Twitter users have been automatically opted in to sharing their data with the tool.
In more questionable X (formerly Twitter) news, the social media site recently activated a new setting that will allow AI to use your data to train.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
They won’t be surfing on the Seine, but athletes will be breaking, kiteboarding, and competing in kayak cross at the 2024 Olympics.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareState-owned railway SNCF confirmed that the malicious acts involved cutting and burning crucial cables. Here’s what we know.
France’s high-speed rail network, operated by SNCF, has been severely disrupted by a series of coordinated arson attacks, causing significant travel chaos just hours before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
There are currently 11 congestion pricing lawsuits against Governor Hochul.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA silly joke falsely claiming the vice-presidential candidate had been intimate with a couch would have probably just been a one-day meme. Then an AP story went viral.
More | Talk | Read It Later | SharePrivate schools with class sizes of just three or four students are sprouting up across the country—including in Florida, where curriculum has been under attack. Here’s what to know.
A new education model for K through 12 schools is emerging across the United States.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
No one wants to get put on a PIP. But if you are, here’s everything you should do to try to get back on track.
A performance improvement plan, also known as a PIP, is a formal document that outlines specific steps and goals for an employee to improve their performance or face potential termination.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareExploration Green can now store half a billion gallons of rainwater. It’s one of the ways Houston is turning to green infrastructure to help avoid floods.
When Hurricane Beryl dumped up to a foot of rain on Houston earlier this month, some neighborhoods went underwater.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The Brooklyn-based art and fashion collective has captured the attention of gallerists, hypebeasts, venture capitalists, and marketers. And it couldn’t care less.
A WD-40 cologne. Nike Air Max sneakers filled with blood.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
If you want to be a more authoritative and confident speaker at work, these 6 steps can help you increase your executive presence.
When I conduct communications training for rising leaders, one of the most frequent questions I am asked is “how do I increase my executive presence?” This question predominantly comes from women.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
SAG-AFTRA has returned to the picket line—this time against game makers such as Epic and Activision, over voice and motion-capture actors’ AI concerns.
Just shy of a year after Hollywood actors went on strike against the television and motion picture industries, SAG-AFTRA is headed back to the picket lines.
More | Talk | Read It Later | SharePharmaceutical manufacturer Aurobindo Pharma announced on July 18 that it was recalling Healthy Living Migraine Relief tablets. Here’s what to know.
A batch of over-the-counter migraine relief medication that was shipped by Amazon is being recalled nationwide because it was missing the required manufacturer labels.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThis is the branding news we’re tracking this week.
It’s been a busy week in the world of branding news, starting this past Sunday, when Kamala Harris’ marketing team got to work designing a whole new campaign identity.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
In this virtual event, Fast Company and Red Hat joined forces to examine the future applications for business and explored how forward-thinking leaders are tapping AI to optimize every aspect of their enterprise and bring their organizations, and even their industries, to the cutting edge.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe ruling by the California Supreme Court is a major victory for the ride-hailing industry, which has said that many companies would end or limit service in the state if they were forced to treat thousands of drivers as their employees.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareIt might seem anathema to those who believe the “customer is always right,” but there is plenty of evidence that happy employees lead to happy customers—and greater sales.
Over the past few decades, well-meaning business leaders have tried to build customer-centric workplaces to gain advantages over their competitors.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The 2024 Paris Games will host the first opening ceremony since 2018 that doesn’t have to work around pandemic restrictions.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe founder of Enterra Solutions says AI presents a unique opportunity to address some of the longstanding societal challenges driving instability across America and offering wider pathways to prosperity for a large swath of the population.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareHoughton-Mifflin Harcourt—now called HMH—updated its logo to reflect how fast education is changing.
Today, textbook publishing goes well beyond printed volumes and workbooks. The company previously known as Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt—the publisher behind such childhood favorites as Algebra: Structure and Method—just renamed itself HMH and got a new logo.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
All eyes will be on the City of Lights Friday as the 2024 Summer Olympic Games get underway. Here’s how you can livestream the action.
Thousands of athletes from around the world have gathered in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
iPhone shipments in the country dropped 3.1% year-over-year in the second quarter, according to a new report.
Apple’s iPhones are losing their appeal in China while local competitors are advancing, according to market tracker IDC.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe Republican VP nominee removed the periods from his first name in July 2021. His campaign said it was how he wanted to be referenced in print.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThis isn’t the first time Musk has faced criticism over potential conflicts of interest among the companies he owns and runs.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday he and the board of the electric vehicle company will discuss making a $5 billion investment in his artificial intelligence startup xAI, fueling concerns about a conflict of interest.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareVideo game performers are seeking protections around “exploitative use” of AI.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe ability to give and receive high-quality feedback can be useful to employees in any field.
Title of Course:
“Feedback Loops: How to Give and Receive High-Quality Feedback”
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareDelivery trucks from e-commerce warehouses are destroying the air in their communities.
Online shopping is booming—e-commerce sales in the United States reached $1 trillion-plus in 2023—and to fuel that business, retailers are building more and more gigantic warehouses.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Funding from the Inflation Reduction Act will help the city shut down a 100-year-old power plant in favor of something cleaner.
A coal-fired power plant that started running more than a century ago is about to get a long-overdue retirement, and its electricity will be replaced by a solar farm and a battery storage system on an existing brownfield.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareYou can’t control what happens every day. However, you can choose your response by noticing your feelings and reactions and determining where you focus your attention.
You miss an important meeting.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Here are a few trends we noticed among this year’s Innovation by Design winners.
Designs That Insist on Being First
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareIn an era of hyper-partisanship, The Flip Side takes a decidedly different tact: offering readers a smattering of opinions across the political spectrum.
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