Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke sent a memo to employees saying that before they ask for more headcount or resources, teams must show why they “cannot get what they want done using AI,” as reported by CNBC. “What would this area look like if autonomous AI agents were already part of the team? This question can […]
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Markets are gyrating like it’s 2020 all over again as investors continue to reckon with President Donald Trump’s sweeping “reciprocal tariffs,” resulting in Wall Street’s most volatile session since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Stocks initially fell further Monday before some Big Tech names led a measured recovery. The S&P 500 plunged into bear
Microsoft has fired two employees who interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration to protest its work supplying artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military, according to a group representing the workers. Microsoft didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. The protests began Friday when Microsoft software engineer Ibtihal Aboussad walked up to a stage where an executive
Canada’s main stock index suffered heavy losses Monday, led by consumer concerns, as the global market rout intensified after U.S. President Donald Trump showed no sign of backing away from his sweeping tariff plans. The TSX Composite Index lost another 334.01 points, or 1.4%, to conclude Monday at 22,859.46, after a week
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Advertisment The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for a third day following President Donald Trump’s tariff rollout, with the president threatening even higher rates against China on Monday. The 30-stock average came off its lows of the day, but were still negative 349.26 points to greet the closing bell at 37,965.60. The
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The Social Security Administration’s already-fragile and antiquated technology has been having more glitches than usual, sources told CNN. One example is last week’s outage of the MySSA portal, which allows Social Security recipients to manage their benefits online. Other cloud and internal systems were also impacted. That came as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency
Waymo has “no plans” to use footage from cameras inside its robotaxis to train AI models for targeted ads, spokesperson Julia Ilina said in an email to The Verge. Ilina was responding to an unreleased page from Waymo’s privacy policy that appears to offer customers the ability to opt-out from having their “personal information,” including
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Microsoft has fired one of the employees who disrupted the company’s 50th-anniversary event. In an email seen by The Verge, Microsoft told Ibtihal Aboussad that their employment has been terminated due to “acts of misconduct.” Aboussad was one of two protesters that interrupted Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event on Friday by calling Microsoft’s AI CEO, Mustafa
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Dinah the Pink Dinosaur greets visitors entering Vernal, Utah. Originally, the 40-foot tall figure welcomed patrons of the town’s Dine-a-Ville Motel. Designed and built in 1958 by motel owner Helen Millecam, the dinosaur seemed like a perfect icon for the new business located near Dinosaur National Monument, where many apatosaurus fossils had been discovered. Construction of the
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Lol, and additionally: lmao Sure, the stock market is melting down after the US declared a global trade war. But have you considered that crypto is also melting down? Starting around April 6, the Bitcoin price fell off a cliff — and is sitting at $78,800 as of this writing, after touching a low of
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