By The Associated Press July 24, 2023 NEW YORK (AP) — The clock is ticking. As the deadline to reach a new contract nears, a potential UPS strike feels closer than ever. Negotiations broke down earlier this month and unionized workers have been holding rallies and practice pickets across the country. The Teamsters, which represent more … Continue reading A UPS strike could be just around the corner. Here’s what it means for you
By Mark Sullivan July 14, 2023 Elon Musk announced this week the launch his new AI company, called xAI. The company, which already boasts an extremely talented staff, will presumably develop large language models (LLMs) and may represent Musk’s desire to create a challenge to current AI leader OpenAI. Musk was one of the … Continue reading An AI in Elon Musk’s image—what could possibly go wrong?
By Jeff Beer July 08, 2023 Strolling around the south of France a few weeks ago—populated with execs from the best, brightest, and richest brands, ad agencies, media companies, and social and tech platforms gathered here for the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity—you could almost hear the constant chant of “AI, AI, AI, AI . … Continue reading These 40-year-old ideas could help the $73 billion advertising industry survive the rise of AI
By Sam Becker July 05, 2023 With companies like Cava Group and Savers Value Village hitting the public markets in recent weeks, it may feel like IPOs are seeing a resurgence after seemingly going dormant for the past year or so. But the most recent Global IPO Trends report from EY, which covers the … Continue reading The IPO market is still down, but EY says an upswing could finally be on the way
Google Analytics 2020 Version Could Violate Sweden’s Consumer Privacy Laws by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, July 3, 2023 Sweden’s data-protection watchdog found that the 2020 version of Google Analytics presented data-breach security issues and consumer privacy concerns. An audit suggests the Google tool breached the privacy rules and risks posed by U.S. government surveillance. … Continue reading Google Analytics 2020 Version Could Violate Sweden’s Consumer Privacy Laws
By Yasmin Gagne July 03, 2023 As Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg continue to train for the fight no one asked for, new pictures of Musk taking podcast host Lex Fridman down on the mat in a sparring match have emerged—and he’s looking rather trim. This might be because of his continued use of … Continue reading Your employer could soon be footing your Ozempic bill
By Wilfred Chan June 23, 2023 Most workers at big American companies receive employee wellness benefits. But what if those programs are actually a kind of worker surveillance—that may not even be making workers healthier? A new report from the Data & Society nonprofit argues exactly that. A team of researchers claim that the … Continue reading Could ‘wellness capitalism’ put employee health data at risk?
By Michael Grothaus June 22, 2023 June has been a good month for the Russell 2000, the index that tracks 2,000 of the smallest publicly traded companies in America. While the Russell hit an all-time high of above 2,300 points in 2021, today it is at 1,863—nearly 25% below its all-time high as of … Continue reading The Russell 2000 is up: That could be a good sign for the broader economy
By Wilfred Chan June 16, 2023 Earlier this week, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a new version of the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, which could force social media platforms to hand over valuable data about their inner workings to researchers and the public. But while researchers agree it would be a … Continue reading Could a new law help pry open the black boxes of social media giants?
Jon Fingas @jonfingas It may be more difficult for hackers to grab your iCloud data — and even Apple is rethinking its access to sensitive content. The company is introducing a raft of security measures that run the gamut from expanded end-to-end encryption to a reversal of a controversial program intended to identify possible … Continue reading iMessage Contact Key Verification could arrive with iOS 16.6
