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A groundswell of mass layoffs has knocked out several US companies at the end of 2022 and appears to persist into 2023 making it tough for corporate employees. The latest is Walt Disney which is in its second round of layoffs affecting thousands of positions across its TV, film, and theme park divisions. The second […]

One of the biggest advocates of overhauling America’s tax code is Abigail Disney, a Walt Disney heiress to a huge inheritance. Disney who is a filmmaker and philanthropist is not a believer in generational wealth. She says the tax code preserves a disproportionate share of wealth in America’s high income segment and says that millionaires […]

Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates said in a CNBC Make It report that AI chatbots are on track to help children learn to read and hone their writing skills in 18 months. “The AI’s will get to that ability, to be as good a tutor as any human ever could,” said Gates in a keynote address […]

Jeff Shell, the chief executive of NBCUniversal, departs from the company after an investigation into inappropriate conduct emerged. In a brief statement, Shell said Sunday would be his last day after what he called “an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company.” “I’m truly sorry I let my Comcast and NBCUniversal colleagues down, they […]

Meta London is laying off hundreds of jobs in London and scrap the Instagram hub in the city as part of its cost-cutting measures. The firm will sack 687 employees which is around 10% of the workforce. The Financial Times reported that 250 London based roles at Instagram will also be given the boot. Instagram […]

With so many people posting reels or “how-to’s” on the internet, standing out on social media has now become a challenge and to beat that one should be interactive. So, how can you engage your existing customers and possible clients using the net? Be interactive Creating interactive social media content is among the best ways […]

A job interview involves face to face interaction, something that is very difficult for introverts. The success of the interaction and easy conversation is what often leads to clinching the job and for introverts this can be a huge challenge. Lead career expert at Flex Jobs Toni Frana says, “On our career coaching team, one […]

Twitter CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk admitted Tuesday to Fox News host Tucker Carlson that he doesn’t know whether aliens exist, and that he wouldn’t be able to keep it a secret if it was discovered. The embattled Twitter CEO also said there’s no evidence of “conscious life” anywhere in the universe besides planet […]

Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk is launching his own generative AI product, TruthGPT, that will correct the excesses and improve the features of the current types of chatbots. “I’m going to start something which I call TruthGPT,” Musk said, “or a maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.” Musk […]

Twitter CEO Elon Musk was shocked to discover that the U.S. government can read users’ private direct messages on the platform, this he claimed in an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson. “The degree to which government agencies effectively had full access to everything that was going on on Twitter blew my mind,” Musk, who […]

On April 13, the White House announced that President Biden has picked Lady Gaga to co-chair the Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Gaga will fulfill the role together with Oscar winner and Hollywood producer Bruce Cohen. The other people on the committee are Kerry Washington, Jon Batiste, George Clooney, Jennifer Garner, Troy Kotsur, […]

Be careful with what you post online as fraudsters are using AI technology to clone your voice and the scammers will use this to steal from your family. Just like what happened to Jennifer DeStefano, a mother from Arizona who narrated a frightening experience after phone fraudsters employed artificial intelligence technology to make her think […]

Billionaire Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn is found to be secretly funding E. Jean Carroll’s rape case against former President Donald Trump. The startling eleventh-hour revelations were exposed as a result of the antagonistic communication between lawyers for the distressed columnist and the fuming former president. Hoffman is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who founded the professional […]

Catching 40 winks on a plane is something that is quite impossible for many unless you’re flying on business or first class but Air New Zealand is changing the game. But there is hope yet for economy class travelers. In September this year, Air New Zealand will launch Skynest, the first-ever bunk beds on a […]

According to gun violence data, the shooting in a Louisville, Kentucky, bank is the most recent workplace-related among mass shootings in the United States over the last six decades. A nonprofit, nonpartisan research center funded by the National Institute of Justice, the Violence Project found that current or former workplaces of perpetrators were the most […]