The cash-strapped company recently auctioned off USB dongles but has left some corporate computers in the custody of laid-off staff.
Category: Business
Alphabet’s Layoffs Aren’t Very Googley
The company’s founders pioneered putting employees first and said they’d never bow down to Wall Street. How things have changed.
Robot Cars Are Causing 911 False Alarms in San Francisco
City agencies say the incidents and other disruptions show the need for more transparency about the vehicles and a pause on expanding service.
ChatGPT Is Coming for Classrooms. Don’t Panic
The AI chatbot has stoked fears of an educational apocalypse. Some teachers see it as the reboot education sorely needs.
Airlines and Cattle Farmers Have Beef With Google’s Climate Math
The company offers estimates of the emissions impacts of flights and recipes. Businesses with sales at stake are pushing back.
The Earth Is Begging You to Accept Smaller EV Batteries
Electric vehicles are selling fast. But unless people change how they get around, the demand for battery materials threatens its own environmental disaster.
Meta Eyes a Moderation Partner With ‘Traumatizing’ Working Conditions
Employees of outsourcing company Majorel have accused it of underpaying moderators and failing to support them.
Tesla’s Problems Go Way Beyond Elon Musk
The EV giant is alienating its customers, bringing in less revenue, and falling behind legacy carmakers.
How to Spot AI-Generated Art, According to Artists
Creatives disagree about the ethical uses of these tools, but one thing is clear: AI art identification is about to become a whole lot harder.
Cheaters Hacked an AI Bot—and Beat the ‘Rocket League’ Elite
Expert players of the popular vehicular soccer game have been caught out by lesser players using a superhuman bot built on cutting-edge machine learning.