Core Sample Google is gutting hundreds of workers from its “Core” team and replacing their jobs with cheaper international labor as it continues its pivot to AI. As CNBC reports, the search giant laid off at least 200 people ahead of an April 25 quarterly earnings call that saw its parent company, Alphabet, report an uptick in […]
Funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is dwindling, leaving New Yorkers wondering how they’ll be able to afford broadband internet for their homes. The program, which helped ensure households could afford broadband internet by providing those eligible with up to $30 per month toward internet service and a one-time discount of up to $100 […]
STORY: Light-up emojis. Music for pedestrians outside. In China, electric carmakers are offering up luxury tech – without the luxury price tag – in the battle for buyers. Cars are being loaded with once-expensive interior features and technology for as low as $20,000 – less than half the cost of the average new car in […]
A custody battle between two parents escalated when the father, a licensed lawyer, tried hiring a hitman to kill his children’s mother, federal prosecutors said. The murder-for-hire plot has now landed Allen Gessen in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced in an April 26 news release. Gessen, an attorney […]
Tesla has reduced the price of its Full Self-Driving software in the US and Canada. Per a post from the company on X, it now costs $8,000 in the US (or $11,000 for buyers in Canada) to add the so-called Full Self-Driving (FSD) Capability. This is down from $12,000 ($16,000 CAD), according to Electrek, which […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth is on hold until there’s a faster, cheaper way, space agency officials said Monday. Retrieving Mars soil and rocks has been on NASA’s to-do list for decades, but the date kept moving forward, as costs ballooned. A recent independent review […]
Trying hard to stay afloat in a restaurant industry spending 36% of its cash on labor and with minimum wage creeping to $16, a cadre of local New York City chains have found a shrewd way to save: enlisting the help of cashiers video calling in from the Philippines and paying them way less. At […]
A costly new national certification exam for psychologists has convinced the profession’s licensing authority in Texas to consider crafting a cheaper alternative to help alleviate a persistent mental health provider shortage here. On Thursday, the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists moved to begin researching the cost of a cheaper state exam instead of […]
Although the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite have all reached record highs in 2024, getting to this point has been an adventure. Since this decade began, all three major stock indexes traded off bear and bull markets on a couple of occasions. When uncertainty picks up on Wall Street, both professional […]
Malaysia-headquartered budget airline AirAsia is revamping a subscription plan that gives customers “unlimited” flights and cut-price hotels across South-east Asia. An expansion of the AirAsia+ offering available since December 2022, the Unlimited – Asean International Pass includes “a variety of exclusive discount offerings” for travellers in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) region. The […]
Since this decade began, volatility has ruled the roost on Wall Street. All three of Wall Street’s major stock indexes traded off bear and bull markets in successive years, beginning in 2020. During periods of uncertainty, it’s not uncommon for investors to flock to time-tested, profitable businesses that have outperformed the benchmark S&P 500 over […]
Wall Street is a stomping ground for innovation. Since the advent of the internet three decades ago, there have been a long list of next-big-thing trends and innovations that have come down the line, including genome decoding, 3D printing, blockchain technology, and the metaverse, just to name a few. However, none of these trends offers […]