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London Glorfield isn’t a Luddite — he just wants tech products to feel a little less soul-sucking.”Tech is a sea of sameness right now,” Glorfield, who goes by London Jackson professionally, told Business Insider in an interview. “It’s so boring.”Young people are hungry for retro tech, especially in the AI…
The rise of AI has been accompanied by fears of massive job loss and some large-scale layoffs.Now, a coalition of tech and labor organizations has launched a pilot program to retrain and upskill entry-level workers having difficulty finding a job in an automated world and tech workers who have lost…
Who doesn’t love ’90s tech?For millennials, the decade’s most-loved gadgets came with particular rituals: rewinding VHS tapes before returning them to Blockbuster, burning CDs for road trips, or blowing into a Nintendo cartridge before reinserting it.Today, as younger consumers seek alternatives to modern digital life — and constant notifications —…
The US military is using the southern border as a testing ground for counter-drone technology as cartel surveillance flights increasingly threaten troops and federal law enforcement officials operating there, senior leaders said this week.”We have a lot of fixed and movable counter-UAS capabilities, but not really anything that would follow…
From layoffs to IPOs, tech titans are positioning themselves for the next big battle over AI dominance. Loading audio narration… SpaceX’s IPO filing is officially here. OpenAI is also reportedly racing to go public by September, and could confidentially file paperwork as early as Friday. Meanwhile, Meta conducted its long-awaited…
Paramount Skydance just made a key hire to help advance its AI push. Loading audio narration… Barak Turovsky, who oversaw Google’s AI language product for seven years, is joining David Ellison’s company as the head of consumer AI, product chief Dane Glasgow told tech staffers on Monday afternoon.Turovsky most recently…
First came the self-driving dream. Then came the backlash. Loading audio narration… For years, the EV maker has sold its cars with the promise that they would one day drive themselves. Last month, however, CEO Elon Musk dropped a bombshell when he told investors that some older Tesla vehicles will…
Not all tech jobs are disappearing. Loading audio narration… Despite the wave of layoffs that have battered the tech industry, there’s one role that looks secure: the forward-deployed engineer.”Forward-deployed engineers, or roles that do the equivalent motion, are about to become one of the most in-demand jobs in tech. And…
Paramount Skydance’s tech chief is stepping down as David Ellison’s digital transformation heats up. Loading audio narration… Phil Wiser, Paramount’s chief tech officer, told his colleagues on Friday morning that he’s leaving at the end of May after seven years with the company.”Writing this and sharing this news is harder…
The US Army is flooding the force with new technology and AI tools. Its former top tech official says rolling them out is the easy part. The hard part is getting soldiers and the institution to adapt, a lesson for any inflexible operation. Loading audio narration… “The hardest part is…
