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According to Vox, employees could “lose all vested equity they earned during their time at the company” if they didn’t sign a nondisclosure and non-disparagement agreement, thanks to a provision in the off-boarding papers.
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Ring doorbells that can deter porch piracy; Tile trackers that find your phone. These and other items to make life a little easier.
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With Gemini Live, Google wants you to relax and have a natural chat with AI
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Google Photos introduces an AI search feature, Ask Photos
Google Photos is getting an AI infusion with the launch of an experimental feature, Ask Photos, powered by Google's Gemini AI model. The new feature, which rolls out later this summer, will allow users to search across their Google Photos collection using natural language queries that leverage an AI's understanding of their photo's content and other metadata. While before users could search for specific people, places or things in their photos, thanks to natural language processing, the AI upgrade will make finding the right content more intuitive and less of a manual search process, Google announced Tuesday at its annual Google I/O 2024 developer conference.
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OpenAI in the crosshairs: Scarlett Johansson's scathing statement, mass exodus of executives are among the company’s latest woes
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Google adds 'Web' search filter for showing old-school text links as AI rolls out
As Google revamps itself for the AI era, offering AI overviews within its search results, the company is introducing a new way to filter for just text-based links. According to Google, the new "Web" filter will appear either at the top of the results page or as part of the "More" option, depending on your query. The launch is an admission that sometimes people will want to just surface text-based links to web pages -- the classic blue links that today are often of secondary importance as Google either answers the question in its informational Knowledge Panels or, now, through AI experiments.
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Jack Dorsey says (on X) that he’s not on the Bluesky board anymore
In response to a user on X who asked 'are you still on the bsky board,' this weekend, Jack Dorsey said only, 'no.' The company has yet to confirm his departure, and Dorsey hasn't publicly provided any further information.
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Meta is expanding its paid verification service for businesses
Meta is expanding its paid verification service for businesses, adding three new tiers to the program that offers extra perks to companies willing to pay a monthly subscription.
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Dolphins owner Stephen Ross reportedly declined $10 billion for team, stadium and F1 race
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Charles Barkley calls TNT leaders 'clowns,' suggests his production company could take over 'Inside The NBA'
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Some Americans live in a parallel economy where everything is terrible
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Ryan Garcia threatens to quit boxing, 'swallow all steroids' after B samples reportedly return 2 positives
Garcia's earlier samples also tested positive for the banned PED Ostarine.
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Under Armour is collapsing — And Kevin Plank has to take the blame
The Under Armour meltdown continues.
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UFC Vegas 92: Piera Rodríguez DQ'd for multiple illegal headbutts vs. Ariane Carnelossi
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PGA Championship: Will Zalatoris says group of players considered asking for postponement after death, Scottie Scheffler arrest
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Fox's Greg Olsen wins Emmy for best NFL analyst right before getting replaced by Tom Brady
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Mario Andretti claims CEO of Formula 1 owner promised to shut out son Michael
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