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Walmart is one of the biggest chains yet to use digital price tags. Here’s how that could affect shoppers

June 21, 2024 Walmart is one of the biggest chains yet to use digital price tags. Here’s how that could affect shoppers The most obvious possibility: dynamic pricing. BY Sam Becker Earlier this month, Walmart announced that it had been testing “digital shelf labels” in a Texas store, allowing it to make price changes to the … Continue reading Walmart is one of the biggest chains yet to use digital price tags. Here’s how that could affect shoppers →

Apple’s commitment to data privacy could pay off big with its AI

Apple Data Privacy

June 10, 2024 Apple’s commitment to data privacy could pay off big with its AI Whereas customers of other AI companies may not trust that AI systems won’t leak their data or use it in unauthorized ways, they’re likely to trust Apple. BY Mark Sullivan At long last, Apple has finally entered the AI race. The … Continue reading Apple’s commitment to data privacy could pay off big with its AI →

Scientists don’t know much about the heliosphere’s shape. An interstellar probe could change that

Scientific Research

June 08, 2024 Scientists don’t know much about the heliosphere’s shape. An interstellar probe could change that No probe has ever gotten a good look at the heliosphere from the outside or properly sampled the local interstellar medium. BY The Conversation The Sun warms the Earth, making it habitable for people and animals. But that’s not … Continue reading Scientists don’t know much about the heliosphere’s shape. An interstellar probe could change that →

28,000 Samsung union members could stage a walkout on June 7

Employee Unions

May 29, 2024 28,000 Samsung union members could stage a walkout on June 7 It would be the first ever walkout for the chipmaker. BY Reuters A Samsung Electronics union in South Korea will begin escalating strike action next week by staging the first ever walkout over demands for higher wages, union officials said on Wednesday. … Continue reading 28,000 Samsung union members could stage a walkout on June 7 →

Why having a soundtrack at work could boost your productivity

Music Industry

May 09, 2024 Why having a soundtrack at work could boost your productivity Want to be more productive? It’s time to think more critically about your sound environment, says author and happiness expert Gretchen Rubin. BY Gretchen Rubin We’ve all read the familiar advice about how to boost our productivity. Make a to-do list. Set priorities. … Continue reading Why having a soundtrack at work could boost your productivity →

Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold 3 could speed up drug discovery for diseases

Google DeepMind

May 08, 2024 Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold 3 could speed up drug discovery for diseases The third version maps the behavior for all of life’s molecules, including human DNA. BY Reuters Google Deepmind has unveiled the third major version of its “AlphaFold” artificial intelligence model, designed to help scientists design drugs and target disease more effectively. In … Continue reading Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold 3 could speed up drug discovery for diseases →

Could Microsoft President Brad Smith Fall Out Of Step With Brand Loyalists?

Microsoft

Could Microsoft President Brad Smith Fall Out Of Step With Brand Loyalists? by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, May 8, 2024 Microsoft President Brad Smith may have just created a deeper chasm between brand loyalists and those who are not, with the introduction of the company’s new AI hub. Smith agreed to have President Joe … Continue reading Could Microsoft President Brad Smith Fall Out Of Step With Brand Loyalists? →

Vivek Ramaswamy spent $3.3 million to buy 8% of BuzzFeed. How much damage could he do with that stake?

BuzzFeed

May 23, 2024 Vivek Ramaswamy spent $3.3 million to buy 8% of BuzzFeed. How much damage could he do with that stake? It may be a small fraction of the company, but activist investors in Apple and ExxonMobil have accomplished a lot, with a lot less. BY Clint Rainey Update, 5/23/24: After this article was published, … Continue reading Vivek Ramaswamy spent $3.3 million to buy 8% of BuzzFeed. How much damage could he do with that stake? →

Warren Buffett cautions shareholders AI scams could be the ‘growth industry of all time’

Financial Education

May 06, 2024 Warren Buffett cautions shareholders AI scams could be the ‘growth industry of all time’ The ‘Oracle of Omaha’ reissued caution at the annual shareholder meeting. BY Associated Press Warren Buffett cautioned the tens of thousands of shareholders who packed an arena for his annual meeting that artificial intelligence scams could become “the growth … Continue reading Warren Buffett cautions shareholders AI scams could be the ‘growth industry of all time’ →

Apple’s AI-Powered Search Could End Large $20B Payouts To Google

Marketing Technology AI-Powered

Apple’s AI-Powered Search Could End Huge $20B Payouts From Google by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, May 3, 2024 Newly unsealed court documents on Thursday — during the closing arguments of the Google and the Department of Justice antitrust case — revealed that Google’s parent company Alphabet paid Apple $20 billion in 2022 for Google … Continue reading Apple’s AI-Powered Search Could End Large $20B Payouts To Google →