Month: January 2024
Elon Musk won’t get his $55 billion pay package after all
Tesla shareholders approved the package in 2018, which gave Musk incentive to hit specific milestones, including a market valuation of $650 billion, which was more than 10 times the valuation at the time. The trial hinged on a specific question: did Musk mislead the shareholders when he gave them the…
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Microsoft’s legal department allegedly silenced an engineer who raised concerns about DALL-E 3
A Microsoft manager claims OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 has security vulnerabilities that could allow users to generate violent or explicit images (similar to those that recently targeted Taylor Swift). GeekWire reported Tuesday the company’s legal team blocked Microsoft engineering leader Shane Jones’ attempts to alert the public about the exploit. The…
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Some suggested events for Peter Thiel’s all-drug Olympics
In a case of life imitating Saturday Night Live, Peter Thiel has invested in a seed round of the Enhanced Games, which describes itself as “the modern reinvention of the Olympic Games that does not have drug testing.” It does seem to go a little beyond just not testing, though,…
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If you have an Arlo camera or video doorbell, it’s about to get more expensive
In more “things are just getting expensive” news, the Arlo Secure subscription service is climbing. Again. This time, it’s going from $4.99 to $7.99 for a single camera or video doorbell. This 60 percent price hike comes on the heels of an increase early last year from $2.99 to $4.99.…
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Japan finally gives up on 1.44MB floppy disk drives, 50 years after they went on sale — but there’s no sign of Microsoft removing the iconic ‘Save’ floppy icon from Office just yet
Even though floppy disks have long since gone the way of the dodo, the ghost of the ancient recording media still haunts the digital world. As a great example, when you go to save a file in Microsoft Office, you’ll see the save icon still appears as a floppy disk,…
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Microsoft’s Surface devices down again in Q2 earnings as Xbox picks up Activision revenue
Microsoft just posted the second quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $62 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q2. Revenue is up 18 percent, and net income has increased by 33 percent. This is the first quarter Microsoft is reporting earnings as…
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