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First it was Facebook, then Twitter. Is Reddit about to become rubbish too?
The Guardian· 2024-03-20 12:00
Reddit公司概况 - Reddit是一个拥有超过7000万日活跃用户的网站,用户可以在成千上万个以兴趣为主题的subreddit上发布内容[4] - Reddit是互联网上最后一个可以发现新事物而无需任何附加条件的地方[5] - Reddit作为一家公司,面临着与用户和版主之间关系紧张的问题,尤其是在即将进行的首次公开募股(IPO)中[7]
Minneapolis drivers protested wages – and won. Lyft and Uber are choosing to leave the city rather than pay up
The Guardian· 2024-03-20 11:00
文章核心观点 Uber和Lyft因明尼阿波利斯市议会批准的最低薪酬条例威胁停止在该地区运营,司机群体支持该条例,共和党已提出法案阻止,双方各执一词 [1][2][12] 最低薪酬条例情况 - 条例5月1日生效,规定拼车司机每英里最低薪酬1.40美元、每分钟0.51美分,每次行程最低5美元 [2] - 市议会投票推翻市长对该条例的否决,引发Uber和Lyft威胁离开 [2] 司机群体观点 - 司机群体因低薪和高成本支持该立法,称近年薪酬下降 [4][8] - 明尼苏达Uber和Lyft司机协会主席Eid Ali认为73亿美元的Lyft公司应支付司机最低工资,若Uber和Lyft离开,其他公司会取代它们 [5][6] - 司机Farhan Badel称近年该地区拼车司机薪酬下降,工作时长增加收入减少,平台剥削司机,乘客也理解自己被多收费而司机收入低,司机只要求公平薪酬 [8][9] 公司及相关方反应 - Uber和Lyft称最低薪酬过高会使乘客费用难以为继,威胁5月1日停止在明尼阿波利斯地区运营,若实施该市将是美国唯一无Uber和Lyft服务的城市 [1][3][14] - 明尼苏达州立法机构共和党人已提出法案阻止该条例,以留住Uber和Lyft [12] - Uber公共事务高级总监Josh Gold称失望,希望与各方合作实现全州性综合立法保障司机公平最低工资、保护其独立性并保持拼车价格合理 [13] - Lyft发言人称支持司机最低收入标准,但该条例会使多数居民打不起车,司机收入最终会减少,支持州一级的阻止措施 [14] 行业背景 - 拼车公司与国内外监管机构存在矛盾,Uber和Lyft多次因旨在解决司机低薪和工作条件审查的法规威胁离开相关辖区 [14]
Nvidia: what's so good about the tech firm's new AI superchip?
The Guardian· 2024-03-19 15:11
Nvidia新产品发布 - Nvidia发布了新的“超级芯片”Blackwell系列,用于推动人工智能模型的训练,提高性能和降低能耗[2][3] - 公司推出了GB200“超级芯片”,在单个板上集成了两个B200芯片和Grace CPU,提供了30倍的性能,降低了能耗[5] Nvidia人形机器人技术 - Nvidia的GR00T基础模型为控制人形机器人提供了支持,可以通过观察人类动作来学习协调、灵活性等技能,以适应和互动现实世界[10][11]
Airbnb bans hosts from using indoor security cameras in rentals
The Guardian· 2024-03-11 20:50
Airbnb said Monday that it’s banning the use of indoor security cameras in rentals around the world by the end of next month.The San Francisco-based online rental platform said it is seeking to “simplify” its security-camera policy while prioritizing privacy. The change will take effect 30 April.“These changes were made in consultation with our guests, Hosts and privacy experts, and we’ll continue to seek feedback to help ensure our policies work for our global community,” Juniper Downs, Airbnb’s head of co ...
