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Google is taking its rivalry with OpenAI to another level

Google is taking its rivalry with OpenAI to another level

After the model, which was internally called Strawberry, was released in September, some employees in Google’s DeepMind unit were worried the company had fallen behind, a person told Bloomberg.


A cable company is throwing in free streaming to keep customers from cutting the cord

A cable company is throwing in free streaming to keep customers from cutting the cord

“With the renewal of our long-standing partnership with NBCUniversal, we now have completed deals with every major programmer to create better flexibility and greater value to our customers by including DTC [direct-to-consumer] streaming apps with their Spectrum TV service, at no extra cost,” Tom Montemagno, the executive vice president of programming acquisition for Charter Communications, said in a press release.


American car prices could spike and sales could slump thanks to Biden’s ban on Chinese EVs

American car prices could spike and sales could slump thanks to Biden’s ban on Chinese EVs

Without Chinese software and hardware in our cars, the American people would reportedly be safe from data thefts and “remote manipulation of connected vehicles,” the site explains.


Costco, Hims, Noom, and more: 6 companies that started hawking weight loss products this year

Costco, Hims, Noom, and more: 6 companies that started hawking weight loss products this year

The millennial-skewed tele-health platform Hims & Hers announced in May that is now offering customers a compounded version of semaglutide, the active ingredient in popular weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy.


Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are neck-and-neck with crypto voters, Coinbase poll says

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are neck-and-neck with crypto voters, Coinbase poll says

Seventy-six percent of crypto owners living in America say they own cryptocurrency because it gives them a sense of freedom, and nearly 87% believe that the current financial system needs an update, according to the report.


A massive U.S. port strike is just hours away

A massive U.S. port strike is just hours away

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) on Monday accused the alliance representing employers operating at more than a dozen major ports of blocking negotiations, paving the way for a devastating strike to kick off in roughly 12 hours.


A lethal tornado struck. How did the district respond and recover?

A lethal tornado struck. How did the district respond and recover?

Michelle McNear, who served as principal at Wayland Bonds Elementary during the 2013 storm and is now deputy superintendent of human resources, said she remembered watching the tornado stop right in front of her school and then head down a different route.


How educators can help students learn to resolve conflict and move forward

How educators can help students learn to resolve conflict and move forward

Mulvey also suggests that schools consider working with restorative justice and peer mediation partners to help classes share and converse with those who have engaged in harmful behavior rather than just handing out consequences and punishment.


An AI mentor, robots, and a model that can ‘brainstorm’: This week in new AI launches

An AI mentor, robots, and a model that can ‘brainstorm’: This week in new AI launches

Harmonic, an AI company developing mathematical superintelligence, announced that it raised a $75 million Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital.


Nvidia is back in the $3 trillion club — and Jensen Huang is $2 billion richer

Nvidia is back in the $3 trillion club — and Jensen Huang is $2 billion richer

This current uptick in Nvidia stock may be driven by Bain’s annual technology report, released Wednesday, that predicted that the market for AI products could reach as much as almost $1 trillion by 2027.


Target might reject your return if it suspects something fishy

Target might reject your return if it suspects something fishy

With these measures in place – including new self-checkout technology that warns customers if they’ve forgotten to scan an item – Target aims to create a move secure shopping environment.


CrowdStrike exec reveals new safety measures in Congressional drilling

CrowdStrike exec reveals new safety measures in Congressional drilling

Meyers was grilled Tuesday afternoon by lawmakers from the House’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protectionsubcommittee over the company’s failure to properly address its faulty software update that led to a global IT outage in mid-July.