How does it just keep getting worse? Fuelling the Fire Instead of mourning the devastating destruction and death that’s befallen the city of Los Angeles due to raging wildfires this week, Elon Musk has taken to his far-right hate speech incubator X to blame the fires on — wait for it — diversity, equity, and… Continue reading Elon Musk Blames LA Wildfires on Black Firefighters
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Facebook Apparently Trained Its AI by Torrenting Pirated Books Stolen From Authors
And Zuckerberg personally approved the piracy, according to these documents. Free Loaders Newly unredacted court documents allege that Meta, formerly Facebook, knowingly used pirated books obtained from the online archive Library Genesis to train its AI models, Wired reports. Submitted in an ongoing lawsuit filed against the platform by a group of authors including Ta-Nehisi… Continue reading Facebook Apparently Trained Its AI by Torrenting Pirated Books Stolen From Authors
Los Angeles Firefighting Aircraft Out of Commission After Dunce With Drone Crashes Into It
“We have a saying: ‘If you fly, we can’t.’” Drone Swatting Firefighters are still struggling to contain multiple major wildfires as much of Los Angeles county remains under a red flag warning, with fierce winds fanning the flames. At least ten people have lost their lives and more than 9,000 structures have been damaged so far,… Continue reading Los Angeles Firefighting Aircraft Out of Commission After Dunce With Drone Crashes Into It
OpenAI’s Most Advanced AI Release Stumped by New York Times Word Game
Connections claims another victim. Awful General Intelligence While OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims that the company already has the building blocks for artificial general intelligence, a simple test of its most advanced publicly-avilable AI system was caught majorly lacking by a puzzle that countless people do every day. As Walter Bradley Center for Natural and… Continue reading OpenAI’s Most Advanced AI Release Stumped by New York Times Word Game
Shopevolution™ 8 – Join the Retail Self-Shopping Revolution
Shopevolution™ 8 from Datalogic represents the highest point in reliable and advanced self-shopping software solutions. It heralds a new era in trustability and loss prevention for self-scanning applications, helping retailers boost profits and reduce shrinkage. Combined with Joya™ devices, it offers features like Scan and Go, promotion management, and real-time info tracking that increase customer… Continue reading Shopevolution™ 8 – Join the Retail Self-Shopping Revolution
XTI Aerospace Announces Closing of $20 Million Common Stock Offering
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — XTI Aerospace, Inc. (Nasdaq: XTIA), (“XTI” or the “Company”), a pioneer in advanced aircraft design, today announced the closing of its previously announced best-efforts offering of 1,454,546 shares of common stock, priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules at an offering price of $13.75 per share, on a post 1-for-250 reverse stock split basis. Gross… Continue reading XTI Aerospace Announces Closing of $20 Million Common Stock Offering
Collibra named a Leader in the first-ever Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data and Analytics Governance Platforms
NEW YORK and BRUSSELS, Jan. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Collibra, the Data Intelligence company, today announced that Gartner® has identified Collibra as a Leader in the inaugural Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Data and Analytics Governance Platforms. Gartner describes a data and analytics governance platform as having “a set of integrated business and technology capabilities that help… Continue reading Collibra named a Leader in the first-ever Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data and Analytics Governance Platforms
Toyota Kirloskar Motor partners with GTTC to enhance skill development in Karnataka
Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government Tool Room & Training Centre (GTTC) in Karnataka to advance skill development initiatives across the state. Effective from January 2025, the partnership aims to enhance training quality at GTTC centers and Multi-Skill Development Centres (MSDCs) by introducing industry-oriented practices, faculty… Continue reading Toyota Kirloskar Motor partners with GTTC to enhance skill development in Karnataka
Gaganjot Singh joins Swaraj Tractors as CEO
Gaganjot Singh has assumed the role of the new Chief Executive Officer at Mahindra & Mahindra’s Swaraj Tractors, according to his update on a social media platform. Singh, who was with Michelin for the last 13 years, replaced Harish Chavan in his new role at Swaraj Tractors. “Thanks, Swaraj for making me part of the… Continue reading Gaganjot Singh joins Swaraj Tractors as CEO
Even Trump Can’t Stop America’s Green Transition, Says Biden’s Top Climate Adviser
The second is whether we’re continuing to deal more and more people into the transformation. We’ve got over 100,000 farmers and ranchers that are now taking on climate-smart agricultural practices. Will that climate action, that distributed climate action, continue to expand? The last thing is how good are we at building the stuff we need… Continue reading Even Trump Can’t Stop America’s Green Transition, Says Biden’s Top Climate Adviser