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Pinterest laying off 15% of workforce in push toward AI roles and teams
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (172+ words) Pinterest'said Tuesday it plans to lay off less than 15% of its workforce and cut back on office space as the company embraces'artificial intelligence. In'a securities filing, Pinterest said it expects the cuts will be complete by the end of its…...
Apple, Google host dozens of AI ‘nudify’ apps like Grok, report finds
3+ hour, 35+ min ago (616+ words) A review of the two app stores conducted in January by Tech Transparency Project found 55 nudify apps on Google Play and 47 in the Apple App Store, according to the organization's report that was shared exclusively with CNBC. After being contacted…...
Big Tech’s AI data centre push is spawning a new heat economy
8+ hour, 36+ min ago (1489+ words) Students at a tech university in Dublin are enjoying an unexpected perk of artificial intelligence " it's helping heat their campus. Since 2023, the Technical University of Dublin's Tallaght campus has been one of a growing number of'buildings in the southwest suburban…...
Memory chip shortage to last through 2027, semiconductor boss says
23+ hour, 25+ min ago (475+ words) Price rises and memory shortages are likely to continue through 2027, a top semiconductor industry CEO told CNBC, adding to the view that the crunch that's been caused by the AI infrastructure boom may last longer than expected. Memory chips are…...
Staffing company Manpower sees global hiring stabilising after tough 2025
5+ day, 54+ min ago (273+ words) With an improving economic outlook in Europe and a very strong economic outlook for the United States, there's hope that the staffing industry as a whole can see some opportunities for growth in 2026," CEO Jonas Prising told Reuters at the'World…...
Trump wants Nvidia to sell powerful AI chips to Beijing. Washington’s China hawks are pushing back
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (755+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to grant Nvidia licenses to ship some of its more powerful artificial intelligence chips to China is ruffling the feathers of some of Washington's most prominent China hawks, including members of his own party." The pushback…...
Fossil fuels are a ‘crutch’: How AI’s unlikely winner could be renewable energy
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (447+ words) Stalled demand for energy'in Europe pushed investors away from renewables, but artificial intelligence could see cash flow back into the sector, while also uplifting fossil fuels. Global electricity generation from'renewables is expected to jump by 60% in 2030, accounting for 45% of total…...
OpenAI is rolling out age prediction for ChatGPT consumer plans
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (317+ words) OpenAI'on Tuesday'said'it is rolling out an age prediction model to its ChatGPT consumer plans to help the'artificial intelligence'company identify accounts that belong to users under 18 years old. The model relies on a combination of account-level signals and behavioural signals, OpenAI…...
Trump wants tech companies to foot the bill for new power plants because of AI
1+ week, 4+ day ago (402+ words) The Trump administration on Friday will push the largest electricity grid in the U.S. to make the big technology companies pay for new power plants. Electricity prices have exploded in recent years on PJM Interconnection due in large part to the…...
DeepMind CEO is talking to Google CEO ‘every day’ as lab ramps up competition with OpenAI
1+ week, 4+ day ago (832+ words) Alphabet'shares started 2025 with investors questioning whether Google could keep up with ChatGPT maker OpenAI in the AI race. By year's end, the stock had notched its'best performance since 2009. Google got its AI mojo back. Much of that was driven out…...