Instagram not dealing with hate speech against women politicians: CCDH

Instagram not dealing with hate speech against women politicians: CCDH

Instagram has failed to remove toxic comments directed at Vice President Kamala Harris and other leading female politicians from its app as the 2024 election nears, according to research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate. The non-profit advocacy is analyzing large internet platforms to see if they’re properly monitoring their sites for hate speech. … Read more

Google Pixel 9 phones, first AI-powered Android update announced

Google Pixel 9 phones, first AI-powered Android update announced

Google announced its first smartphone fully powered by its AI “Gemini” system. Google on Tuesday announced new artificial intelligence features that are coming to Android devices. The move to bring its Gemini AI assistant to supported devices shows again how Google aims to put its AI in front of consumers before Apple, which will launch … Read more

What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session

What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in … Read more

Market sell-off won’t last as there’s no tech bubble to burst: CIO

Market sell-off won’t last as there’s no tech bubble to burst: CIO

Global markets are cautiously rebounding from an early-August rout — and one asset manager says there’s no need to fear a burst tech bubble causing a persistent downturn. Technology stocks were among the hardest-hit by the recent sell-off, as declines of 1.6% in July and more than 4% so far in August for Wall Street’s tech-dominated … Read more

DirecTV is pushing its pay TV bundle — without a satellite dish

DirecTV is pushing its pay TV bundle — without a satellite dish

The “For the Birds” ad campaign for DirecTV emphasizes customers don’t need a satellite dish anymore for service. The pigeons are voiced by former NFL star Deion Sanders, and actors Steve Buscemi and Henry Winkler. Courtesy: DirecTV Coach Prime wants consumers to know they can watch DirecTV without a satellite dish.  The company best known for … Read more

Microsoft’s $13 billion artificial intelligence bet

Microsoft’s  billion artificial intelligence bet

OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT chatbot, was founded in 2015 by a number of researchers, academics and entrepreneurs, including Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and Elon Musk. Altman and Brockman are still at OpenAI, serving as CEO and president, respectively. Musk departed in 2018. At the time, OpenAI said Musk left to avoid a conflict … Read more

Former YouTube CEO and Silicon Valley trailblazer Susan Wojcicki has died at age 56

Former YouTube CEO and Silicon Valley trailblazer Susan Wojcicki has died at age 56

Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, who was also one of the most influential early Google employees, has died at the age of 56 according to posts shared online by her husband Dennis Troper and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday night. Wojicki led YouTube for nearly ten years and was one of the only women … Read more

Online disinformation fueled UK riots but regulators can’t take action

Online disinformation fueled UK riots but regulators can’t take action

Kirill Kudryavtsev | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — Ofcom, the U.K.’s media regulator, was chosen last year by the government as the regulator in charge of policing harmful and illegal content on the internet under strict new online safety regulations. But even as online disinformation related to stabbings in the U.K. has led to … Read more

Google’s antitrust ruling bears resemblance to Microsoft monopoly case

Google’s antitrust ruling bears resemblance to Microsoft monopoly case

Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies before the House Judiciary Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images In ruling Monday that Google has held a monopoly in internet search, U.S. judge Amit Mehta invoked the company at the center of the most famous tech antitrust … Read more

Lucid Gets An Additional $1.5 Billion From Saudis After Losing $790 Million In Q2

Lucid Gets An Additional .5 Billion From Saudis After Losing 0 Million In Q2

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, August 6, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. It’s Time The Nissan Altima Got Some Respect | Jalopinions 1st Gear: Lucid Gets Another Lifeline Despite Cash … Read more