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The entrance to Pixar Animation Studios headquarters at 1200 Park Avenue in Emeryville. (Google Maps) EMERYVILLE — Pixar Animation Studios has announced plans to cut more than 100 jobs at the “Toy Story” creator's headquarters complex in the East Bay. In a new blow to the technology and entertainment industries, Walt Disney Co. subsidiary Pixar told the state labor department it was cutting 181 jobs in Emeryville. “After careful evaluation of many factors, Pixar has decided to permanently reduce its employee count at its headquarters at 1200 Park Avenue in Emeryville,” Pixar Executive Vice President Reema Bhatnagar told the state…

Connor HumphreysDUBLIN (Reuters) – The world's biggest internet companies are working closely with European Union regulators to ensure their artificial intelligence products do not breach the bloc's tough data protection rules, Ireland's powerful data regulator said on Wednesday.The Irish Data Protection Commission, the EU regulator for Alphabet Inc's Google, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok and OpenAI, said its broad powers have not yet been tested in AI and could in future force changes to business models to ensure data privacy is protected.The two top Irish data protection commissioners said in an interview on Tuesday that AI raises a number of potential issues…

ATLANTA — Georgia Tech police have arrested and charged a hit-and-run driver who they say injured a student on his way to class in January.in Channel 2 Action News Exclusive, Channel 2's Michael Seiden Police obtained an arrest affidavit indicating they arrested Soubhagya Nath, 25, of Atlanta. Jail records show he is facing multiple charges, including felony hit-and-run resulting in serious injury.Police said it was around noon on Jan. 29 when Nass struck the 26-year-old student as he was crossing the street at the intersection of 5th Avenue and W. Peachtree Street.read more[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as…

Entering the season, a claim could be made that the top three softball pitchers in all of MIAA Division 5 reside in Franklin County. They are Mackenzie Poulin of Greenfield, Maddie Liimatainen of Turners Falls and Hannah Gilbert of Franklin Tech. Before the state tournament begins, all three juniors will have a chance to show off their skills on Wednesday when the Green Wave, Thunder and Eagles compete for the Western Massachusetts State Championship at Westfield State College. Top-seeded Turners Falls will open the day's action by taking on No. 2 seed Lee in the Class D final at 3…

Cornell Tech has awarded four student startups investments worth $100,000 each in its 11th annual Startup Awards Competition. The awards include $80,000 in pre-seed funding, as well as co-working space in the Tata Innovation Center and mentorship from a Cornell Tech team (worth a total of $20,000). The awards were announced at Cornell Tech's Open Studios, the campus' end-of-year startup celebration and presentation of cutting-edge research, projects and companies founded at Cornell Tech. Technology industry leaders and executives, as well as faculty and staff from Cornell University and Cornell Tech, selected the winning student teams. This year's judges included: Greg…

Instant payments provider Coinflow Labs has raised $2.25 million in seed funding. The company said the funding round, announced on Tuesday (May 28), will help it strengthen its payments infrastructure solutions designed to reduce the time it takes for merchants to receive payments. “Typically, merchants who accept card payments experience delays of several business days before settlement, putting a strain on their business,” Coinflow said in a news release. “Coinflow gives merchants the ability to receive money instantly. Coinflow offers a comprehensive payments stack that includes chargeback-free payment acceptance and instant settlement with stablecoins.” Additionally, the company offers an instant…

The entrance to Pixar Animation Studios headquarters at 1200 Park Avenue in Emeryville. (Google Maps) EMERYVILLE — Pixar Animation Studios has decided to cut more than 100 jobs at the “Toy Story” maker's headquarters complex in the East Bay, a grim reminder of the precarious state of the entertainment industry. In a latest blow to the tech industry, the animation studio revealed plans to cut 181 jobs in Emeryville, according to official documents Pixar filed with the state labor department. The job cuts are set to take effect July 26 of this year, Pixar, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Co.,…

Grant McCasland said last week that he would like to add a few more numbers to the Texas Tech basketball team heading into the 2024-25 season, and this should be enough.The 6-foot-9 Dallas native announced he would be joining the Red Raiders on Tuesday, shortly after Texas Tech announced he had already signed with the team.Toppin just finished his freshman season at New Mexico where he won the Mountain West Freshman of the Year award, the same award that fellow freshman teammate Darrion Williams won the previous year at Nevada, after averaging 12.4 points, 9.1 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per…

The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has already seen 60,000 job cuts across 254 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap and Microsoft have conducted sizable layoffs in the first months of 2024. Smaller-sized startups have also seen a fair amount of cuts, and in some cases, have shut down operations altogether. By tracking these layoffs, we’re able to understand the impact on innovation across companies large and small. We’re also able to see the potential impact of businesses…

Beverly Roberts Beverly began her career in the medical industry as a researcher specializing in retroviruses. Her work led her to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where she continued her research while developing her skills in information technology. After 14 years at the Center, Beverly moved into the private sector, where she has held leadership roles for several large federal contractors.In February, Roberts took on his current role as senior managing director of health. MaximusShe is driven by a vision to shape the future of health into one that is equitable, connected and delivers positive outcomes for all.…