News Corp CEO Robert Thomson says AI ‘rubbish in, rubbish out’
News Corp CEO Robert Thomson blasted the left-wing bias and inaccuracies spewed out by AI generated content — calling it “rubbish in, rubbish out” — even as he warned the …
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Trump Squeezed America’s Geek Squad. Biden Built It Back Stronger
Mina Hsiang returned to the United States Digital Service, the US government’s rapid digital fix-it squad, on January 26, 2021, when the streets of Washington, DC, had hardly been cleared …
How Big Tech Got So Damn Big
“Tech exceptionalism” is the sin of thinking that the normal rules don’t apply to technology. The idea that you can lose money on every transaction but make it up with …
Grindr’s Return to Office Ultimatum Has Gutted a Uniquely Queer Space in Tech
Erick Cortez, a knowledge specialist on Grindr’s customer experience team, who is based in Dallas, Texas, doesn’t yet know where he’ll be asked to move. “We’ve gotten no guidance whatsoever,” …
Silicon Valley titans accused of ‘mobster techniques’
The Silicon Valley tycoons behind a secretive, $1 billion land grab near a California Air Force base are being accused of using “strong-arm mobster techniques” to bully residents — and …
Renderings reveal Silicon Valley titans’ utopia: ‘California Forever’
The secretive California firm tasked with building a city for Silicon Valley billionaires unveiled the first renderings of its plans late Thursday – even as local officials vow to block …
New California city backed by big names in Silicon Valley: report
An aerial view of the city of San Francisco skyline and the Golden Gate Bridge in California, October 28, 2021. Carlos Barria | Reuters Jan Sramek, a former Goldman Sachs …
Silicon Valley Billionaires Are Building a City In Northern California
For years, the identities of investors in large land purchases in Solano County, California have been shrouded in secrecy. Some government officials and residents believed the investment company, known as …
GM’s Cruise to slash robotaxi fleet in San Francisco by 50%
General Motors’ robotaxi operator Cruise is planning to reduce the size of its fleet of self-driving cars by half in San Francisco after several collision incidents — this just days …
Justin Trudeau blasts Facebook for blocking news in fire-ravaged Canada
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau excoriated Mark Zuckerberg-run Meta as “bad for democracy” on Monday after it began blocking access to news stories on Facebook while wildfires destroy wide swaths …