Google's Reported Pilot to Pay Publishers Google is reportedly testing a program that pays publishers in connection with AI search results. According to the report, the pilot is designed to compensate news organizations whose content appears alongside or within AI-generated search experiences, marki...
Halide Mark III Update Adds New Looks and Aperture Support Lux Optics’ anti-algorithm Halide camera app for the iPhone and iPad has received a new update. It adds two new photography looks and support for the variable aperture on the new iPhone 18 Pro’s main camera. Halide is an alternative to the n...
Xbox Is Not for Sale Microsoft’s gaming chief has moved to shut down speculation about the future of the company’s gaming division. Asha Sharma, who serves as Xbox CEO, has stated plainly that Xbox is not for sale, pushing back on rumours that Microsoft might be looking to offload the business. The ...
Asus Escapes the US Router Ban Asus has avoided the US router ban that has affected several of its competitors, but the company is declining to explain how it secured that outcome. The ban, which restricts the sale of certain router models in the United States, has swept up other major networking br...
What a Gut Feeling Actually Is A gut feeling is not the opposite of science. Your gut is also data, just processed faster and less consciously than a spreadsheet. Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio developed the somatic marker hypothesis. It states that your body remembers how past decisions turned out,...
Amazon's Smart Glasses for Delivery Drivers Amazon is reportedly equipping its delivery drivers with camera-equipped smart glasses, according to internal documents and people familiar with the matter. The device, known internally as Amelia, is designed to assist drivers during their routes by displa...
Executive coaching does not have to take a year. Packing the work into a tighter schedule can produce faster results, and in some cases better ones. The key is shrinking the gap between trying a new behavior and getting corrected. Research Shows Faster Pacing Works In endurance sports, cyclists who ...
Overqualification by the Numbers Overqualification isn’t just a nagging worry for experienced job seekers — it’s a measurable obstacle. According to the Monster Overqualification Report, a survey of 1,001 US adults spread evenly across age groups from 18 to over 65, 40% of job seekers feel that bein...
What Is Strategic Thinking (and What It Isn't)? There is a common misconception about what “being strategic” actually means. Most leaders I coach say they’ve received the advice to “be more strategic” from their manager, but they rarely get any concrete steps or a clear pathway on how to actually ge...
The Quantum Talent Gap: A Growing Crisis Quantum technologies, which include new capabilities in computing, sensing, communications, and networking, have rapidly moved from largely speculative long-term potential toward nearer-term commercial impact. As the industry grows, thousands of new, often hi...
Reddit Cuts Back Old Reddit Access Reddit has confirmed that it is scaling back access to Old Reddit, the legacy desktop interface that has remained available to users for years. According to the company, the decision is driven by the need to limit automated scraping of its content by AI bots. The p...
The AI Tamagotchis Are Coming OpenAI and Meta are both planning to release AI Tamagotchis, a new type of personal AI hardware. According to reporting from The Information, these devices are designed to be cute, always-on companions rather than productivity tools. The idea borrows from the original T...