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Google scraps minimum wage, benefits rules for suppliers and staffing firms: Alphabet Inc's Google on Friday said it will roll back requirements that U.S ...
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Quick Glance: Google to Remove Minimum Wage and Benefits Rules for Suppliers and Staffing Firms
  • Alphabet Inc's Google will roll back requirements for U.S. suppliers and staffing firms to pay their employees at least $15 an hour and provide health insurance and other benefits.

  • These updates are designed to comply with shifting U.S. and global labor regulations related to contingent workers.

  • The company is committed to ensuring vendors and staffing firms prioritize safe working conditions and compliance with legal standards.

  • This decision follows the U.S. National Labor Relations Board's ruling that Google is considered a 'joint employer' of workers from staffing firm Cognizant Technology Solutions.
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Google Suspends Workers Protesting $1.2 Billion Israeli Contract: Alphabet Inc.’s Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against ...
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Google Suspends Workers Protesting $1.2 Billion Israeli Contract
Quick Glance: Google Employees Rally Against Cloud Agreement with Israel's Government
  • Google staff members are protesting a cloud deal with the Israeli government amid the Hamas conflict.

  • Activists are staging sit-ins at Google offices in New York and California as a form of protest.

  • These actions represent an intensification in the resistance against tech companies' association with the Israeli government.

  • Employees are urging the immediate termination of the project and condemning the IDF's utilization of Google services.
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Google will spend more than $100 billion on AI, exec says: Just last month, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said the billions of dollars being poured into AI ...
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Google will spend more than $100 billion on AI, exec says
Quick Glance: Google to Surpass Microsoft in AI Investment, DeepMind CEO Affirms
  • Many of us have fallen under the spell of the foundation model in the past year and a half, triggered by OpenAI's unveiling of ChatGPT.

  • DeepMind, acquired by Google in 2014 for a reported £400-650 million, has achieved more impressive milestones than most.

  • Deep Mind's CEO Demis Hassabis confirmed at the TED 40th anniversary conference in Vancouver, Canada, that Google has no intention of slowing down investment in the technology, but rather the opposite.

  • Hassabis emphasized the need to avoid an artificial intelligence arms race that could lead to risky decisions and highlighted the importance of society starting to think about the types of architectures being built as we approach achieving artificial general intelligence.
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Meta Debuts Llama 3, Latest AI Model for Training Chatbots: Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. debuted a new version of its powerful Llama artificial ...
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Meta Debuts Llama 3, Latest AI Model for Training Chatbots
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Tesla slashes price of its premium driver assistance option by half in U.S.: Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted on X on Friday that the company is cutting the price of ...
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Tesla slashes price of its premium driver assistance option by half in U.S ...
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AI-Enhanced Google Search Could Soon Be Paid: Users of internet searches, which have always been free, will soon have to pay for it due to the use of artificial ...
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AI-Enhanced Google Search Could Soon Be Paid
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Here are the top 15 companies in Singapore to work for, according to LinkedIn: LinkedIn has released its 2024 list of the top companies to work for in Singapore ...
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Here are the top 15 companies in Singapore to work for, according to ...
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Cisco debuts new AI-focused security system after $28 billion deal to buy Splunk: Enterprise tech giant Cisco unveiled a new security product, called HyperShield ...
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Cisco debuts new AI-focused security system after $28 billion deal to buy ...
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Lizzo Says She Quits in Instagram Post About ‘Being Dragged’: Lizzo is seemingly suggesting that it’s about damn time for her to leave the music industry … or ...
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Lizzo Says She Quits in Instagram Post About ‘Being Dragged’
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A reverse stock split is BuzzFeed's last hope of staying listed on the Nasdaq: BuzzFeed stock fell another 5% and the media company is struggling to survive
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A reverse stock split is BuzzFeed's last hope of staying listed on the ...
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Intel unveils latest AI chip as Nvidia competition heats up : Intel is looking to take market share from current leader Nvidia, which has an estimated 80% of the ...
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Intel unveils latest AI chip as Nvidia competition heats up
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U.S. tech CEOs give India PM Modi boost ahead of election: India's Narendra Modi has been courting U.S. tech company leaders like Elon Musk and Tim Cook ahead of ...
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U.S. tech CEOs give India PM Modi boost ahead of election
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Layoff whiplash scars workers who find new jobs only to lose them: Unlike previous cycles, when employers might do one big layoff, lately employers have done ...
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Layoff whiplash scars workers who find new jobs only to lose them
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Google’s latest layoffs are in finance and real estate: Google's almost uncountable number of layoffs continues.
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Google’s latest layoffs are in finance and real estate
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Joe Flaherty Tributes: Martin Short, Adam Sandler, and More: The industry is paying tribute to the late Joe Flaherty. Martin Short, Adam Sandler, Jennifer Tilly ...
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Joe Flaherty Tributes: Martin Short, Adam Sandler, and More
Quick Glance: Beloved Actor Joe Flaherty Passes Away at 82 with Tributes Pouring In
  • The beloved comedian and actor Joe Flaherty passed away at the age of 82 after his appearances in successful TV series such as Freaks and Geeks and the film Happy Gilmore alongside Adam Sandler.

