• Verizon CEO bullish on AI opportunities

    Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg highlighted the transformative potential for employing AI and generative AI across the operator’s network and for personalisation of tariffs as he discussed the operator's performance during Q1.

  • Alphabet hails ‘once-in-a-generation’ AI opportunity as revenue rises

    Shares surge after tech giant issues first ever dividend and posts revenue of $80.5bn, up 15% since last year, despite staff turmoilShares in Alphabet, the owner of Google and YouTube, surged after it issued its first ever dividend and revealed that profits had surged in the last quarter.Sundar Pichai, CEO, hailed the transition to artificial intelligence as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” as his company races to integrate the technology across its business. Continue reading

  • Pret founder returns to tackle pandemic debt mountain

    The new chairman of Pret a Manger has vowed to slash its debt pile, amid a

  • They’re back: Cohen and Avenatti return to spotlight at Trump trial

    Trump’s former fixer to appear as prosecution witness, while Avenatti, serving prison sentence, willing to testify for defenseAs Donald Trump’s hush-money trial enters its second week, jurors will be asked to focus on the testimony of his former Mr Fixit – the disbarred lawyer Michael Cohen.Cohen, who served as Trump’s personal attorney for 12 years until 2018, is acting as a witness for the New York district attorney, Alvin Bragg. The case could turn on Cohen’s testimony about payments sought...

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    8th TSC logistician returns to high school to discuss Army opportunities

    FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii – After more than two decades since graduating from Rogers High School in Newport, Rhode Island, Lt. Col. Brian Thompson returned to his alma mater to discuss Army opportunities with students enrolled in the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program March 19, 2024.

  • Universal Music Group returns to TikTok after reaching ‘generative AI’ deal

    Universal Music Group, which represents a vast array of artists including Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Adele, and Drake, signed a deal that will allow its music to return to TikTok on Wednesday. The company’s music was pulled from TikTok after a deal between the two ran out on Feb. 1, according to the Verge. UMG […]

  • US encourages China and Russia to make commitment on AI and nuclear weapons

    As artificial intelligence increases in popularity, many countries have expressed security concerns regarding the technology. The use of nuclear weapons falls into this category. Officials from the United States have called on other nuclear powers to commit to an understanding that AI would never be authorized to approve the use of nuclear weapons in conflicts. […]

  • Senate GOP Must Seize Opportunity To Expand Trump Tax Cuts

    Senate GOP Must Seize Opportunity To Expand Trump Tax Cuts Authored by Stephen Moore and Adam Brandon via RealClear Politics, President Joe Biden came into office promising to repeal President Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – a law that turbocharged American job growth and U.S. national competitiveness. In the first two years of the Biden administration, there was a chance that the president could have succeeded in undermining the law. Yet, today, as Biden finishes his term,...

  • Tech giants are spending more on AI amid slow returns, and that's spooking investors

    Meta said that it would be spending billions of dollars more on its AI efforts, raising expenditure forecasts in this area from $30 - 37 billion to $34 - 40 billion for the year. It cited heavy investment in AI infrastructure such as data centers, chip designs, and research andRead Entire Article

  • Microsoft UK profits soar as it adds 600 staff amid AI boom

    Microsoft’s UK business reported a profit surge last year after the group boosted its revenues to £8.4bn, up from £6.3bn the year prior. The UK entity of the US tech giant cited extra demand for its cloud services as driving the 33% increase in turnover, financial filings show. For the year ended 30 June 2023, […]

  • Gamers are renting out GPU power for AI porn generation in return for Fortnite skins

    According to a report from 404 Media, Salad has found a clever way to massively scale up AI content generation, including images, videos, and text, by outsourcing the heavy computational work to the powerful GPUs found in gaming rigs. Gamers who sign up to "rent" out their idle GPUs getRead Entire Article

  • Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey backs anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University

    The Twitter co-founder posted and shared several messages on X that were critical of law enforcement’s response to the protesters.