A college is removing its vending machines after a student discovered they were using facial-recognition technology (www.businessinsider.com)
The University of Waterloo is expected to remove smart vending machines from its campus....
Google suspends Gemini from making AI images of people after a backlash complaining it was 'woke' (www.businessinsider.com)
Google suspends Gemini from making AI images of people after a backlash complaining it was ‘woke’::After users complained Google’s Gemini had gone “woke,” the company said it will pause the image-generating feature of people while working on fixes.
Special monitor suggests Trump falsified disclosures over $48 million loan in what could be tax evasion, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
A court-appointed monitor in Trump’s fraud case said his company filed disclosures with "errors."...
The CEO of Dropbox has a 90/10 rule for remote work (www.businessinsider.com)
The CEO of Dropbox has a 90/10 rule for remote work::“If you trust people and treat them like adults, they’ll behave like adults,” Dropbox CEO Drew Houston told Fortune.
Meta and Salesforce are looking to re-hire some workers they just laid off. It's putting those people in an awkward spot (www.businessinsider.com)
Meta and Salesforce are looking to re-hire some workers they just laid off. It’s putting those people in an awkward spot::Big Tech wants to bring back some of the workers it laid off. The decision might come down to how a company handled the layoffs.
"waves of technological innovation" have gotten faster over time, "students might now find themselves learning skills in college that are obsolete by the time they graduate" (www.businessinsider.com)
A mystery company backed by Silicon Valley billionaires has purchased tens of thousands of acres of land for more than $800 million to build a new city near San Francisco (www.businessinsider.com)
Marc Andreessen thinks comedy is basically dead. He believes AI could save it. (www.businessinsider.com)
I’m not sure if I should be laughing or crying. Probably both.
Elon Musk warns Tesla workers they'll be sleeping on the production line to build its new mass-market EV (www.businessinsider.com)
Elon Musk warns Tesla workers they’ll be sleeping on the production line to build its new mass-market EV::Elon Musk said that building Tesla’s next-generation EV, which is set to enter production in 2025, will require Tesla workers to sleep on the manufacturing line.
Amazon is working on a new paid subscription plan for its Alexa voice assistant (www.businessinsider.com)
Amazon is revamping its Alexa voice assistant as it prepares to launch a new paid subscription plan this year, according to internal documents and people familiar with the matter. But the change is causing internal conflict and may lead to further delay.
Downed Russian Shahed Drone Was Found With a Ukrainian SIM Card: Think Tank (www.businessinsider.com)
The tech world reacts in shock to Sam Altman's departure from OpenAI (www.businessinsider.com)
The tech world reacts in shock to Sam Altman’s departure from OpenAI::The tech community is expressing their shock, disbelief, and theories on Sam Altman’s departure.
Around 76 locations were raided in India as part of a crackdown on phony tech support scam calls (www.businessinsider.com)
Around 76 locations were raided in India as part of a crackdown on phony tech support scam calls::Microsoft and Amazon are teaming up with law enforcement and India’s Central Bureau of Investigation to combat tech support scam calls.
FBI says North Korea deployed thousands of IT workers to get remote jobs in US with fake IDs (www.businessinsider.com)
FBI says North Korea deployed thousands of IT workers to get remote jobs in US with fake IDs::North Koreans are using fake IDs and learning IT skills to sneak their way into remote American jobs, according to the FBI and Justice departments.
Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers say he needs more Adderall to concentrate in court (www.businessinsider.com)
Russia's war-driven economy is so hot that the World Bank upgraded it to a 'high-income country' (www.businessinsider.com)
Russia’s economy, boosted by military activity, is now classified as high-income by the World Bank....
Chinese fishing vessels are going scorched earth and pumping cyanide into contested waters, Philippine fishing authority says (www.businessinsider.com)
Frequent/Long-Term use of the Apple Vision Pro may rewire our brains in unexpected ways (www.businessinsider.com)
An airline passenger could face a $120,000 bill after fighter jets were scrambled when he joked about blowing up the plane (www.businessinsider.com)
OpenAI is 'optimistic' that it can bring ousted CEO Sam Altman and other senior figures back, The Information reported (www.businessinsider.com)
OpenAI is ‘optimistic’ that it can bring ousted CEO Sam Altman and other senior figures back, The Information reported::A day after Sam Altman was pushed out of his role, Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon told employees that the company was “optimistic” that it could bring back the ousted CEO.