Microsoft asks to dismiss New York Times' ‘doomsday' copyright lawsuit
The Guardian· 2024-03-06 19:17
微软回应纽约时报侵权诉讼 - 微软回应纽约时报的侵权诉讼,称其所提出的关于使用内容训练生成人工智能的指控是“末日未来论”的虚假叙事[1] - 微软在回应诉讼时表示,这种指控是短视的,类似好莱坞对录像机的反对,担心会破坏其经济模式[2] - 纽约时报指控微软非法使用其“受版权保护的新闻文章、深度调查、观点文章、评论、指南等”来创建人工智能产品,威胁了时报提供服务的能力[3] - 微软表示,时报试图利用其影响力挑战最新的技术进步,即大型语言模型[5] OpenAI的回应 - OpenAI已要求法官驳回针对其部分诉讼的请求,指控出版商“支付某人侵入OpenAI的产品”以创建侵权示例[6] - AI技术可能侵犯版权材料并创造出荒谬的信息或图像,OpenAI最近承认“几乎不可能”在没有受版权保护的作品的情况下训练AI模型[10] - OpenAI首席执行官Sam Altman表示,时报的文章只是用来创建ChatGPT的文本语料库中的一小部分[12] 谷歌的道歉 - 谷歌因其Gemini聊天机器人被用来制作二战风格的德国军服和传统美洲原住民服装的黑人士兵形象而被迫道歉[8]
Facebook and Instagram down: Meta services hit by widespread outages
The Guardian· 2024-03-05 16:31
Facebook and Instagram are experiencing severe issues, as of Tuesday afternoon UK time, with the services refusing login attempts and feeds stalling. The outages were first reported at about 3.30pm GMT.Unusually, the issues have coincided with login problems on Google’s platform, suggesting a common cause between the outages at two tech conglomerates who largely control their own infrastructure.Meta’s business status page reported a number of disruptions, including “major disruptions” for the group’s admin ...
Misleading clickbait is prevalent on Facebook and Instagram in Canada after Meta's news ban. Could it happen in Australia?
The Guardian· 2024-03-05 14:00
Meta在加拿大和澳大利亚面临新闻支付问题 - Meta可能会封锁澳大利亚新闻机构在Facebook和Instagram上发布链接[1][2][3] - Meta反对加拿大通过Online News Act法案要求支付费用,导致封锁新闻分享[7][8][12][13] - Meta声称新闻文章链接仅占Facebook信息流的不到3%,不愿支付费用[14] 加拿大通过Online News Act法案要求Meta和Google支付费用 - 加拿大要求Meta和Google的母公司Alphabet向新闻机构支付费用,Alphabet同意支付7300万加元每年[5][6] 小型新闻出版商受到封锁影响 - 小型新闻出版商如IndigiNews流量下降43%[18][19][20] 独立出版商联合成立Unrigged - 一些独立出版商联合成立Unrigged,旨在加强谈判地位和更有效地与读者分享新闻[21] 加拿大人将社交媒体作为新闻来源 - 加拿大有45%的人将社交媒体作为新闻来源,Roy担心新闻在Meta平台上消失会对加拿大民主产生影响[24]
JetBlue and Spirit Airlines cancel $3.8bn merger after judge blocked deal
The Guardian· 2024-03-04 14:38
文章核心观点 - 捷蓝航空和精神航空取消38亿美元合并协议,因美国法官出于反垄断担忧阻止交易,精神航空未来发展艰难 [1] 交易取消原因 - 1月美国法官因反垄断担忧阻止交易,联邦法院裁决及美国司法部持续反对,近期获批可能性极低 [1] - 即便上诉推翻裁决,也无法在7月24日截止日期前获得监管批准 [1] 交易影响 - 若交易成功,将造就美国第五大航空公司,助精神航空确保生存 [1] - 交易取消对拜登政府降低消费者成本的努力是胜利,政府通过反垄断行动等降低多行业价格 [2] - 美国地方法官威廉·杨裁定,拟议交易可能损害美国航空市场竞争,影响机票价格 [2] 公司现状与前景 - 无交易情况下,精神航空前路艰难,关键市场需求疲软,寻求可持续盈利,有分析师认为若无法改善财务状况可能面临破产 [1] 股价表现 - 盘前交易中,精神航空股价下跌14%,捷蓝航空股价上涨多达7% [1]
Lawyers who had Elon Musk's pay dismissed as excessive seek $6bn in Tesla shares
The Guardian· 2024-03-02 05:05
The lawyers who successfully argued that Elon Musk’s $56bn pay package was excessive are seeking a record legal fee worth $6bn, payable in the electric car maker’s stock, according to a court filing.“We recognise that the requested fee is unprecedented in terms of absolute size,” Friday’s filing by the three law firms with the court of chancery in Delaware said.The fee works out to an hourly rate of $288,888, according to the filing.The electric vehicle maker is being asked to pay the fee because it benefit ...
Apple reportedly scraps multi-billion plan to build electric car
The Guardian· 2024-02-27 22:33
Apple is canceling its plans to build an electric car, according to multiple outlets, ending a secretive project that has consumed immense resources over the past decade. Executives from the company made the unexpected announcement during an internal team meeting on Tuesday, forecasting layoffs and telling employees that many of them would shift to working on generative artificial intelligence, per reports.Apple is believed to have spent billions of dollars attempting to develop an electric, semi-autonomous ...