Tag Archives: Networking

A Civil Rights Firestorm Erupts Around a Looming Surveillance Power Grab

United States lawmakers are receiving a flood of warnings from across civil society not to be bend to the efforts by some members of Congress to derail a highly sought debate over the future of a powerful but polarizing US surveillance program.House and Senate party leaders are preparing to unveil legislation on Wednesday directing the…
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Amazon’s Answer to ChatGPT Is a Workplace Assistant Called Q

Amazon might not have built ChatGPT, but it doesn’t seem likely to suddenly fire and then rehire its CEO either, as OpenAI did this month. As of today, Amazon does have its own AI helper—a new chatbot for Amazon Web Services named, of all things, Q.Amazon Q is a ChatGPT-style chatbot designed for business users…
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Prominent Women in Tech Say They Don’t Want to Join OpenAI’s All-Male Board

Earlier this month, OpenAI’s board abruptly fired its popular CEO, Sam Altman. The ouster shocked the tech world and rankled Altman’s loyal employees, the vast majority of whom threatened to quit unless their boss was reinstated. After a chaotic five-day exile, Altman got his old job back—with a reconfigured, all-male board overseeing him, led by…
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These 123 Last-Chance Cyber Monday Deals Are Still Going Strong Right Now

CYBER MONDAY IS officially over, but many of our favorite deals are still available. If you took an extended holiday from screens or celebrated Buy Nothing Weekend, fear not—some deals remain. We've sifted through all of our Cyber Monday deals guides and picked out the best ones that remain. Who knows how long they'll last—many…
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