  • Joe's specific cause of death remains undisclosed, but it occurred following a health battle for which his improv comedy group conducted a fundraising effort.

  • The heartbreaking news of Joe's passing was shared by Mad Men star Joel Murray, who provided the update on X, formerly known as Twitter.

  • Joe Flaherty was widely recognized for his portrayal in the film Happy Gilmore and throughout his remarkable acting career, he appeared in at least 22 movies.
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Meta (META) Trades at a Discount to Magnificent Seven After $1 Trillion AI Rally: Meta Platforms Inc.’s record-breaking, artificial intelligence-fueled rally has ...
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Meta (META) Trades at a Discount to Magnificent Seven After $1 Trillion AI ...
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OpenAI poaches from Tesla, Nvidia's origins, and Big Tech buys more: AI news roundup
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OpenAI poaches from Tesla, Nvidia's origins, and Big Tech buys more: AI ...
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Nvidia, Alphabet lead market cap surge in March
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Nvidia, Alphabet lead market cap surge in March
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RimWorld’s new Anomaly horror expansion also happens to be its best: The Anomaly expansion adds new horror-themed events to RimWorld, and it’s a great way to ...
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RimWorld’s new Anomaly horror expansion also happens to be its best
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy spurns regulators after failed iRobot deal: 'It's a sad story'
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy spurns regulators after failed iRobot deal: 'It's a ...
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37 Products To Treat Yourself To Because It's Finally Spring And You Made It Through Winter
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37 Products To Treat Yourself To Because It's Finally Spring And You Made ...
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Meta shares hit intraday record after analyst says company 'has too many advantages to count'
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Meta shares hit intraday record after analyst says company 'has too many ...
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Fed must get 'more aggressive' with rate cuts due to weakening jobs market, Canaccord's chief market strategist says
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Fed must get 'more aggressive' with rate cuts due to weakening jobs market ...
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India wants to become the top manufacturing alternative to China. But first it needs to beat Vietnam
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India wants to become the top manufacturing alternative to China ...
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EU drops sovereignty requirements in cybersecurity certification scheme, document shows
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Alphabet would like to buy Hubspot: CRM specialist Hubspot is worth $34 billion on the stock market. Does Google's mother dare to make a higher offer?
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Alphabet would like to buy Hubspot
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Review: Wyrmspan doesn’t stray that far from its inspiration, Wingspan: Wyrmspan, the spiritual successor to the bestselling board game Wingspan ...
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Review: Wyrmspan doesn’t stray that far from its inspiration, Wingspan
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Google Fires Employees Protesting $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel: Googlers staged sit-in at several US offices to object to work with Israel
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Google Fires Employees Protesting $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel
Quick Glance: Google terminates 28 employees after office occupation due to anti-Israel protests
  • Google terminated 28 employees on Thursday who had occupied its offices to protest against contracts with the Israeli government, as confirmed by a Google spokesperson.

  • The protesters were arrested and after refusing to leave the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian in Sunnyvale or the workspace in New York City for nearly 10 hours, they were transferred to administrative positions to urge Google to terminate the Project Nimbus contract and cease business with the Israeli government.

  • No Tech For Apartheid, a project by Jewish Voice for Peace and Linda Sarsour’s MPower Change, described the terminations as an "indiscriminate act of mass retaliation."

  • The office occupations at Google were accompanied by demonstrations on-site and in Seattle, aiming to compel Google to withdraw from the project to establish cloud-based data centers and transition a significant portion of the Israeli government's IT infrastructure to cloud-based servers.
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AI computing is on pace to consume more energy than India, Arm says: AI’s voracious need for computing power is threatening to overwhelm energy sources ...
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AI computing is on pace to consume more energy than India, Arm says
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Google reportedly fires workers protesting $1.2 billion Israeli contract: Alphabet Inc.’s Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests ...
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Google reportedly fires workers protesting $1.2 billion Israeli contract
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"Threatens to derail completely": young parties are appalled by the new climate protection law
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Association alarms: “Pseudo-patients” obtain cannabis via telemedicine platforms: Weed is legal but not available anywhere - except in the pharmacy ...
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Association alarms: “Pseudo-patients” obtain cannabis via telemedicine ...
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Reddit is bucking this big tech trend. Analysts view it as a positive.: ‘We don’t really have capex to speak of,’ Reddit CFO Drew Vollero told MarketWatch on the ...
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Reddit is bucking this big tech trend. Analysts view it as a positive.
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“All You Can Eat”: This is how high the prices are estimated in cannabis clubs: How much does a gram of weed cost? And is membership worth it over the black ...
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“All You Can Eat”: This is how high the prices are estimated in cannabis ...
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AI creates photos: This is what tech giants like Nvidia, Amazon & Co. would look like as humans
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AI creates photos: This is what tech giants like Nvidia, Amazon & Co ...
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"No necessity": supermarkets do not want mandatory donation of unsaleable food: The Citizens' Food Council recommends mandatory food donations. Lidl ...
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The real battle for data privacy begins when you die: Should Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc., as well as companies such as Alphabet Inc. and Apple Inc. ...
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The real battle for data privacy begins when you die
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The worst corporate April Fools’ jokes and how to spot them: Will it be via an X post? Or a company statement? Or a video message? From TGI Fridays Inc ...
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The worst corporate April Fools’ jokes and how to spot them
Quick Glance: April Fools' Day 2024: From Baby Language Translation Apps to a Ghostbuster at Tinder
  • Every year on April 1st, companies and brands introduce new 'products' for jokes. Sweetgreen, Welch's, and Omaha Steaks showcase ideas like baby language translation apps.

