After Meta’s stock surged, executives warned employees they were still on ‘Apple’s whim’

2022 has been a miserable year for Meta. Year-on-year, the stock price fell 65%, he laid off 11,000 people, and employee morale plummeted. However, there are signs that things are improving. Earlier this month, the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings, and the stock is up more than 20% in his one day. Almost every other …

The Adderall, Concerta, and Ritalin shortage doesn’t just affect people with ADHD

Kelsey can’t do her job without her medication. The resident physician in Wisconsin, who is in her early 30s, takes the generic version of a stimulant called Concerta to treat her narcolepsy as well as her attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Untreated, her ADHD makes it difficult to keep focus and do routine tasks, …

AMC’s new plan: Get used to paying more for better movie tickets

let’s say you want to take yourself magic mike last dance at the AMC 34th Street Theater in Manhattan on Friday. It could happen! Regular tickets are available for $26.88. Or you can pick a seat in the middle of the theater and pay $1 more. If this was a Knicks game or a Broadway …

Laid-off tech workers are sharing more than ever on LinkedIn about their experience

When Rob Fishman, a former account executive at a tech startup, was laid off in January, he wasn’t sure how to talk about it. Even though tens of thousands of tech employees at startups like his — and at major tech companies like Google, Meta, and Microsoft (which owns LinkedIn) — were being laid off, …

This year’s Super Bowl commercial won’t use cryptocurrencies

Super Bowl LVI was only a year ago, but some of the ads I saw back then made it feel like a very different time. The future of the Internet was all about cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and the Metaverse. A company that didn’t exist a decade or three before him spent big bucks to establish itself …

Tech workers are increasingly taking contract jobs

Christine Ruiz quit her 9-to-5 job last summer to do the same job as a contractor instead. In both places, she is her manager of compliance, the person who ensures that the company’s software does not violate its policies. But Lewis said she wanted to pursue a higher degree, and that switching from full-time employment …

Non-compete agreements should be banned, says President Biden

Joe Biden mentioned hamburgers in his 2023 State of the Union address. Specifically, the president wondered why the person who rang your burger order signed a non-compete agreement barring him from working at a higher-paying burger restaurant nearby. , stated that these agreements would soon be banned. That’s the current job of Federal Trade Commission …

Microsoft’s AI-Powered Bing Comes to Google’s Bard-Powered Search

Microsoft has officially taken the lead in the race to build a search engine powered by generative AI. On Tuesday, the company debuted his rumored OpenAI-infused versions of his Bing search engine and Edge web browser, declaring them to be the next evolution of the internet. not google. Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, …

Google Launches AI Chatbot Bard To Compete With ChatGPT

Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT — the much-talked-about AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation — Google announced Monday that it will release its own “experimental conversational AI” tool called “Bard.” The company also says it will add new AI-powered features to Google Search. Google will first grant access to Bard to …

Google releases new AI chatbot Bard to compete with ChatGPT

Under intense pressure to compete with ChatGPT — the much-talked-about AI chatbot that has become a viral sensation — Google announced Monday that it will release its own “experimental conversational AI” tool called “Bard.” The company also says it will add new AI-powered features to Google Search. Google will first grant access to Bard to …