Google cites ‘durable cost savings’ as 2024 goal amid layoffs

Google cites ‘durable cost savings’ as 2024 goal amid layoffs

Google boss Sundar Pichai identified “durable cost savings” among the tech giant’s key goals in 2024 – even after the company spooked some employees by teeing up renewed rounds of layoffs This month, Google has already confirmed layoffs across multiple parts of its empire – including several hundred job cuts on its ad sales team…

Self-made millionaire shares 4 secrets to his success

Self-made millionaire shares 4 secrets to his success

Who wants to be a millionaire? A New Yorker is sharing his four secrets to success — perseverance, endless curiosity, innovation, and balance — after inventing an app at just 14 years old propelled him to the millionaire’s club. “Success is rarely an overnight phenomenon — it’s the result of consistent effort over time,” entrepreneur…

Mark Zuckerberg to be deposed in Texas suit targeting Meta of using facial recognition without customer consent

Mark Zuckerberg to be deposed in Texas suit targeting Meta of using facial recognition without customer consent

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed as part of a Texas lawsuit accusing the Facebook and Instagram parent of using facial recognition technology without customer consent. A Texas state appeals court upheld a lower court’s decision requiring Zuckerberg to give testimony in the case. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2022, accused Meta of “secretly…

AI replaces ‘woke’ TV translators in Japanese art, sparking online debate

AI replaces ‘woke’ TV translators in Japanese art, sparking online debate

Western television and anime localizers have recently come under fire for injecting “woke” language into English dubs not present in the original work, prompting some companies to implement artificial intelligence (AI) as a way of limiting human intervention or to remove them entirely. The use of AI in the industry is already well underway. On…

New male contraceptive is reversible, blocks sperm with injection

New male contraceptive is reversible, blocks sperm with injection

Vasectomies and condoms have traditionally been the only ways men can use contraception, but a Los Angeles-based health startup wants to change that. NEXT Life Sciences is pioneering Plan A, a procedure in which men pay a 10-minute visit to a doctor to receive an injection of a hydrogel into the vas deferens — the…

Billionaire-backed ‘California Forever’ city plan ‘guarantees’ $400M in down payment aid

Billionaire-backed ‘California Forever’ city plan ‘guarantees’ $400M in down payment aid

A controversial proposal to build a billionaire-backed city in California is trying to win over locals with a package of lavish benefits – including $400 million in “down payment assistance” for homebuyers and a guarantee of 15,000 new jobs. As The Post has reported, California Forever — the firm behind nearly $1 billion in secretive…

Samsung adds AI functions to newest Galaxy S24 smartphones

Samsung adds AI functions to newest Galaxy S24 smartphones

Samsung Electronics latest premium smartphones, unveiled on Wednesday, will have multiple AI functions, such as simultaneous translation of foreign language phone calls, in the company’s latest push to challenge Apple. Apple topped Samsung in 2023 smartphone shipments, according to data provider International Data Corporation, dethroning Samsung for the first time since 2010 as demand for premium devices — a segment Apple dominates…

Apple could face antitrust lawsuit from DOJ as early as March

Apple could face antitrust lawsuit from DOJ as early as March

Apple is set to face an antitrust lawsuit as soon as March as the Justice Department prepares to argue that the tech behemoth puts limitations on its iPhones and iPads that prevents rivals from effectively competing, according to a report. The DOJ’s is aiming to file the suit sometime in the first quarter, which ends…

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