Hunt defends job cuts to increase defence spending The chancellor says cutting services will cost "a great deal less" than allowing Russia to succeed in Ukraine. 04/24/2024 - 10:00 am | View Link
Sunak claims defence spending plan won’t affect government’s ability to cut taxes – as it happened Prime minister gives joint press conference with Olaf Scholz and denies misleading people over spending plans ... 04/24/2024 - 4:34 am | View Link
Grant Shapps and Civil Service union clash over planned job cuts to pay for defence spending splurge Tax cuts are still on the table despite the PM’s pre-election promise to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP and put the economy on a “war footing”, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said, insisting ... 04/23/2024 - 11:40 pm | View Link
Recap: Tesla stock surges despite plunging profits as Musk talks robotaxis and cheaper cars Tesla will report quarterly earnings today, April 23, after market close. The analyst call comes amid the stock price's decline and announced layoffs. 04/23/2024 - 11:41 am | View Link
Lumen looks to lower costs through job cuts as cash concerns continue Faced with growth and cash challenges, Lumen Technologies is looking to cut expenses by reducing its headcount. 04/23/2024 - 10:55 am | View Link
Meta has begun pushing AI on Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp — so much so that you can't turn Meta AI off. As it turns out, the tech giant's own features aren't the only AI proliferating on Meta's platforms. Explicit ads for AI "girlfriends" are populating Facebook and Instagram, Wired reported.
These metaphors can help employees navigate criticisms of DEI jargon and reframe DEI as a tool that builds everyone up rather than tearing some down.
As a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and communications practitioner, I often use metaphors to reframe complex issues. Employing metaphors can create space for empathy, encourage creative problem-solving, and center asset-framing communication.
In South Park Hill, a former college campus is gradually being transformed — and what’s taking shape doesn’t look like a typical redevelopment project in Denver.
In one building on the Mosaic Community Campus on a recent sunny Friday afternoon, DIRT Coffee Bar had just closed after a day of selling cappuccinos and training baristas with intellectual disabilities or neurological conditions.
Starting Wednesday, the electric cooperative United Power will officially cut the cord from Tri-State Generation and Transmission, the multi-state utility that has kept the electrons flowing to the Brighton-based company for about 70 years.
The departure follows years of conflicts between the cooperative and Tri-State over the power supplier’s rates, what critics considered an over-reliance on coal and restrictions on how much power members like United Power could generate on their own.
United Power, Tri-State’s largest member, sued Tri-State over the addition of new members it believed were being used to stack the deck for Tri-State leaders.
Enlarge / Of all the aquatic spiders, the diving bell spider is the only one known to survive almost entirely underwater, using bubbles of air it brings down from the surface. (credit: Oxford Scientific via Getty)
Shrubbery, toolsheds, basements—these are places one might expect to find spiders. But what about the beach?
When David Risher took over as CEO of Lyft about a year ago, the company was losing market share and struggling with morale. Its stock price was approaching an all-time low, down nearly 90% from its IPO high of 2019. One of Risher’s first moves was to cut staff by 26%, affecting hundreds of employees.
Risher, a one time Lyft board member and former Amazon executive, is the first non-founder to lead Lyft.