UT Palestine protests postponed Wednesday
Student organizations have postponed Palestine protests at UT Austin on Wednesday while some have been waiting overnight at the Travis County jail for those arrested to be released.
Student organizations have postponed Palestine protests at UT Austin on Wednesday while some have been waiting overnight at the Travis County jail for those arrested to be released.
Nearly 3,000 people have been arrested at protests against the war in Gaza at 57 colleges and universities across the U.S. The students involved face academic penalties as well as potential criminal charges.
It’s that moment you’ve been waiting for all year: Google I/O keynote day! Google kicked off its developer conference each year with a rapid-fire stream of announcements, including many unveilings of recent things it's been working on. On Wednesday, Google announced it is adding new security and privacy protections to Android, including on-device live threat detection to catch malicious apps, new safeguards for screen sharing, and better security against cell site simulators.
Here’s what will be different this time — and why it matters.
Xbox Cloud Gaming now supports keyboard and mouse on web browsers. It works with both Edge and Chrome.
Google on Wednesday and its Google I/O 2024 developer conference announced an upcoming feature for Android called Theft Detection Lock, designed to protect against this growing threat. When triggered, the AI-powered feature will automatically lock the device down.
Uber is taking a shuttle product it developed for commuters in India and Egypt and converting it for an American audience. The ride-hail and delivery giant announced Wednesday at its annual Go-Get event in New York City it will launch a shuttle service in certain U.S. cities this summer. Uber Shuttle in the U.S. will repurpose the technology and business model that Uber has built to help commuters in emerging markets where there's a public transportation gap.
Heating and air conditioning is usually pretty boring stuff, performed by appliance-like boxes with uninspired designs, from sheet metal outdoor units to cheap plastic indoor mini-splits. The heat pump startup unveiled its first products on Wednesday, and they sport the sort of sleek and intuitive designs you’d expect from veterans of Apple, Nest, Google, and Tesla. While design is a big part of the appeal, the startup wants to make the entire heat pump experience better.
Vehicle prices continued their downward trend in April as costs continue to moderate from pandemic-era highs.
Shelter costs continued to pressure inflation in April, but a moderation continues and economists expect these pressure to ease in the months ahead.
BMO Capital Markets chief investment strategist Brian Belski sees the S&P 500 ending 2024 at 5,600 as stock momentum is "likely to persist."
Dealers got more new cars and they sat longer on lots in April 2024, leading to significant price cuts for some models, according to a CarGurus report.
GameStop stock fell after a two-day meme stock rally.
If you're considering a vacation in 2024, why not travel to see an NFL game?
It's been a frustrating start for the Angels, and Washington was in no mood for mistakes.
JPMorgan Chase is once again providing a lift to another troubled regional lender a year after it helped calm a banking crisis. This time, it's NYCB.
Go Digit, an Indian insurance startup, has raised $141 million from dozens of investors as part of an initial public offering that starts on Wednesday. Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Bay Pond, Mirae Asset Management, Steadview Capital, and HSBC, as well as Indian mutual funds operated by SBI, ICICI, Axis, Tata and Edelweiss, served as anchor backers for the IPO, Go Digit disclosed in a filing to the stock exchange.
Reddit announced on Tuesday the launch of five new tools for AMA (Ask Me Anything), its Q&A feature where celebrities, public figures, organizations and Redditors engage with community members and provide answers about a certain topic. As part of the update, Reddit also launched a dedicated AMA tab within the web post composer. This tab allows users to create an AMA session the same way they would a regular post.
Robinson had been employed by the team since 2022.
Google says it has developed a new family of generative AI models "fine-tuned" for learning: LearnLM. A collaboration between Google's DeepMind AI research division and Google Research, LearnLM models — built on top of Google's Gemini models — are designed to "conversationally" tutor students on a range of subjects, Google says. LearnLM is already powering features across Google products, including in YouTube, Google's Gemini apps, Google Search and Google Classroom.
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