Maryland employees at first US Apple store to unionize take historic step as progress for a first contract has stagnated Workers at the first Apple store in the US to have unionized, in Towson, Maryland, have voted to authorize a strike as progress in bargaining for a first contract has stagnated. They could be the …
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Cambridge-based business could be valued at up to £500m and is boost for UK after some companies switched listings The British technology company Raspberry Pi has confirmed its intention to float in the UK, in a significant boost to the London Stock Exchange. The Cambridge-based business, which is best known for selling low-cost computers aimed …
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Apple sets new standard in screen and power but Pro model verges away from consumer tablet needs Apple’s latest iPad Pro is thinner and lighter, and has a stupendous new OLED screen, plus oodles of power to do practically anything. But it is no longer just the super-premium iPad – it is also aiming to …
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Plans for a sprawling factory in rural Michigan making batteries for electric cars offer an economic lifeline, but for some residents there is a big problem: the parent company is in China Set among green rolling hills and tall pines, Lori Brock’s storybook farm encapsulates northern Michigan. A five-day-old mare bucks around a pen, while …
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Google I/O attendees were redirected to another entrance as protesters denounced company’s ties to Israeli military projects Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters chained themselves together in front of the entrance to Google’s annual developer conference on Tuesday in protest of the tech company’s ties to Israeli military projects. Thousands of attendees waiting to enter Google I/O …
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System can operate directly in speech, speeding up responses and noticing voice quirks, but it still needs the power of Siri In the year and a half since the launch of ChatGPT, one nagging question has only got more pressing: if AI can do this, why is my phone’s assistant still so bad? On Monday, …
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At its annual I/O developer conference, company also revealed AI assistant in progress under working name Project Astra Google will use artificial intelligence to return summarized responses to search engine queries from US users as it continues to infuse generative AI into its most widely used products. The company has been testing “AI overviews” that …
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The head of Amazon’s most profitable and fastest-growing division will leave the company on 3 June after three years The chief of the wildly profitable Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing unit will step down next month after a three-year term. Adam Selipsky, 57, who is also a member of Amazon’s team advising CEO , …
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Charles Elson accused EV company of strong-arming law firm where he consulted over his legal brief opposing Musk’s pay A leading professor of corporate governance has accused Tesla of threatening to fire one of its law firms over his objections to Elon Musk’s claim to a massive $56bn compensation package. Retired professor Charles Elson of …
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After a less happy time attached to triple-A games, Jayanth has settled on smaller, freer developers – and is using that freedom to speak up for causes bigger companies would rather ignore Can a video game writer do her best work at the industry’s biggest scale? Well: Meghna Jayanth is fine where she is. Last …
