Over the past several days, some of the world’s top artificial intelligence labs have made a public call to slow down the rapid pace of development, ensuring more safety controls as cases continue to surface of AI agents acting nefariously. And yet, there is a spillover that’s affecting chief information officers. They’ve been hard at
Amazon is upping its minimum pay for core operations workers to $20 an hour and giving all US workers new grocery discounts. The $1-an-hour raise applies to full-time employees, many of whom work in Amazon’s warehouses picking, packing, and sorting orders. Amazon’s average hourly wage is now about $24, the company said on Wednesday. The
The American Dream of graduating college, landing a six-figure job, and moving into a white picket-fenced home is slipping out of reach. More Gen Zers and millennials are stuck living with their families than ever—so now Airbnb is investing a quarter of a billion dollars to help turn the tide. Airbnb recently announced an initial
It’s 5:52 a.m. in Moynihan Train Hall. I’m balancing a container of fruit and my water bottle in one hand while tightening the straps of a backpack that’s weighed down by two laptops with the other. It’s the start of my twice-weekly commute between New York City and Washington, DC. I’m five months into this
At 7 a.m. Eastern Time today, the price of oil sits at $108.34 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark (we’ll explain what that means shortly). That’s an increase of $1.77 since yesterday morning and roughly $40 more than at this time last year. oil price per barrel % Change Price of oil yesterday $106.57
You’ve just set down your Xbox controller after wiping out the final boss. Now, time for an ad! The folks at Patentlyze made me aware of a recent patent filing from Microsoft that hints at Xbox’s in-game advertising ambitions. The filing, published earlier this month, outlines a concept for a content management system that would
