Author: Lily Evans

Have a nice Tuesday! I am a pinch hitter for a colleague. Cristiano and intention today. Send your worst AI deepfakes to naomi.nix@washpost.com.Hundreds of organizations call on CEOs of major tech companies to step up their fight against AI-powered liesAs billions of voters head to the polls around the world this year, more than 200 citizen advocacy groups are calling on big tech companies to do more to fight misinformation using artificial intelligence.A coalition of activists on Tuesday sent a letter to the CEOs of Meta, Reddit, Google, and X, as well as eight other tech company executives, calling for…

Fan-favorite retailer Target has revamped its Target Circle rewards program, kicking off a week-long extravagant savings campaign with tons of sales. And how does Target Circle know that his Week is an important event? Well, the retailer has tapped Kristen Wiig to reprise her role as the fan-favorite Target Lady. I did. SNL for some TV spots.Target Circle Week runs through Saturday, April 13th, and is sure to help you start spring off right. Save big on electronics, kitchen appliances, clothing, accessories and more. There are lots of sales, so if you're looking to streamline your shopping list (and save…

Heidy Olivares and other Arsenal Tech High School students work on various beautification projects around campus Friday, April 5, 2024 on Darian Wiley Campus Day. Wiley was a mentor to many students at Arsenal Tech and a 2015 graduate from the school. He died from a shooting in 2023. The day honors him through beautification projects and with a mentorship award that is given to someone who has had an impact on the students.Kelly Wilkinson/IndyStarIvana Casas laughs with friends as Arsenal Tech High School students work on various beautification projects around campus Friday, April 5, 2024 on Darian Wiley Campus…

As POLITICO's China Watcher exclusively reported, on Tuesday the EU's competition chief Margrethe Vestager announced new anti-subsidy plans for China's fast-growing and increasingly dominant wind turbine sector. We plan to begin a financial investigation. Europe was once a leader in renewable energy sources, but China's rapid development since 2018 has cost major wind power companies, including Denmark's Vestas and German-owned Siemens Gamesa, billions of dollars in losses. , has been forced to make significant cost cuts. The EU wants to avoid the mistakes made over the past decade, when Chinese solar panel makers nearly crushed their European competitors. Today's strategy…

Source: sylv1rob1 / Shutterstock.com If you are investing with the premise that apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is infallible and invincible, think again. The cracks in the company's armor give AAPL stock a 'D' grade and we cannot confidently recommend it at this time. I've already pointed out some of the problems with Apple's seemingly omnipotence. For example, iPhone shipments in February were down about 33% from a year ago. In the first six weeks of 2024, iPhone sales were down 24% year over year. There's more evidence that Apple isn't having a great year so far, so hang in there. Apple Resorts…

Written by Nick CareyLONDON (Reuters) – German luxury carmaker Porsche has partnered with Clearmotion to validate the U.S. startup's active suspension technology and road-reading software, signing a licensing agreement for the technology, the companies said on Tuesday. did.Clearmotion CEO Zack Anderson declined to say which Porsche models the company's technology could be used in, but it can be used in any electric or internal combustion engine model without the need for redesign. he told Reuters.”Vehicle movement is the next frontier to provide drivers and passengers with an outstanding experience,” Ingo Albers, vice president of drive systems at Porsche, said in…

Virginia Tech's annual New Music + Technology Festival begins Tuesday. The Moss Arts Center and Virginia Tech's Creativity and Innovation District will host the five-day event at several venues including Cube and Sandbox. All shows are free, but registration is required. The university's own Linux-based laptop band, L2Ork, will kick off the festival at 7 p.m. in the lobby of the Creativity and Innovation District, featuring technology-created projections and a collaboration with Argentinian artist UTREF. Other performances include: An original piece for live drums and spatial audio by Otu Kojo, an African drummer in the School of Performing Arts, and…

Today, British technology company Multiverse has acquired AI talent software company Searchlight to help businesses close their skills gap. Multiverse combines work and learning to provide equal access to economic opportunity. We are closing critical skills gaps through new kinds of apprenticeships, making the most of human-centered coaching, AI and technology to deliver a measured, applied, guided and unbiased approach to learning. Multiverse partners with over 1,000 organizations to provide data analytics and software engineering training. In June 2022, the company announced a $220 million Series D funding round co-led by StepStone Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and General Catalyst. The…

Google has started rolling out its new Find My Device network, which allows Android users to track and find lost devices. The crowdsourcing network is currently available to people in the United States and Canada, but the company says it will soon be available worldwide.The updated Find My Device network now lets you search for Android phones and other compatible devices, and works with phones running Android 9 or later. One of the biggest changes is that the upgraded network helps you find your lost Android smartphone even when there is no active internet connection. How does the new Find…

This summer, Dutch startup Rival Foods will begin deploying its ShearCell technology, a new approach to texturing plant-based proteins that can be made into whole cuts, at a “commercially viable scale.” Rival Foods, a spin-off from Wageningen University founded in 2019 by Dr. Birgit Dekkers and Ernst Briel, currently supplies chicken fillets, skewered chicken blocks and pulled chicken to selected restaurants in the Netherlands and Germany. are doing. With equipment expected to be operational at the new facility in July, Rival Foods will scale up to supply food service customers in the UK and France, and then enter the French…