Uber and Waymo Settle Lawsuit, Government Passes Spending Bill
Uber settled its headline-grabbing lawsuit with Alphabet's self-driving car unit Waymo. The ride-hailing giant will pay its competitor $245 million to bring the legal drama to an end. Waymo accused Uber of stealing trade secrets related to driverless technology.
The second government shutdown in less than a month is over. 73 House Democrats voted in favor of the massive spending bill while 67 Republicans voted against it. The bill includes almost $90 billion for disaster relief.
Call it a holy hacking! The Vatican's news website was breached by a Belgian hacker who said he was proving a point about the importance of cybersecurity. The hacker changed the headline of an article to "Pope Francis Declares the Lord Is an Onion."
GoFundMe launches Back in Business Fund with Paris Hilton to provide targeted grants helping women entrepreneurs recover and rebuild after natural disasters.
Samsung launches its “AI in Action Lab” in NYC, giving public high school students hands-on AI experience and tools to prepare for real world innovations.
Gen Z workers are increasingly worried AI could replace their jobs. However, experts say companies are using AI more to assist workers than replace them.
Matt Schultz of CleanSpark discusses Bitcoin mining and AI infrastructure converge, energy demand dynamics, and the company’s position in the evolving market.
Bhavin Shah of ServiceNow discusses how the new Autonomous Workforce AI automates tasks, integrates with Teams and Slack, and boosts workplace efficiency.
Angi is partnering with OpenAI to bring its home services marketplace directly into ChatGPT, allowing users to go from questions to booking local pros.
