MARCH 28, 2025
Amir Shevat was laid off from his role as head of product at Twitter in 2022. - (Photo: Amir Shevat)
Amir Shevat was laid off from his job at Twitter after Elon Musk took over the company in late 2022.
He said Musk's mass layoffs were impossible to prepare for and left employees feeling demoralized.
Shevat said...
MARCH 27, 2025
Rumors online have suggested for months that Microsoft could be using your Word data to train its artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs).
Microsoft, however, says it doesn't use Word—or any of its Microsoft 365 products—to train its AI.
So what data does the tech company use?
De-Identified Data
Microsoft says it trains its AI models using de-identified data from Bing searches, MSN activity, Copilot conversations and ad interactions—unless users are excluded, or have opted out.
"De-identified" means any personal information that could link...
MARCH 27, 2025
Elon Musk. - Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Billionaire Tesla CEO and Trump ally Elon Musk allegedly pressured the CEO of social media platform Reddit to stifle users criticizing him or President Donald Trump, leaving platform moderators furious.
In over 100 Reddit communities, moderators began banning links to social media platform X after Elon Musk appeared to perform a Sieg Heil at an inauguration rally...
MARCH 26, 2025
The Social Security Number (SSN) is a cornerstone of identification for U.S. residents. Initially crafted to monitor workers' earnings and manage benefits under the Social Security Acts of 1935, it has since become a vital tool for various administrative functions. The SSN's nine-digit format, divided into the Area Number, Group Number, and Serial Number, was designed for simplicity and efficiency. Its creation...
MARCH 26, 2025
The Trump administration is ending a program that granted temporary legal status for thousands of Cuban immigrants. - Joe Raedle
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA — The Trump administration’s decision last week to revoke temporary legal status for thousands of Cuban immigrants is putting Cuban American Republicans, most of whom vocally support the president, in the difficult political position of either backing an end...
MARCH 26, 2025
Trump officials ask Supreme Court to allow canceling of teacher grants.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to allow it to cancel up to $65 million in grants for teacher training and professional development, which the government claims promote harmful diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
The request marks the second time this week that the administration...
MARCH 26, 2025
Ramzi Kassem, a lawyer representing Yunseo Chung, one of the Columbia University students that have been subjected to search and detention by federal agents following their participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, walks outside a federal courthouse in New York City, U.S., March 25, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Korean American Columbia University student, who is a legal...
MARCH 26, 2025
Miriam Margolyes and Queen Camilla.
Miriam Margolyes has given her verdict on the state of US politics as she said a Trump leadership would be a “fate worse than death”.
But she wasn’t talking about the US president Donald Trump on this occasion and instead took aim at Melania Trump, the American leader’s wife and First Lady.
During the launch of the Queen’s Reading Room Medal at a star-studded...
MARCH 26, 2025
Prince Harry at an October Sentebale charity event in Lesotho. - Brian Otieno
Prince Harry has resigned as a patron of the African charity he founded in memory of his late mother, after a fallout between the trustees and the chairperson.
Set up in 2006, Sentebale was created to help young people in the southern African nations of Lesotho and Botswana in areas...
MARCH 26, 2025
Bill Gates speaks during an event promoting the Netflix docuseries.
Over the next decade, advances in artificial intelligence will mean that humans will no longer be needed "for most things" in the world, says Bill Gates.
That's what the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist told comedian Jimmy Fallon during an interview on NBC's "The Tonight Show" in February. At the moment,...
