Google Opens Bard Chatbot Test With More Plans For AI In Search by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, February 6, 2023 Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai in a blog post on Monday explained how the company will launch a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) service called Bard. The test will let users provide feedback. A public release will … Continue reading Google Opens Bard Chatbot Test With More Plans For AI In Search
By Michael Grothaus February 06, 2023 It may be a new month, but the news hasn’t gotten any better when it comes to the tech sector. Since the end of 2022, nearly all major players in the tech industry have announced job cuts in order to reduce costs amid a feared economic slowdown and … Continue reading Tech’s mass layoffs continue as Dell plans to slash over 6,600 jobs: Report
By KC Ifeanyi February 04, 2023 There doesn’t seem to be a time in recent memory when the Grammy Awards haven’t been clouded in some kind of controversy. This year, in the run-up to music’s biggest night, Drake doubled down on his longstanding beef with the Recording Academy by not submitting his album Honestly, … Continue reading How the CEO of the Grammy Awards plans to win back the music industry’s trust
Apple’s larger HomePod returns with upgraded audio and more smart home tools Billy Steele Apple discontinued its original HomePod smart speaker in 2021, choosing instead to focus on the cheaper mini version of the device. Today, the company has resurrected the bigger unit with several notable updates along the way, including upgraded audio, an … Continue reading Apple may have scrapped plans for a new HomePod mini
Cherlynn Low @cherlynnlow For years, Apple has been the lone holdout in a sea of all-screen phones with punch-hole cutouts that house selfie cameras. The black rectangle that sat at the top of its flagships since the iPhone X has drawn some criticism, but mostly ambivalence. Apple has kept it around, in large part because … Continue reading Apple’s ‘unprecedented’ engineering snafu reportedly spoiled plans for more powerful iPhone 14 Pro chip
Google Shutters Stadia Cloud Gaming Service, Plans To Use Tech Elsewhere by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, September 29, 2022 Google announced plans to shut down its cloud gaming service Stadia on January 18, 2023, to shed costs. Phil Harrison, VP and GM at Stadia, wrote in a post that the service has not “gained the traction … Continue reading Google Shutters Stadia Cloud Gaming Service, Plans To Use Tech Elsewhere
Is Your Data Good Enough for Your Machine Learning/AI Plans? Farah Kim / 25 Aug 2022 Developments in AI are a high priority for businesses and governments globally. Yet, a fundamental aspect of AI remains neglected: poor data quality. AI algorithms rely on reliable data to generate optimal results – if the data is … Continue reading Is Your Data Good Enough for Your Machine Learning/AI Plans?
By Sarah Lynch August 22, 2022 Apple reportedly announced its plans to bring employees back to the office at least three days per week starting September 5. Now, some workers are pushing back. Apple Together, a global solidarity union of Apple workers, launched a petition to demand flexible work location arrangements. “This uniform mandate … Continue reading Apple employees are the latest to push back against tech companies’ return-to-office plans
Meta will limit hiring this year due to slowing revenue growth It will reportedly slow or pause the intake of mid-to-senior level employees. M. Moon @mariella_moon Dado Ruvic / reuters Meta is limiting its intake of new employees as part of its efforts to cut costs due to weak revenue forecasts, according to CNBC … Continue reading Meta cuts hiring plans as it prepares for ‘serious times’
How I Survived Two PIP Plans in Sales (And You Can, Too) Bob Buckley / 07 Apr 2022 I have survived two PIPs (performance improvement plans) in sales. Few people probably want to admit that they were ever on one, but a lot of reps go on those once in a while during their … Continue reading How I Survived Two PIP Plans in Sales (And You Can, Too)
