Author: Jennifer Elias
Conferences last week hosted by Microsoft and Google showed how much tech companies are investing in security.Read More
Shawn K, a 42-year-old software engineer with two decades of experience and a computer science degree, is no stranger to tech layoffs. He’s been through the downturns of 2008 and the COVID-19 pandemic and bounced back each time. But after losing his job last April, he found himself shut out of the industry — not by people, but by algorithms. As Fortune reports, Shawn’s job at a metaverse-focused company disappeared as the industry pivoted toward AI. Despite sending out more than 800 job applicatRead More
Y Combinator general partner Pete Koomen said that AI development is stuck in the past, likening current tools to the invention of early automobiles.Read More
Major retailers are turning into gas giants — expanding their hours, adding car capacity, and building more infrastructureRead More
A former product manager for CNN said she “mirco-retired” at 39 because she can live off her investment portfolio. She’s not rushing back to work.Read More
Shares in some of Tesla’s biggest Chinese rivals fell on Monday after BYD’s price cuts fueled fears over the country’s brutally competitive EV sector.Read More
Despite Musk’s apparent plans to step back from DOGE, he made several appearances in DC this week, including in the Oval Office and on Capitol Hill.Read More
John Deere’s AI-powered autonomous tractors aim to boost farming efficiency, address labor shortages and enhance productivity in various aspects of the agriculture business.Read More
British business figures say many companies in UK and US disguising inclusion policies in face of rightwing attacksRead More
Emotion, aggression and self-aggrandizement can interlock into an ugly mess at games. Perhaps we need to better understand the value of school sports.Read More