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Tech Exec's Videos Spark Clash Over China's Work Culture - Slashdot
Slashdot· 1 hour agoSearch giant Baidu fires its head of public relations after she outraged Gen Z workers. From a report [non-paywalled link]: The head of public relations at a major Chinese tech firm gained hundreds ...
India Unable To Impose Caps on Mobile Payments Market Share, Four Years On - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 hours agoEight years ago, a coalition of retail banks in India built a mobile payments system called the UPI. The system is interoperable, allowing users to make instant peer-to-peer transactions between ...
Canadian Petition That Games Must Remain Functional At EOL - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 hours agoZitchas writes: The practice of having games require a connection to a publisher's server -- whether it is to check for a license or to access plug-ins and DLC -- is an increasingly common thing ...
Tornadoes Are Coming in Bunches. Scientists Are Trying To Figure Out Why. - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 hours agoThe number of tornadoes so far in the United States this year is just above average. On the worst days, hundreds can form at once. More than a dozen tornadoes were reported on both Monday and ...
Neuralink's First Implant Partly Detached From Patient's Brain - Slashdot
Slashdot· 23 hours agoAncient Slashdot reader jd shares a report from The Guardian: Neuralink's first attempt at implanting its chip in a human being's skull hit an unexpected setback after the ...
Will Chatbots Eat India's IT Industry? - Slashdot
Slashdot· 8 hours agoToday's AIs, in particular the Chatgpt-like generative sort, have a leaky memory, cannot handle physical objects and are worse than humans at interacting with humans. Where they excel is in ...
Apple Might Bring AI Transcription To Voice Memos and Notes - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 hours agoApple's plans for AI on the iPhone could bring real-time transcription to its Voice Memos and Notes apps, according to a report from AppleInsider. The Verge: The new feature is expected to arrive ...
CEO of World's Biggest Ad Firm Targeted By Deepfake Scam - Slashdot
Slashdot· 5 hours agoThe head of the world's biggest advertising group was the target of an elaborate deepfake scam that involved an AI voice clone. From a report: The CEO of WPP, Mark Read, detailed the attempted ...
Japan is Fighting Against the Entire Investing World in the Currency Market - Slashdot
Slashdot· 6 hours agoAn anonymous reader shares a report: Japan's Ministry of Finance spent nearly $50 billion on April 29 and May 1 trying to prop up the value of the currency by selling US dollars and buying yen ...
Streaming is Cable Now - Slashdot
Slashdot· 9 hours agoAn anonymous reader shares a report: Disney Plus, Hulu, and Max are teaming up for a new bundle this summer, Netflix is focused on the WWE and celebrity boxing, Disney Plus is getting ESPN, ...