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How Microsoft’s next-gen BitNet architecture is turbocharging LLM efficiency
A smart combination of quantization and sparsity allows BitNet LLMs to become even faster and more compute/memory efficientTech - VentureBeat - Yesterday -
Rivian’s losses widen, but investors like hearing of ‘progress’ in next-gen EV
Rivian posted a wider loss and lower sales than Wall Street expected, but says it is making progress with its next-generation EV platform.Business - MarketWatch - November 8 -
Microsoft to roll out new autonomous AI agents next month, fending off challenge from Salesforce
Microsoft will allow organizations to create their own autonomous AI agents within Copilot starting next month.Business - CNBC - October 21 -
Microsoft to roll out new autonomous AI agents next month, fending off challenge from Salesforce
LONDON — Microsoft will allow businesses to start making their own autonomous artificial intelligence agents starting next month, taking the fight back to Salesforce, which introduced its own ...Top stories - NBC News - October 21 -
How gen AI is revolutionizing the fitness industry
CONTRIBUTOR CONTENT: Since the introduction of generative AI, many industries have undergone significant transformations. Recently, the new amp fitness machine was launched, showcasing how gen ...Tech - VentureBeat - October 23 -
Why Are So Many Gen-Zers Fit to Quit?
Frontline Gen-Z workers are feeling overworked and having negative interactions at work. But here’s what employers can do to better support these critical employees.Business - Inc. - October 28 -
How Trump Is Trying to Win Gen Z Men
Young men in recent years have become more politically conservative. But will they vote? Kellen Browning, a New York Times reporter covering the 2024 election with a focus on Nevada and Arizona, ...Top stories - The New York Times - November 1 -
How Trump's Gen Z outreach paid off
President-elect Donald Trump picked up a larger portion of voters under 30 than any Republican presidential candidate since 2008, according to NBC News exit polling.Politics - NBC News - November 7 -
Why Gen-Z Workers Are Consciously ‘Unbossing’
Gen Z workers are dodging management promotions at work, according to recent data – and that could hinder company growth plans.Business - Inc. - November 7 -
Gen-Z Workers Are Swapping Jobs—and It’s Paying Off
A new report shows young workers aren’t afraid to leave their jobs for higher salaries.Business - Inc. - Yesterday -
Amazon, Google and Microsoft Are Investing in Nuclear Power
Large technology companies are investing billions of dollars in nuclear energy as an emissions-free source of electricity for artificial intelligence and other businesses.Business - The New York Times - October 16 -
Microsoft’s Differential Transformer cancels attention noise in LLMs
A simple change to the attention mechanism can make LLMs much more effective at finding relevant information in their context window.Tech - VentureBeat - October 16 -
What’s at Stake in a Strained Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership
The alliance between the technology giant and the company behind OpenAI has been hugely consequential — but a disruption could shake up the A.I. race.Business - The New York Times - October 18 -
Microsoft and OpenAI’s Close Partnership Shows Signs of Fraying
The “best bromance in tech” has had a reality check as OpenAI has tried to change its deal with Microsoft and the software maker has tried to hedge its bet on the start-up.Tech - The New York Times - October 21 -
Microsoft Will Let Clients Build Their Own AI Agents
In November, customers can start using Copilot Studio to make their own AI apps to perform many routine tasks.Business - Inc. - October 21 -
Foreign Election Interference May Escalate, Microsoft Says
Efforts by Russia, Iran and China to sway U.S. voters could intensify, according to a new report from the tech giant.Business - Inc. - October 24 -
Investors Want to See a Payout on Microsoft’s AI Efforts
As the tech giant readies a report of what’s forecast as its slowest quarterly growth in a year, shareholders want to see genuine demand for the AI applications it’s spent billions to develop.Business - Inc. - October 28 -
Microsoft dips on weak guidance after beating on earnings
Microsoft reported better-than-expected results for the fiscal first quarter as Azure topped estimates. But quarterly growth guidance was light.Business - CNBC - October 30 -
Microsoft Earnings Show Quarterly Revenue Is Up 16% to $65.6 Billion
The company’s profit increased 11 percent to $24.7 billion, beating Wall Street’s expectations and its own predictions.Tech - The New York Times - October 30 -
Meta and Microsoft Won’t Stop Spending on AI
Both tech giants reported strong third quarters but their stocks fell anyway.Business - Inc. - October 31 -
OpenAI launches ChatGPT search, competing with Google and Microsoft
OpenAI on Thursday launched ChatGPT search, positioning the company to better compete with search engines like Google, Microsoft's Bing and Perplexity.Business - CNBC - October 31 -
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Launch Times Revealed
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is set for release on November 19, but when exactly does the game launch that day? Microsoft has now published the official launch times for the game.. The game ...Tech - GameSpot - 2 days ago -
Bethesda Workers Go On Strike Against Microsoft
Last year, quality-assurance workers at Bethesda and ZeniMax studios formed ZeniMax Workers United, the largest certified video game union in the United States. Now that union is putting its ...Tech - GameSpot - Yesterday -
US regulators plan to investigate Microsoft’s cloud business
FTC chair Lina Khan continues to pursue Big Tech in final days of Biden presidencyBusiness - Financial Times - 10 hours ago -
We live in a treat culture – and gen Z is splurging on snacks | Arwa Mahdawi
When times are hard, people opt for affordable luxuries. So should you splash out on that highly Instagrammable $19 smoothie?. The last time I happened to find myself in Los Angeles (which is not a ...World - The Guardian - October 16 -
Meet the Gen Z author and economic commentator who coined the term ‘vibecession’
There are some imbalances in the economy that the Fed won’t be able to fix, Kyla Scanlon told MarketWatch — and until then, the bad vibes might continue.Business - MarketWatch - October 17 -
Israel needs to commit to Gaza rebuilding: Gen. David Petraeus
A lasting peace will depend on the will of the Israeli coalition government, said the retired Army general and former CIA director.Politics - The Hill - October 18 -
Social Media Swallowed Gen Z. This Film Shows Exactly How
Lauren Greenfield, director of the docuseries Social Studies, says we have to have empathy for teens growing up online. “It's not fair to ask them to self-regulate when the apps have been designed ...Tech - Wired - October 18 -
GoFundMe bets social media can unlock Gen Z giving
New GoFundMe tools will make it easier to circulate causes across online platforms in a push to cater toward younger generationsTech - ABC News - October 21 -
'Swicy' items take over restaurant menus as Gen Z seeks heat
Nearly a tenth of U.S. restaurants have "sweet and spicy" menu items, according to Datassential.Business - CNBC - October 22 -
'Swicy' items take over restaurant menus as Gen Z seeks heat
The hottest food and drink trend this year isn’t just spicy — it’s also sweet.Top stories - NBC News - October 22 -
Harris campaign targets Gen Z voters in the final stretch of the election
Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is launching an early voting push targeting students on battleground state college campuses.Top stories - NBC News - October 23 -
Ronna McDaniel: How Republicans can win Gen Z voters
In an election that will be won on the margins, the failure of Republicans to engage these new young voters would amount to a missed opportunity.Politics - The Hill - October 23 -
Could Eminem Snap Gen X Voters Back to Reality?
50-something white men and the idea of freedomTop stories - The New York Times - October 26 -
Gen Z is thriving financially in these US cities, new report says
A new report has found that nearly a third of Gen Z — also known as Zoomers — already feel financially secure thanks to having both a job and a side hustle, particularly in certain cities around ...Politics - The Hill - October 26