Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and independent presidential challenger, proposed on a podcast that drug addicts and people using medication for depression or ADHD should be sent to government-funded "Wellness farms" to grow organic food, funded by a tax on cannabis sales, a plan that underscores his...
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At an October all-hands meeting, an Amazon Web Services employee asked executive Matt Garman about the company's difficult work environment, to which Garman, known for his "Bulldozer" reputation due to his laser-focused approach on business goals, responded; this directness recently landed him the AWS CEO role, replacing Adam Selipsky,...
Wall Street is increasingly concerned that big tech’s cloud revenue growth may be artificially inflated through "revenue round tripping," where companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle invest in AI startups that subsequently buy their cloud services, leading to questions about the authenticity of reported cloud revenue and the...
Britain's new Treasury chief, Rachel Reeves, announced her intent to govern the economy with "iron discipline" while considering above-inflation pay raises for public sector workers to alleviate strikes, as her Labour Party government, having recently won a landslide victory, faces pressure to enhance salaries and welfare benefits without raising...
According to data from Bump Williams consulting firm, year-to-date numbers ending July 6 show that Modelo accounted for 9.3% of U.S. beer dollar sales, Michelob Ultra held 7.1%, and Bud Light fell to 7.0%, with Bud Light's decline partly due to a controversial partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney,...
Using a five-level scale to measure its progress towards artificial general intelligence, OpenAI believes it's approaching level two, where AI can perform basic problem-solving, with future levels including autonomous operation, innovation, and performing organizational work, which experts like Anna Gallotti and Sam Altman discuss as significant leaps in AI...
Despite AI companies' efforts to implement guardrails preventing chatbots from providing dangerous instructions, users continue to find new "jailbreaks," such as the recent "Skeleton Key" technique highlighted by Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich, which causes models like OpenAI's GPT-4o and Meta's Llama3 to comply fully with risky and harmful...
A new study by Harvard scientists, published in JAMA Ophthalmology, links semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk's Ozempic and Wegovy, to a heightened risk of developing non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), a condition potentially leading to blindness, with findings showing 8.9% of type 2 diabetes patients and...
Stihl has launched its new ASA 20 battery-powered secateurs, capable of cutting branches up to 25mm in diameter and offering up to four hours of performance on a single charge; available at £164 or £199 with a battery and charger, these sub-1kg, ergonomically designed tools feature an LED display...
United Airlines has developed AI for flight delay updates that their C-suite believes is almost human-like, with the airline’s chief information officer, Jason Birnbaum, boasting about its lifelike quality, while hiring "Storytellers" from non-industry backgrounds to craft conversational messages, making United unique for its detailed, frequent updates, often providing...
Startup founders who understand unconventional terms like guerrilla marketing, dark social, the chasm, nurturing evangelists, and growth-hacking can think outside the box, differentiate themselves with low-cost strategies, leverage overlooked traffic channels, tailor their marketing to various market segments, foster organic growth through customer advocacy, and rapidly experiment across channels...
