A new wave of layoffs at Amazon and Google

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Bad grades from early 2024 for large equipment. A few hours later on January 10 Amazon and Google have announced a new wave of layoffsfollowing the year 2023, which from this point of view turned out to be a annus horribilis for the sector. As reported by the agency ReutersThe Seattle giant will lay off … Read more

Trump rejects conditions for court fraud closing argument, won’t be allowed to speak

Trump rejects conditions for court fraud closing argument, won't be allowed to speak

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leaves after speaking during the “Commit to Caucus” rally at the North Iowa Events Center in Mason City, Iowa, on January 5, 2024. Christian Monterrosa | AFP | Getty Images Donald Trump was barred from giving his closing arguments in person at his New York civil … Read more

What Anthropic, OpenAI’s main rival, told the Italian Parliament

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“My great-grandparents were Italian, but no one in my family ever taught me the language. Therefore, I apologize if I speak English during this speech“. It starts like this Michael Sellittohead of global affairs in the company artificial intelligence company Anthropic, founded Italian American brothers Dario and Daniela Amodeiformer OpenAI executives, during his hearing at … Read more

The president of the National Association of Realtors says she’s resigning after a blackmail threat

The president of the National Association of Realtors says she's resigning after a blackmail threat

NAR President Tracy Kasper. Courtesy: NAR The president of the National Association of Realtors said Monday she is resigning over a blackmail threat that sought to “compromise” her leadership role. NAR President Tracy Kasper said she notified the group’s leadership team “that she recently received a threat to disclose a past personal, non-financial matter unless … Read more

10 Big Events of 2024

10 Big Events of 2024

Politics, economics and sports. In a period of severe destabilization in terms of international relations, 2024 promises to be a year full of initiatives of global importance. In addition to the important elections around the world (from the European Union to the United States via Russia, India, Iran and Taiwan) that we have already discussed … Read more