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You’re not alone in feeling unprepared for the AI boom
Journalist Ira Glass, who hosts the NPR show “This American Life,” is not a computer scientist. He doesn’t work at Google, Apple, or Nvidia. But he does have a...
G2 bold move to reshape software discovery with major acquisition from Gartner
G2, the Chicago-based software insights platform, agreed today to acquire three prominent software review and discovery properties from Gartner: Capterra, Software Advice, and GetApp. The deal brings four of...
Workers fear this even more than burnout
In its latest round of mass layoffs, Amazon is eliminating 16,000 jobs—following a round of 14,000 cuts back in the fall. The tech giant did not cite artificial intelligence...
White House is ‘spooked’ by the mounting U.S. backlash to Trump’s immigration crackdown
No longer confined to the partisans and activists, the fierce backlash against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has begun to break out across American culture, spanning the worlds of business,...
The Download: inside the Vitalism movement, and why AI’s “memory” is a privacy problem
Last April, an excited crowd gathered at a compound in Berkeley, California, for a three-day event called the Vitalist Bay Summit. It was part of a longer, two-month residency...
AI isn’t coming for your job, it’s coming for your justification
AI adoption is creating a clear divide among employees. Some see AI as a tool to increase their impact, while others see it as a threat to their role....
TNW Moves Its Flagship Conference to London
The Next Web (TNW) is making a bold move: its flagship conference is relocating to London, placing TNW’s main annual event at the centre of one of the world’s...
Beyond the click: How brands can influence visibility in AI-generated answers
The way people discover information online is quietly but fundamentally changing. Instead of scrolling through links and choosing which article to open, users are increasingly asking large language models...
How the grid can ride out winter storms
Texas fared much better this time around. After 2021, the state shored up its grid, adding winter weatherization for power plants and transmission systems. Texas has also seen a...
Drinking coffee can add years to your life—but only if you do this, research shows
Is drinking coffee good for your health? The answer appears to be yes. Quite a lot of research shows that coffee drinkers stay mentally sharper and may live longer than those...
