision in Milan
MILAN — Amid geopolitical uncertainties and challenges, exhibitors at the latest Denim Première Vision had a clear vision that innovation is the denim industry‘s next trend. The two-day…
Why Good Ideas Die Quietly and Bad Ideas Go Viral
The internet—it seemed like such a good idea at the time. Under conditions of informational poverty, our ancestors had no choice but to operate on a need-to-know basis. The absence of…
Two Paths for A.I.
Last spring, Daniel Kokotajlo, an A.I.-safety researcher working at OpenAI, quit his job in protest. He’d become convinced that the company wasn’t prepared for the future of its own…
LVMH is Innovating With its Viva Tech Stand
POWER OF TWO: LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, a founding partner in Viva Technology, plans to streamline its awards and displays at the ninth edition of the fair scheduled for June 11 to…
Let's Talk About ChatGPT and Cheating in the Classroom
Michael Calore: That's pretty good. Katie? Katie Drummond: My recommendation is very specific and very strange. It is a 2003 film called What a Girl Wants, starring Amanda Bynes and Colin…
Walmart eliminates about 1,500 jobs on technology team
The company has about 1.6 million US employees, making it the largest private employer in the country Walmart is cutting corporate staff in the company’s headquarters in…
Implementing AI in the Beauty Category to Scale With Speed
AI isn’t just a buzzword. It’s an industry-wide transformation. At WWD’s annual Beauty CEO Summit, David Greenberg, chief executive officer, L’Oréal and president, North America Zone,…
Can Sam Altman Be Trusted with the Future?
In 2017, soon after Google researchers invented a new kind of neural network called a transformer, a young OpenAI engineer named Alec Radford began experimenting with it. What made the…
How LAFCO’s Expanded Partnership with Listrak Aims to Drive Accelerated Growth
LAFCO (Luxury Articles & Fragrance Co.) said it has expanded its partnership with Listrak, the “person-first” marketing platform provider, as it experiences a period of accelerated growth.…
How Cory Arcangel Recovered a Late Artist’s Digital Legacy
In 2002, the thirty-five-year-old, Luxembourg-born painter Michel Majerus was on a short flight from Berlin, where he lived, to his native country, when the plane crashed, killing him and…
StoreForce and MMP Forge Partnership to Give Retailers Added Value
StoreForce, the workforce management and performance optimization solution for specialty retailers, has teamed up with Multimedia Plus, the creators of the Incite training and…
A long-abandoned US nuclear technology is making a comeback in China
You can basically copy and paste that line into countless stories about today’s advanced reactor technology. Molten-salt cooling systems? Invented in the mid-20th century but never…
Virginia will use technology to slow chronic speeders’ cars—and other states are rushing to join in
Americans worried about their country’s sky-high rate of crash deaths haven’t had much to cheer lately. Although pedestrian fatalities remain near an all-time record, U.S. Department of…
How Profitmind Is Driving Profit Growth for Retailers With AI-powered Analytics
Is it time for retailers to finally ditch Excel and reams of spreadsheets? Retail executives are often overwhelmed by massive amounts of data, reports and spreadsheets, leaving little time…
Scientists Discover a New Color ‘Olo’ With Lasers
Although a team of California scientists have discovered what is being called a new color, it may be a while before it winds up in any consumer products. Researchers at the University of…
Amazon's robotaxi effort will begin testing in Los Angeles
Zoox, the autonomous driving technology company owned by Amazon, is preparing to begin testing its vehicles in Los Angeles this summer. The city will be the sixth testing location for the…
Amid buzzing drones and the rise of AI, Masters tries to balance tradition and tech
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Cellphones are banned at the Masters. Food and drink prices are happily stuck in the 1970s — $1.50 for a pimento cheese sandwich — a charming holdover from yesteryear. And…
OpenAI takes its pitch to Hollywood creatives after launching controversial video tool
Just months after OpenAI launched its controversial text-to-video artificial intelligence tool Sora for the general paying public, the company is making its sales pitch directly to L.A.’s…
Stories We Can’t Stop Thinking About: Deepfakes, the Tesla Backlash, and All Things Chips
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” our hosts talk about three big stories from February. Source link
Vision Expo East’s First Orlando Show: Brand Launches, Technology Innovation and a Bump in New Attendees
The 2025 edition of Vision Expo East came with plenty of firsts beyond frame trends. It marked the debut of the show in Orlando, Fla., held from Feb. 19 to 22 at the Orange County…