  • April 1st, known as April Fools' Day, encourages not trusting anyone and questioning everything. Companies use this day to surprise customers and employees with prank products.

  • Despite occasional failed pranks, marketers continue to rely on fake products to grab attention. Examples include a hot dog-flavored drink from 7-Eleven and a translation app for stoner language.

  • Other prank products include things like AI-powered dolls, banana sleeping bags, and even cheese spritz sprays. Companies like Krispy Kreme, Omaha Steaks, and Quest Nutrition participate in this fun tradition.
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Safari is so far ahead of Chrome on mobile, it's not even funny: Google Chrome is the world's most popular browser, so why is Apple's Safari so much better than ...
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Safari is so far ahead of Chrome on mobile, it's not even funny
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TikTok Ban, ThatPlainGirl, and More March Memes and Drama: The TikTok ban, the disappearance of ThatPlainGirl, and all the online memes and drama you missed ...
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TikTok Ban, ThatPlainGirl, and More March Memes and Drama
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Karlie Kloss to Publish ‘Life’ Magazine in Digital and Print: Karlie Kloss and Jared Kushner’s Bedford Media is bringing Life magazine back to, well, life ...
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Karlie Kloss to Publish ‘Life’ Magazine in Digital and Print
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YouTube Shorts: More creators earn their money with short videos: YouTube's short videos reach more than 70 billion views a day. Accordingly ...
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YouTube Shorts: More creators earn their money with short videos
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Reddit power users balk at chance to participate in IPO as Wall Street debut nears
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Quick Glance: Reddit Shares Surge 48% in Market Debut
  • Reddit shares ended their first day of trading in New York up 48 per cent, signaling that investor appetite for initial public offerings of promising yet loss-making companies could be returning.

  • While Reddit still relies on advertising for the vast majority of its revenue, it positioned its content in its IPO marketing as training grounds for AI programs and disclosed an investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission into its AI data licensing deals.

  • Shares of Reddit opened on the New York Stock Exchange at $47 and surged to $50.44 after pricing at $34 in the IPO.

  • Reddit's entry into public markets was long overdue, and although the allocation of shares to users and retailers poses risks, the extremely bullish sentiment from retail traders on platforms like Stocktwits indicates that the cult brand Reddit continues to hold a significant cultural presence in the social media world.
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Apple Loses $113 Billion in Value After Regulators Close In: Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are training their eyes on Apple Inc. ...
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Apple Loses $113 Billion in Value After Regulators Close In
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Amazon spends $2.75 billion on AI startup Anthropic in its largest venture investment yet
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Quick Glance: Amazon Invests $2.75 Billion in AI Startup Anthropic
  • Amazon makes its largest external investment in a KI-startup called Anthropic to gain an edge in the artificial intelligence race.

  • Anthropic closed five different funding rounds worth about $7.3 billion and competes directly with OpenAI.

  • Cloud providers like Amazon Web Services are heavily investing in AI to stay competitive and benefit from partnerships with AI developers like Anthropic.

  • The Federal Trade Commission is investigating partnerships between AI developers and major cloud service providers like Google and Amazon to examine potential illegal practices.
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Generative AI 'FOMO' is driving tech heavyweights to invest billions of dollars in startups
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Generative AI 'FOMO' is driving tech heavyweights to invest billions of ...
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Apple stock is stabilizing — but Tesla faces a worse fate: Apple investors are shaking off news of a sweeping antitrust lawsuit, but they're still wary of ...
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Apple stock is stabilizing — but Tesla faces a worse fate
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Alphabet and Apple Stocks Rise on Report of Talks About AI for iPhones. What to Know.
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Alphabet and Apple Stocks Rise on Report of Talks About AI for iPhones ...
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Apple, Google to Be Hit by First Probes Under EU Digital Law: Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are set to face full-blown European Union investigations into ...
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Apple, Google to Be Hit by First Probes Under EU Digital Law
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FTX estate selling majority stake in AI startup Anthropic for $884 million, with bulk going to UAE
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FTX estate selling majority stake in AI startup Anthropic for $884 million ...