Leaked audio: Google cofounder Sergey Brin made a rare appearance at an all-hands to hype up the company’s AI work and the incoming ‘technology revolution’
Google cofounder Sergey Brin made a surprise appearance at the company’s recent all-hands meeting. Brin talked about the “profound” change of AI and the company’s early days. Brin has been working on Google’s upcoming Gemini AI model. Sergey Brin, Google’s cofounder, is back at the search giant, hyping up its AI work at “TGIF” meetings.…
Amazon will make up to $7 billion in revenue from Prime Video ads, according to Wall Street analysts
Amazon will begin rolling out ads in Prime Video next year. These ads could net between $6B to $7B in revenue, according to Wall Street analysts. Amazon believes these ads will reach 115 million monthly US users. According to three new Wall Street notes, Amazon’s decision to begin running ads within Prime Video in early…
UK talent-management company Outreach just hired an ex-Meta exec to be its managing director
Amy Bryant-Jeffries has joined the UK talent-management firm Outreach as managing director. She was a lead of emerging-creator partnerships at Meta and previously worked at talent firm Gleam Futures. Bryant-Jeffries wants to help talent expand beyond the digital space. Amy Bryant-Jeffries, a former Meta executive, has been named managing director of the UK digital talent…
Roblox is leaning into advertising and just made a big hire from Meta to get closer to marketers
Roblox is preparing to open up its self-service ad network to more advertisers this year. It just hired Stephanie Latham from Meta as VP of global partnerships. Roblox’s partnerships boss Christina Wootton said 2024 will be its “year of scale” for ads. Roblox, the online entertainment and gaming platform, announced a significant hire in its partnerships…
BlackRock bond chief Rick Rieder manages $2.4 trillion. He shares 5 trades he’s most bullish on right now — and 3 criteria that need to be met for him to start buying 10-year Treasurys.
Rick Rieder says core CPI and job openings would have to fall for 10-year T-bills to look attractive. Rieder like corporate paper, IG bonds in the US and Europe, and short-to-medium-term Treasurys. The BlackRock bond chief made the comments at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha conference. Rick Rieder isn’t quite ready to buy 10-year Treasurys just yet.…
Newsom vetoes bill to give striking workers unemployment benefits
The move comes amidst strike actions across the state Days after President Joe Biden joined a picket line of striking autoworkers in Michigan in an unprecedented public show of support, California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have provided unemployment benefits to striking workers — a blow to organized labor in a state…
Gaetz says he will seek to oust McCarthy as speaker this week. ‘Bring it on,’ McCarthy says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz said on Sunday that he will try to depose House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation averting a government shutdown. “Bring it on,” McCarthy said. Gaetz, a longtime McCarthy foe, said in broadcast interviews that McCarthy…
They said it: Remembering Sen. Feinstein
“She was a political titan whose tenacity was equaled only by her grace.” She demolished barriers and broke down glass ceilings, but she never lost faith in the spirit of political cooperation.” — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died Thursday night after serving in the Senate for more than 30…
High school football roundup: Riordan QB sets WCAL passing record
Saturday’s games: Riordan’s Michael Mitchell Jr. throws six TD passes in victory over Valley Christian. Menlo’s Mikey McGrath helps undefeated Knights roll past Homestead. Archbishop Riordan set yet another record in this game. Sophomore quarterback Michael Mitchell Jr. threw six touchdown passes as the host Crusaders defeated previously undefeated Valley Christian, ranked fifth by the…
