Microsoft laid off 1,600 employees in its Xbox division this week, including hundreds of union video game workers represented by the Communications Workers of America. The workforce reduction adds to what new CEO Asha Sharma calls the “most significant restructuring” in the history of the Microsoft division. Microsoft on Monday announced approximately 4,800 total job
FanDuel, a sports betting app, is being sued for allegedly using VIP perks to deepen customers’ gambling addictions. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Phillies star and two-time MLB MVP Bryce Harper sent a personalized video message to Terry Thompson, one of the two plaintiffs in the case, as part of FanDuel’s special deal for big
When it comes to achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), large language models simply don’t have what it takes. Models like ChatGPT and Claude are great with text, but are less adept at understanding how things actually move through space and time, an essential skill for producing intelligence that generalizes. It turns out that gap could
Prime Video will premiere the Hindi series “Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya” worldwide on July 24, featuring a seven-episode comedy-drama directed by Kay Kay Menon as a principal trying to revive a failed school. “Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya” is directed by Himank Gaur and created and produced by Biswapati Sarkar and Sameer Saxena under their banner Posham Pa
Scientists are the first to capture video images of the Quest, Ernest Shackleton’s last ship. The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, in association with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, conducted an expedition in the Labrador Sea off the coast of Newfoundland to survey the shipwreck where Ernest Shackleton ultimately died in 1922. The Quest was the
Google Photos is getting a new “Video Remix” feature that can edit and transform videos in seconds, Google announced Wednesday. The feature is powered by Gemini Omni, Google’s recently launched model that promises to “create anything from any input.” The launch is Google’s latest push to bring more generative AI tools to its consumer apps