• Bite-Sized AI: Why Smaller Models Like Microsoft’s Phi-3 Are Big for Business

    Smaller artificial intelligence (AI) models, like Microsoft’s recently unveiled Phi-3-mini, are proving that bigger isn’t always better for business applications. These lightweight, efficient models can tackle content creation and data analysis without the hefty computational requirements and costs associated with their larger counterparts, experts say, making AI more accessible and cost-effective for businesses. “Small language models have a lower probability of […]

  • It’s Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s: How to get your free scoop

    The company hopes to give out over 1 million scoops of ice cream on April 16.

  • It’s Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s: How to get your free scoop

    The company hopes to give out over 1 million scoops of ice cream on April 16.

  • Big Tech: After long peace, Big Tech faces US antitrust reckoning

    After more than a decade of leaving Big Tech largely to itself, US antitrust enforcers have cranked up the heat, with several high-profile cases underway that could radically change the way the industry's giants do business.Launched under both the Trump and Biden administrations, five major cases from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are moving forward against major US technology companies -- including two against Google that could see the company split...

  • Google employees protest company’s work with Israeli government

    Google employees in two different offices protested the company’s work with the Israeli government on Tuesday, objecting to a billion-dollar contract it signed with the U.S. ally in 2021. The protestors organized sit-ins in two locations, one in Sunnyvale, Calif., and the other in one of New York City's offices. The sit-in Sunnyvale office was

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    Cramer’s week ahead: Earnings from Tesla, Merck and Big Tech

    CNBC's Jim Cramer said next week's PCE index report will be the real gauge of inflation.

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    Brands Like Sweetgreen Are Wrestling With Google Search’s Growing Complexity

    Forget ChatGPT. The search engines of 2024 that don't use generative AI have become a puzzle for marketers to figure out. Ads are harder to control and more expensive, said Sweetgreen’s director of media and growth Jeff Lin at the Possible Miami advertising conference in Florida. “Make sure that you're establishing the right success metrics, and understand whether partners will drive the business objectives,” Lin said. He also urged the audience to not trust the measurement numbers provided...

  • Speaker Johnson says it’s U.S.’s ‘biblical admonition’ to help Israel

    Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., declared that it was the U.S.’s "biblical admonition" to help and support Israel during a Monday night speech. The House GOP leader was addressing an emergency meeting of Christians United For Israel, convened after Iran’s weekend missile attack on the Middle East American ally. "I'm going to state something that you all know – at this critical moment, the United States must show unwavering strength and support for Israel We have to make certain that the entire world...

  • Meta’s Miss Sparks Fear in Tech World With Big Earnings Looming

    (Bloomberg) -- A disappointing earnings report from Meta Platforms Inc. has technology investors on edge with results from some of the stock market’s biggest and most important companies due in the coming days.Most Read from BloombergBiden’s Gains Against Trump Vanish on Deep Economic Pessimism, Poll ShowsTaylor Swift Is Proof That How We Critique Music Is BrokenTech Giants Hit in Late Hours After Meta’s Outlook: Markets WrapBiden’s New Chopper Is Demoted After Scorching White House LawnTesla...

  • Google Maps testing Live Activities on iPhone – here’s what it looks like [Gallery]

    Live Activities are a super useful feature of Apple’s latest iPhones, but also one that goes underused. Google Maps has been overdue to support the feature for years now and while it’s still not live yet, Google is testing Live Activities with some iPhone users. more

  • Big Six tech companies' profit momentum could 'collapse' in 2024, UBS says

    Profit growth momentum of the so-called Big Six technology stocks could “collapse” over the next few quarters, UBS Global Research strategists said on Monday, downgrading its rating on the mega-cap companies. Growth in earnings per share (EPS) of the “Big 6 TECH+” stocks—Apple, Amazon.com, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and Nvidia—was projected to decline to 15.5% by the first quarter of 2025, from 42.2% estimated for the same period this year, strategists led by Jonathan Golub said. “Our...

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    Google releases two new free resources to help you optimize your AI prompts

    To get the most out of the many readily available AI chatbots, you have to master the art of AI prompting. Figuring out exactly what to say to an AI chatbot to get the results you want can be challenging, however, so Google is trying to help. The company last week unveiled a new blog series with tips, tricks, and suggestions on how you can get the most out of Gemini for Google Workspace. Even though the series is intended to help working professionals navigate Google's AI assistant in Workspace,...