US Bans Noncompete Agreements For Nearly All Jobs The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own. From a report: The FTC received more than 26,000 public comments in the months leading up to the vote. Chair Lina Khan referenced on Tuesday some of the stories she had heard from workers. "We heard from employees who, because of noncompetes, were stuck in abusive workplaces," she said. "One pers… Microsoft unveils Phi-3 family of small language models Microsoft has introduced a new family of small language models (SLMs) as part of its plan to make lightweight yet high-performing generative artificial intelligence technology available across more platforms, including mobile devices. The company unveiled the Phi-3 platform in three models: the 3.8-billion-parameter Phi-3 Mini, the 7-billion-parameter Phi-3 Small, and the 14-billion-parameter Phi-3 Medium. The models comprise the next iteration of Microsoft’s SLM product line that began with th… French startup FlexAI exits stealth with $30M to ease access to AI compute With the current iteration of its product going through its paces with a handful of beta customers, FlexAI will launch its first commercial product later this year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Tesla’s new growth plan is centered around mysterious cheaper models Tesla’s been undergoing some major changes, and now we have a sense of why: the company says it is upending its product roadmap because of “pressure” on EV sales. The new and accelerated plan now includes “more affordable models” that the company claims will be launched next year. Or if Tesla CEO Elon Musk is […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Australian judge bans X from sharing video of bishop being stabbed in Sydney church An Australian judge has ruled that social media platform X must block every user in the world from accessing video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church, extending the prohibition beyond users in Australia Congress Passed a Bill That Could Ban TikTok. Now Comes the Hard Part. After President Biden signs the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it, the legislation will face court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility. HPE Aruba boosts Wi-Fi 7 AP capacity, eases IoT network management HPE Aruba has rolled out new Wi-Fi 7 access points (AP) that are aimed at bolstering the capacity of wireless networks while eliminating the need for managing complicated IoT overlay networks. The new 700 series Wi-Fi 7 access points feature dual BLE 5.4 or 802.15.4/Zigbee radios and dual USB interfaces, and they support the 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz spectrum. The access points also contain enough memory… North Carolina lawmakers reconvene to address budget, vouchers before key elections The North Carolina Legislature begins its annual work session this week to address issues before elections this fall; their 2023 session restricted abortion and expanded Medicaid. The Right Chemistry: Niagara Falls and the nebulous positive effects of negative ions Negative ions, or "air vitamins," can be found near waterfalls and in forests. The same can't be said for their release from Himalayan salt lamps. Google fired at least 20 additional workers after last week's Gaza protest, group says The group that led protests last week at Google over a cloud computing contract with Israel said more Google workers were fired, bringing the total to more than 50. Oracle scores big win with Fujitsu Japan for its Alloy partner cloud But Big Red's $8 billion investment plan may not be all it seems Oracle has had a big win in Japan that could turn into something enormous, and also revealed plans to score more success in the land of the rising sun.… |
F-Shape Pattern And How Users Read Scrolling, scanning, skipping: How do users consume content online? Here’s what you need to know about reading behavior and design strategies to prevent harmful scanning patterns. An upcoming part of Smart Interface Design Patterns . iPhone Sales Drop 19% in China Apple's iPhone sales dropped sharply in China in the first quarter of this year as the company saw strong competition from domestic brand Huawei, according to a new report from market research firm Counterpoint Research. CNBC: Apple saw sales of its iPhones fall 19.1% in the first three months of the year, Counterpoint's data showed, as Chinese telecommunications and consumer electronics giant Huawei saw a resurgence in its smartphone business. The Shenzhen, China-based firm saw sales of its sm… Apple cuts greenhouse gas emissions in half Apple’s 2024 Environmental Progress Report shows the company has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 55 percent since 2015. Lincoln Corsair Vs Ford Escape PHEV: The Smartest Buy Isn't Always The Most Obvious Ford's Escape and Lincoln's Corsair both offer a plug-in hybrid version, but are you really being sensible for picking the cheaper of the two? This Is the Beginning of the End of TikTok After years of negotiations, the Senate approved a bill to force TikTok to either divest from its Chinese owners or face an outright ban. Photoshop took my favorite feature and massively boosted it with AI It’s probably fair to say that the Generative Fill feature within Adobe Photoshop has utterly transformed my photo-editing workflow. Today, Adobe just made it better — and spun off several additional features that complement Generative Fill, too. Adobe added what it calls the “Firefly Image 3 Model” to its Firefly image-generation service as well as to Photoshop — at least the beta . Firefly is a… ‘Games are more important to Apple than ever’: what’s next for Apple Arcade? The head of the company’s gaming subscription service explains its priorities as it anticipates the Vision Pro revolution, and tries to bring originality to a market still dominated by free to play mobile titles When Apple launched its games subscription service , Arcade, in September 2019, it drew a huge amount of attention – as with everything the company does. Offering 100 premium (ie, not ad-… TSMC global workforce expanding fast TSMC continues to beef up its workforce to support the Taiwan-based foundry's fab expansion projects, and its global number of employees will exceed 80,000 by the end of this year, according to industry sources. |
Píše se o |