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Nelson Peltz does not understand our business, ‘lacks skills’ to assist board

Nelson Peltz does not understand our business, ‘lacks skills’ to assist board

Disney (DIS) has hit back at activist investor Nelson Peltz amid its ongoing proxy battle with the hedge fund billionaire. “Nelson Peltz does not understand Disney’s businesses and lacks the skills and experience to assist the board in delivering shareholder value in a rapidly shifting media ecosystem,” Disney said in an updated proxy statement on Tuesday, adding: “The current Disney board is the right board for shareholders.” The company once again defended its stock performance under CEO Bob… Source link

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Google adds AI language skills to its helper robots to better understand humans

Google adds AI language skills to its helper robots to better understand humans

Google’s parent company Alphabet is bringing together two of its most ambitious research projects — robotics and AI language understanding — in an attempt to make a “helper robot” that can understand natural language commands. Since 2019, Alphabet been developing robots that can carry out simple tasks like fetching drinks and cleaning surfaces. This Everyday Robots project is still in its infancy — the robots are slow and hesitant — but the bots have now been given an… Source link

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Tom Brady reveals the ‘hardest thing’ about parenting is getting his kids to understand privilege

Tom Brady reveals the ‘hardest thing’ about parenting is getting his kids to understand privilege

Tom Brady isn’t just the GOAT and the current QB for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He’s also a father to three children, two with wife Gisele Bundchen (12-year-old Benjamin and nine-year-old Vivian), and one with his ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan (14-year-old Jack). And while the money he has makes many things in his life easy (he’s made over $300 million during his time in the NFL, which will only go up after he retires and begins his lucrative broadcasting career), he recently said that it… Source link

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How to understand and engage with the new ‘Workday Consumer’

How to understand and engage with the new ‘Workday Consumer’

Cast your mind back to your pre-pandemic working week. Like most consumers, you would probably split your time, your tasks and your mindset between one of two camps – your ‘work life’ and your ‘home life’. The last decade or so may have seen more flexibility creep into the workplace, but up until early 2020, advertisers could still rely on a clear divide between work and play for most consumers. Working and shopping were mostly mutually exclusive. Then the pandemic hit. The lines… Source link

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Professors and politicians just don’t understand

A new podcast episode has caught the attention of Danny Sullivan, Google’s search liaison. Via Twitter, Sullivan called out the host (a politician who made an unsuccessful run for president in 2020) and his guest (a professor) for badly misunderstanding how personalization works in Google search. Ramesh Srinivasan, a UCLA professor and author of books on the impact of technology on our lives, joined the “Forward with Andrew Yang” podcast for an hour of conversation… Source link

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What the West doesn’t understand about Russia or Ukraine

WASHINGTON — “You have to understand, George. Ukraine is not even a country.” Those were the jarring — and, it would turn out, prescient — words uttered by Russian strongman Vladimir Putin in 2008, during a meeting with then-President George W. Bush. It was an unambiguous assertion of ownership over a sovereign nation, an assertion that has particular resonance 14 years later, as Putin has just recognized the independence of two Ukrainian regions and sent troops to bolster… Source link

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How to get Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant to understand you better.

Voice assistants changed the way we interact with technology. Why set an alarm manually when Alexa can do it for you? Siri can type up your emails. Want to get more out of your Amazon Echo? Tap or click here for new tricks such as using your Echo as a speakerphone to finding the right wine to pair with a particular dish. What about Siri? Tap or click here for my favorite Siri shortcuts. That’s all well and good – until the third time in a row, your artificial intelligence assistant is… Source link

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