Technology

Google lays off more workers amid financial prosperity: It’s streamlining staff amid a focus on AI dominance, contributing to an anxious, disgruntled workforce and ethics challenges.

Roblox Assistant empowers creators, enhances AI adoption, and reflects a broader industry trend of integrating AI assistants to tailor services and democratize AI use.

Google is the defendant in the biggest antitrust trial in over 20 years: The case echoes the 1998 lawsuit against Microsoft, but Google could make it through relatively unscathed.

No AI bubble in sight: Strong general-purpose and specialized tool adoption alongside new revenue opportunities could keep the technology’s hype high, but there are limits to growth.

ChatGPT loses more steam, but not in the US: Students are likely behind the chatbot’s fluctuating traffic patterns. It could push OpenAI to invest more in enterprise solutions.

Microsoft, Google guzzling municipal drinking water for AI: Applying the technology to sustainability use cases will lower the enormous costs that come with deploying AI commercially.

Emphasizing health, environmental awareness, machine learning, and the mandated USB-C standard indicates the innovation taps are running dry.

As ChatGPT traffic dips, Anthropic’s Claude Pro emerges: The AI chatbot space evolves, suggesting a myriad of potential players.

YouTube TV gained 300,000 subscribers in Q2 while the pay-TV industry suffered losses. The shift signals a new TV landscape where Big Tech gains ground.

Meta gears up GPT-4 challenge with new open-source AI model: It’s likely trying to crowdsource its way to generative AI frontrunner status despite the reputational risks.

Tesla eyes Dojo-juiced AVs: Its value could soar $500B over Musk’s moves to inject AI across his companies. Lack of adequate safety testing and false advertising could be pitfalls.

A new study outlines how AI could target white-collar roles earning above $90,000, but not all roles face extinction. Upskilling is crucial.

Installing 20,000 EV chargers across 2,000 North American hotels can capitalize on soaring demand for EV charging in the post-pandemic travel boom.

Instacart rolled out several updates to its Instacart Storefront platform: It added AI-powered conversational search and an in-store mode to its omnichannel digital commerce platform.

A study exposes glaring privacy risks in connected cars. Just two out of 25 brands offer data deletion; most collect and share sensitive personal information.

Slack and Zoom integrate AI and offer features like conversation summaries and virtual assistance. But siloing these capabilities may hinder interoperability.

A developers conference could accelerate product development and solidify OpenAI’s industry lead. The timing, post-Big Tech fall events, allows strategic response to industry trends.

Competition in the VR/XR ecosystem is heating up, and strategic hardware-software alliances could accelerate competition for Apple's premium products.

Social media fatigue is rising as users seek genuine connections over algorithm-driven content. Tech companies aren’t taking the hint.