Cruise is bringing its robotaxis to Seattle and Washington, DC
Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, said Monday it has begun manual data collection in Seattle and Washington, DC, the first step toward launching commercial services in the cities. Data collection involves manually driving a robotaxi around to grab information on the local driving environment and climate. The next
Read moreA new creator’s guild aims to protect online content creators
Content creation is work, but in such a rapidly shifting social media landscape, creators face an uphill battle fighting for fair pay and ownership of their content — typically without any institutional support. The Creators Guild of America (CGA) wants to change that. The CGA, which launched last week, describes
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Read moreVMware’s Harrison delves into need for sound DEI strategies at CDN recognition luncheon
The importance of sound and meaningful policies around diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategies has never been as critical as they are today, says Heather Harrison, director of financial services with VMware Canada. She made the comments Thursday at CDN’s Women in the Channel Recognition Luncheon, which not only honoured
Read moreAstra’s Apollo Fusion acquisition followed by delays and desertion
Two years ago, Astra hailed its acquisition of satellite propulsion startup Apollo Fusion as a strategic move that would round out its launch business and bring expert engineers into the fold. But under Astra leadership, Apollo Fusion quickly disintegrated, with the majority of the original team resigning, leaving few people
Read moreUber Eats is reportedly developing an AI chatbot that will offer recommendations, speed up ordering
Uber Eats is developing an AI-powered chatbot that will offer recommendations to users and offer them a quicker way to place orders, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The report says developer Steve Moser discovered details about the chatbot inside of code hidden within the Uber Eats app. The
Read moreSurvey finds relatively few Americans actually use (or fear) ChatGPT
From its prominence in the tech world, you might think that everyone on the planet is using ChatGPT or some other AI tool for everything from automating their job to planning their garden. But recent Pew polling suggests the language model isn’t quite as popular or threatening as some would
Read moreConnections is The New York Times’ most played game after Wordle
The gamers behind the Gray Lady have a new game to add into our morning rotations: Connections, which invites the player to categorize 16 words or phrases into four distinct groups of four. The daily puzzle game debuted in beta on June 12, and according to The New York Times,
Read moreCyber Centre again warns Canadian firms not to ignore cybercrime
Canada’s leading cybersecurity agency has again warned IT managers, corporate leaders and residents of the risks of not being prepared for cybercrime. In what it calls a Baseline Cyber Threat Assessment on Cybercrime, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security said today that cybercrime “will very likely pose a threat to
Read moreAmazon increases its free shipping minimum to $35 for non-Prime members in some regions
Amazon is increasing its free shipping minimum to $35 for customers who don’t have a Prime membership in some regions, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. Up until now, the free shipping minimum was $25. Amazon says it’s testing the new free shipping threshold randomly by ZIP code-grouped regions
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