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Three years ago I wrote about Uber’s Amazonification about its evolution into a closed business loop where transport companies return customers to other Uber channels. At the time, the focus was on how Uber creates customer stickiness by actively selling groceries to groceries, putting groceries in alcohol, then returning alcohol to mobility. Today, Uber is focused on transport and appears to be working to become a daily lifestyle platform with handy super apps, service aggregators and the best products behind the paywall. A case in point: Uber this week will launch its first Uber One Member Days, the company’s own…
Google’s AI R&D Lab DeepMind says it has developed a new AI system to tackle the problem of “machine rated” solutions. In the experiment, a system called Alphaevolve could help optimize some of the infrastructure Google uses to train AI models, DeepMind said. The company says it is building a user interface to interact with AlphaeVolve and plans to launch an early access program for selected academics ahead of a wider deployment. Most AI models hallucinations. Because of their stochastic architecture, they sometimes construct things with confidence. In fact, new AI models like Openai’s O3 hallucination show more challenging nature…
Two years after Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) rebranded its streaming service to Max, the company is back to its old name. On Wednesday, the company announced the good news in its upfront presentation, and the name change became official this summer. When Max was launched in 2023, the improved platform was positioned as a subscriber victory, with access to 35,000 hours of entertainment, new features, updated interfaces and improved overall performance. The HBO Max streaming service included programming from not only HBO content but also from all WBD-owned networks such as CNN, Discovery Channel, Food Network, HGTV, TLC, and more,…
Event Management student Gracie Phippen has successfully completed a year-long internship at the event agency and strengthened the institution’s commitment to fostering the next generation of industry professionals. A Leeds Beckett University event management student, Phippen joined the agency as part of her placement year and quickly became a valuable member of the team. Over the course of 12 months, she gained hands-on experience across live, hybrid and virtual projects, supporting creative development, project delivery, and contributed to the handling of on-site logistics. Her role has allowed her to develop key skills in planning, communication, client care and corporate operations.…
Gemini, Google’s AI-driven chatbot, can now connect to GitHub. This is because Gemini Advanced Plan, which costs $20 per month, or users subscribe. As of Wednesday, Gemini Advanced customers can add a Public or Private Codebase to Github directly to Gemini, allowing chatbots to generate and explain code, debug existing code, and more. Users can connect GitHub to Github by clicking the “+” button on the prompt bar to “import code” and pasting the GitHub URL. Gemini Advanced now connects to @github and is now a more powerful coding assistant.Connect directly to a public or private github repository to generate/modify…
According to Evercore ISI, Centrus Energy is a “essential” stock for investors looking to benefit from expanding US nuclear power generation to meet the electricity demand from US nuclear power centers. Evercore began compensation for Centrus, the equivalent of its purchase rating, on Tuesday, giving it a 12-month price target of $145, meaning an increase of over 50% from Tuesday’s closing price at $92.57 per share. Central holds a key niche in the nuclear supply chain, Evercore analyst Nicholas Amicic told clients in a memo. The US Entrichment Corp., a division of the energy sector that was privatised by an…
May 14, 2025Hacker NewsPhishing/Malware A new global phishing threat, called “Meta Mirage,” has been revealed, and it is using Meta’s business suite to target businesses. The campaign is specifically intended to hijack high value accounts that include advertising management and official branded pages. CTM360 cybersecurity researchers have revealed that the attacker behind Meta Mirage will spoof as official meta communications and trick users into handing over sensitive details such as passwords and security codes (OTPs). The scale of this operation is amazing. Researchers have already identified over 14,000 malicious URLs, the majority (usually 78%) were not blocked by the browser…
On Monday, the US and China reached an agreement to cut air tariffs for 90 days. Both sides claimed they could withstand a long trade war, but they reached a ceasefire faster than many analysts had expected. The breakthrough marked a dramatic ratchet of trade tensions following the tariff war launched by US President Donald Trump in the announcement of the “liberation day” on April 2. Trump initially announced so-called mutual tariffs in dozens of countries before suspending just a week later. However, China did not get off the hook and Beijing quickly retaliated with its own tariffs. The TIT-FOR-TAT…
For example, 22-year-old Associated Press staffer Emily Wilder was fired in May 2021 after the right-wing media resurfaced a pro-Palestinian statement made while at university. Most recently, in March, President Donald Trump’s administration detained Le Mesa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student studying at Tufts University, and stripped her of her visa. Her supporters say she only co-authored something critically critical of the university’s refusal to “accept the Palestinian massacre.” Although she has been released from government custody, she continues to face deportation proceedings. A cultural writer and critic spoke to Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity, explaining that he feared…
The AI-powered note-taking tool Granola is falling into rolls. The startup has been using it a year ago thanks to word-of-mouth reviews between VCS and its founder, but it seems to be the fact that big drivers use it to do more than their core pitch. Granola co-founder Chris Pedregal told TechCrunch that its users are increasingly using Granola to take personal notes. “[People] They have lots of meetings so they have granola open all day, so that’s what […] Where they are starting to live,” he said. According to Pedregal, Granola’s organic popularity among the tech crowd and diverse…