July 20, 2024 How marketing made AR-15 rifles iconic in America The AR-15 platform has obtained a foothold in civilian culture unlike any weapon before it, experts say. BY Reuters Conservative politicians pose with AR-style rifles for Christmas card portraits. Churches in deep-red states give them away at raffles. Demonstrators on both sides of the political … Continue reading How marketing made AR-15 rifles iconic in America
July 19, 2024 How Amazon, Walmart, and Target made ocean-shipping season peak early Early back-to-school sales pushed peak ocean shipping season ahead by two months. BY Reuters Retailers Walmart, Target and Shein kicked off back-to-school sales early to stop Amazon.com’s Prime Day event from siphoning U.S. sales of backpacks and laptops, helping advance the peak ocean … Continue reading How Amazon, Walmart, and Target made ocean-shipping season peak early
June 27, 2024 How cool-girl brand Ganni made sustainable style a $700 million business The Danish ‘It Girl‘ brand is determined to grow, but not at all costs. BY Elizabeth Segran In 2023, Nicolaj Reffstrup made a tough decision—one that would lose his company half a million dollars in annual revenue. [Photo: Ganni] As cofounder and … Continue reading How cool-girl brand Ganni made sustainable style a $700 million business
Made by Google’s next event will be August 13 The keynote is expected to detail the next generation of Pixel devices and Google AI. sam rutherford Tue, Jun 25, 2024 Screenshot by Sam Rutherford/Engadget Typically, Google shows off its next generation of devices in the fall. But this year it seems that time … Continue reading Made by Google’s next event will be August 13
May 31, 2024 Google’s bad AI search results went viral. It’s since made improvements Google has sought to make broader improvements such as better detection of ‘nonsensical queries.’ BY Associated Press Google said Friday it has made “more than a dozen technical improvements” to its artificial intelligence (AI) systems after its retooled search engine was found … Continue reading Google’s bad AI search results went viral. It’s since made improvements
The Tribeca Film Festival will debut a bunch of short films made by AI They will be created using OpenAI’s Sora model that translates text to video. lawrence bonk Fri, May 31, 2024 Tribeca Enterprises The Tribeca Film Festival will debut five short films made by AI, as detailed by The Hollywood Reporter. … Continue reading The Tribeca Film Festival will debut a bunch of short films made by AI
The Atlantic and Vox Media made their own deal with the AI Devil They’re the latest in a string of publications to let OpenAI train its tool on their content. nathan ingraham Updated Wed, May 29, 2024 In the last few months, news organizations have leapt into bed with OpenAI, hatching Faustian bargains where … Continue reading The Atlantic and Vox Media made their own deal with the AI Devil
May 29, 2024 Here are the companies OpenAI has made deals with to train ChatGPT In the past month, OpenAI has partnered with Reddit, News Corp., Vox Media, and the Atlantic as it looks for data to train ChatGPT. Here are the deals announced so far. BY Chris Morris OpenAI’s chatbots scored a big new data … Continue reading Here are the companies OpenAI has made deals with to train ChatGPT
Jack Dorsey claims Bluesky is ‘repeating all the mistakes’ he made at Twitter He prefers Nostr even though it’s “weird and hard to use.” karissa bell Fri, May 10, 2024 GREG NASH via Getty Images Just in case there was any doubt about how Jack Dorsey really feels about Bluesky, the former Twitter CEO … Continue reading Jack Dorsey claims Bluesky is ‘repeating all the mistakes’ he made at Twitter
April 23, 2024 The pandemic made Earned Wage Access apps popular. Regulators want to rein in the fees Many of these apps charge monthly subscription fees, and most charge mandatory fees for instant transfers of funds. BY Associated Press When Anna Branch, 37, had her hours at work reduced at the start of the pandemic in … Continue reading The pandemic made Earned Wage Access apps popular. Regulators want to rein in the fees
