A Gen Xer was tired of balancing 2 jobs and earning under $50,000 a year so he went back to school. The decision ‘changed his life,’ he said.
Lloyd Morgan went back to college at age 36 after losing his nanny job and struggling to make ends meet balancing multiple jobs. In 2014, Lloyd Morgan was struggling to support his wife and three children. He worked in early childhood education in Philadelphia and held a part-time job on the weekends, contributing to a…
Tesla’s self-driving mode is ‘a bit stressful’ to use, the cofounder of a robotaxi company backed by Amazon says
Zoox cofounder and CTO Jesse Levinson said Tesla’s so-called Full Self-Driving system still needs improvements. The cofounder of Zoox, an Amazon-backed robotaxi company, said he sometimes feels nervous when using Tesla’s so-called Full Self-Driving mode. Jesse Levinson, cofounder and chief technical officer of Zoox, owns a Tesla, he said, and sometimes uses the vehicle’s FSD,…
AI is coming to Google Maps to help you find inspiration for what to do in an area
Google is bringing an AI revamp to its Google Maps platforms and corresponding location services. Google Maps is rolling out an update that brings a number of integrated AI features to its location platforms, including Waze. Starting this week, the company’s Gemini AI will be integrated into Google Maps in the US on Android and…
Why Tesla’s sales are slipping in California, and what it means for Elon Musk’s car company
Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Tesla is losing some ground in its former home state of California, signaling more trouble ahead for the world’s largest electric car company. As electric car sales rose 2% in California, Tesla’s sales in the state fell 3.5%, according to third-quarter figures from the California New Car Dealers Association. That’s not…
Meet Glean, the enterprise AI search company that’s so powerful Sam Altman deemed it a threat to OpenAI
Arvind Jain, CEO of Glean Following OpenAI’s latest $6.6 billion fundraise, CEO Sam Altman insisted investors avoid investing in five AI competitors, reported Reuters. Among them are Anthropic, Elon Musk’s xAI, OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence, and AI search startup Perplexity. The last of the five rivals, and perhaps the least well-known, is Glean,…
Microsoft’s massive AI bet continues to be a ‘waiting game’ for investors
Microsoft’s chairman and CEO, Satya Nadella. Microsoft’s first-quarter results topped expectations though its stepped-up spending on artificial intelligence capabilities raised fresh questions about how long the company will continue to pour huge sums into the technology. Capex totaled $20 billion for the quarter, it said Wednesday. That compares with $19 billion in its fiscal fourth…
Mark Zuckerberg explains why he’s happy to keep spending boatloads on AI
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg flagged to investors that the company would keep pouring money into AI development. Mark Zuckerberg is staying the course with Meta’s heavy AI spending. The company reported its third-quarter earnings on Wednesday, outlining how its $40.59 billion quarterly revenue beat expectations of $40.25 billion. Zuckerberg attributed the “good quarter” to AI progress…
Peloton brings in Ford exec who helped create Apple Fitness+ to lead its turnaround effort
Peloton has named a new CEO. Peloton has announced a new CEO to lead its turnaround effort. The struggling fitness company said Thursday that Peter Stern, currently president of Ford Integrated Services will be taking the helm on January 1. Before joining Ford last year, Stern worked for more than six years at Apple, where…
Armie Hammer is attempting a comeback following a sexual abuse scandal. PR experts are skeptical.
Armie Hammer in 2019. Armie Hammer, the actor whose career suddenly ended after several women accused him of sexual and emotional abuse, is trying to make a comeback. PR experts told B-17 that, setting aside the ethical questions around whether he should return to the spotlight, a comeback will only be possible if he can…
