Tag Archives: Charge

As AI Destroys Search Results, Google Fires Workers in Charge of Improving It

As AI Destroys Search Results, Google Fires Workers in Charge of Improving It

“This is what AI work looks like when workers have no say in the process.” Enshittification Amid a massive wave of tech company layoffs in favor of AI, Google is firing thousands of contractors tasked with making its namesake search engine work better. As Vice reports, news of the company ending its contract with Appen — a data training firm that employs thousands of poorly paid gig workers in developing countries to maintain, among other things, Google’s search algorithm — coincidentally… Source link

Read More »

Google vows not to charge data transfer fees when cloud customers exit

Google vows not to charge data transfer fees when cloud customers exit

“Starting today, Google Cloud customers who wish to stop using Google Cloud and migrate their data to another cloud provider and/or on premises, can take advantage of free network data transfer to migrate their data out of Google Cloud,” Amit Zavery, a Google cloud vice president, wrote in the post. “This applies to all customers globally.”  While Zavery didn’t name any specific vendors, data transfer fees are a profitable source of revenue for tech companies and can serve to reduce churn… Source link

Read More »

Rams’ Sean McVay is in charge of a really bad sequel to Super Bowl

Rams’ Sean McVay is in charge of a really bad sequel to Super Bowl

Before the Super Bowl last season, Sean McVay made a telling comment about his future. NFL coaches, and everyone involved with the game really, often hold back their true feelings. McVay’s honest answer about his coaching future, and perhaps stepping away long before anyone expected, opened up a new storyline about his possible retirement before he even reached 40 years old. “I know I love football and I’m so invested in this thing and I’m in the moment right now,” McVay said. “But at some… Source link

Read More »

Stocks waver as earnings roll in, yields charge ahead

Stocks waver as earnings roll in, yields charge ahead

U.S. stocks continued a streak of choppy trading Thursday as third-quarter financial results from companies continued to barrel in against a backdrop of persisting growth concerns on Wall Street. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) was down about 0.2% in the early afternoon, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) moved up by the same margin, or 50 points. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) was 0.1% above breakeven. Meanwhile, Treasury yields edged toward new multi-year highs, with the… Source link

Read More »

Emoni Bates, EMU basketball star and former top recruit, arrested on gun charge

Emoni Bates, EMU basketball star and former top recruit, arrested on gun charge

Emoni Bates, current basketball player at Eastern Michigan and former top recruit with Memphis, was arrested in Michigan on Sunday night following a traffic stop and arraigned Monday morning on at least one gun charge. According to the Detroit Free Press, Bates was stopped by the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday evening at 10:43 after he failed to stop at an intersection. The police said they located a gun in the car during the investigation and arrested Bates, who was held in jail… Source link

Read More »